Did Lance dope?
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As a fan of his, i obviously dont want it to be true, that said, he certainly has quite a few people saying he doped. Although that could be for many reasons, one that its true, or two these people are out to bring down the most dominant cyclist of our generation, and maybe ever.
Lance, is a hero of mine. With several people in my family with cancer, and my grandmother who passed away from breast cancer, i look at lance as a story of hope. Not the obama crap, called hope. but real hope.
One of my favorite Nike ads ever, is the one where its lance, crying at the press conference where he announces he has cancer. He says he has testicular cancer that spread to his abdomen and brain and lungs. Then the commercial ends. Nike is one of the most evil corporations on earth but i'll be damned if this is not one of the finest commercials ever.
The point is, the guy came back from death. he had every reason to give up. To lie in bed the rest of his life. To cower under the covers. To refuse to leave the house. To go into a deep depression. And in all honesty all those things would have been perfectly acceptable. Instead the guy trains like a madman, and wins 7 straight Tours. Unreal. Even last year, when he didnt win, didnt he not get to train a ton, and still placed 4th was it? Pretty amazing.
That said, I dont want the allegations of doping to be true, but whats everyone elses take? Certainly cycling has major doping issues just like every other sport does right now, and certainly we know major cyclists like Landis did indeed dope, and lied about it.
Lance may have the most incredible sports story in history. Its unparalleled. He goes from deaths bed to winning 7 straight tours. You just cant fathom something like that. And lance's yellow bracelet thing and his activism around cancer has been unbelievably successful, maybe the single most successful campaign for cancer we have seen in modern times, he and we all raised millions with those bracelets.
Did he dope? Or is he really just THAT good?
Lance, is a hero of mine. With several people in my family with cancer, and my grandmother who passed away from breast cancer, i look at lance as a story of hope. Not the obama crap, called hope. but real hope.
One of my favorite Nike ads ever, is the one where its lance, crying at the press conference where he announces he has cancer. He says he has testicular cancer that spread to his abdomen and brain and lungs. Then the commercial ends. Nike is one of the most evil corporations on earth but i'll be damned if this is not one of the finest commercials ever.
The point is, the guy came back from death. he had every reason to give up. To lie in bed the rest of his life. To cower under the covers. To refuse to leave the house. To go into a deep depression. And in all honesty all those things would have been perfectly acceptable. Instead the guy trains like a madman, and wins 7 straight Tours. Unreal. Even last year, when he didnt win, didnt he not get to train a ton, and still placed 4th was it? Pretty amazing.
That said, I dont want the allegations of doping to be true, but whats everyone elses take? Certainly cycling has major doping issues just like every other sport does right now, and certainly we know major cyclists like Landis did indeed dope, and lied about it.
Lance may have the most incredible sports story in history. Its unparalleled. He goes from deaths bed to winning 7 straight tours. You just cant fathom something like that. And lance's yellow bracelet thing and his activism around cancer has been unbelievably successful, maybe the single most successful campaign for cancer we have seen in modern times, he and we all raised millions with those bracelets.
Did he dope? Or is he really just THAT good?
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why do you think he did?
And do you think lance, if it does come out conclusively somehow, sometime that he did dope that he deserves special ridicule because of how he framed all this. Its one thing to cheat, and dope, to win. Its quite another to have the whole cancer story attached to it, he survived cancer, to win 7 in a row. The fact that if he did dope, he willingly used the cancer story to his benefit would almost be sacreligious in nature.
in all my years watching the tour - every cyclist has bad days ... in his 7 year reign - he had one and it was because he wasn't properly hydrated ...
if you truly want to be inspired - go to your local food bank or hospital where you see everyday people like you and me volunteer their time to help those who can't help themselves ... those are real heroes ... people who make millions of dollars are demi-gods built up by some marketing PR company ... they aren't necessarily bad people but they are too controlled by their corporate image ...
for whatever thats worth
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The steroids they want. It's their life. I don't care, I don't think less of anyone for doing it. Good for them. If I had one nut I'd be on some kind of dope. Oh no someone took something to improve their strength.
forget what i was gona say, this nails it. anyway screw the french!!!
Bring up something of substance. Actions for change. Change for the better.
I'll not lose sleep tonight if he's found to have doped or not. Big fucking deal. Either way. Far more important things that are fucked up to be concerned about. Just my opinion.
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Agree.
i'm sure he won the races far and square.
Lance is an aerodynamic peddling machine.
fuck ya'll for not keeping up.
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concur.
riverrunner speaks the truth.
While I agree with most of that I'd include that the man is a fraud if he truly doped. I believe he did. He cheated and is a cheater. People still buy into it. Who is the dummy?
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Probably.
He probably doped just like everyone else in the sport...
THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF FRAUDS