[zoppereurvito]

He isn't bothering to fight the charges, that doesn't mean he did it.

[brandiweb]

i wish i could go back in time and convince your parents to send you to penn state for camp

[Wavgbtif]

He isn't bothering to fight the charges, that doesn't mean he did it.

If 10 of my former teammates were lined up to testify against me I probably wouldn't bother either.

[bortycuz]

HC is just terrible at trolling

[Sleflanna]

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency policy, Armstrong will be stripped of all 7 Tour de France titles, plus his Olympic bronze, plus everything else he won from 1998 onward. It also means he will be barred for life from competing, coaching or having any official role with any Olympic sport or other sport that follows the World Anti-Doping Code.

What are they going to do, break into his house and steal his trophies?

[neeclindy]

He isn't bothering to fight the charges, that doesn't mean he did it.

[carletoxtrs]

This just in, NBCSports cable channel viewers just spiked at 50 people on the announcement. However, due to cycling no longer being popular in the US, viewers have now dropped below 5 a night, experts believe permanently.

[gugqgbyzlp]

The USADA actually needs the consent of several other organizations to strip his titles, and so far at least one has refused to do so.

How exactly are they claiming he beat the several hundred tests he took during his many events?

[bppstorr]

Beating tests isn't difficult, you just have to know what they're testing for. MLB players manage it all the time.

I do wonder about the time delay, though. Why weren't these people testifying in 2005 or whatever?

[LarryG1978]

That's largely what the Armstrong camp believes, yes. They have been going hard after Armstrong for a decade or so, and he's come out and said that he thinks they hate him for some reason... who knows of course, but agencies are lead by people, so anything's possible. I don't think we're ever going to know for sure - but this doesn't look good, certainly.

[mincbiori]

Let's be clear here - the implication is the World Anti-Doping Agency is some kind of illicit organization hell-bent on destroying the best Athletes in the world...or something?

Doping is doping. If you're innocent, you don't waive your right to a trial. Same deal here. Many people are saying exactly that today, because of the way they have gone against their own rules in persecuting this man.

Again, what do they have?

No positive tests. They are saying that he was a "ringleader" that was passing it around, but if that's the case, why were they caught and he wasn't? Was he holding out on them, and keeping "the good stuff" only for himself? Where was this testimony from the dopers back when it was happening?

They have proof, they should show it! Instead, they try to bleed his finances dry in court case after court case, and ruin all the good he has done.

[Breevereurl]

Why, are you missing him?

[gerturiotf]

Exhausted, I will agree with.

[DebtDetox]

You are innocent, can go to trial to clear you name ...until they take you to trial yet again, because double jeopardy is a joke to them.

He has won every trial up to now, but there is no end in sight. Can you understand that?

[Dwencejed]

Endless.

[QEoMi752]

In order for you not to lose and get a lot more serious sentence, especially if the evidence is not in your favour. In this particular case he is getting the most serious sentence he can get, and not even fighting the last round, let alone appealing.

Not that I care that much as there should be no winner for those years, Ulrich was also doping, just less effectively and it is a fairly safe bet that there is no success in cycling without some sort of extra stimulation these days, but to pretend Lance did not "cheat" is silly.

[tilmprarnerit]

If he does not, I am sure that Statue of Liberty does.

[vNZsk39B]

nothing in the OP says how he cheated, so he must be innocent

[truportodfa]

So? He did it with only one testicle!

[Toninvell]

rotflmao

If Armstrong cheated, the thing that always gets me is how audacious and brazen it was, with several people involved for a start and the whole world watching