Comeback

"9/9 UPDATE #4 Fast and Furious now. Some of Ed Coyle's findings are in dispute. Was data fabricated to benefit Armstrong? Read the original article here. Any real physiologists out there care to read that and decipher for us?"

There was an good analysis done on Science of Sport. Also happened to read a funny take on the whole situation on Cozy Beehive yesterday.

Bicycling got it right...

http://boulderreport.bicycling.com/2008/09/buzz-over-possi.html

You defend us more than we defend ourselves.

So I contacted VeloNews who supposedly broke the story even tho many of us already had known thanks to velocitynation.com.

RESPONSE FROM VELONEWS:

If we had borrowed the information from either of those sites, we would have credited them. We did not. We had our own sources.

On Monday and early Tuesday, the national media credited us because they couldn't get the information themselves.

Letter I wrote:

Velo,

I find it disgusting that you guys would push all this info without giving credit where it is do. Neal did not break this story. and to be correct I heard about this about 2-3 weeks before I saw it on your website. I do enjoy the tidbits and the cycling coverage you provide but as responsible journalist you must feel shame when congratulating Neal for this particular break. I like Neal. Often watch his videos and read his column but we are all aware in the industry that this news was first leaked on cyclingfansanonymous.com but originally on
http://www.velocitynation.com/node/2191 .please give credit rather than swimming in it because of some national recognition VeloNews got.

thanks Guys,

Keep up the good work.

Lance, Jan, Ivan, Joseba, Floyd, Tyler, Oscar, Santiago, Pantani (RIP), why not all on Rock Racing?
Gaggioli/Saiz can DS...

Floyd coming back with Son-of-Health Net

Is Jan coming back too? Wow...the 2009 Tour looks to be the best one in years. I can't wait. Drugs. DRUGS! AND MORE DRUGS!!!

If Lance comes back than the UCI should change their drug policy. Anything Keith Richards has not done is off limits. That would make it even more entertaining.

Bye bye cycling. :(

How does he get his face so skinny, his cheeks cave in, that's hot

Doping accusations against Armstrong, nah, that can't be true.

What about Basso? He will be around? Is the current US RR champion going to race the tour? Has Floyd served his time? I think that Vino still has another year to go? We could have the special TdF - Master's Edition where we could see how a 'clean' (*snicker*) list of the stars of the past stack up.

Actually Thor team selection is totally sucky. He'll be riding for the defending Tour champion team. There is no room for Tour Smashs is they are hoping to win.

Specially with the stupid dude planning a comeback/

One for yellow and one for green, sounds like the new Cervelo team will have Lotto-like problems for 2009

...from the Chicago Bull's and never come back to the Wizards...this Lance thing is like that just worse...I predict a train wreck.

No f-ing way, he's straight

Schmaltz - No shout out for Thor and his new team? You are slipping.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/09/armstrong200809?print...

.. with an old shot of Lance literally sans culotte.

Edit: My apologies. I missed the updates.

Edit II: Oh well. Since I've posted posted links I might as well add something completely different.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/29/jared-joslin-art-exh.html

Ben Harris is secretly staging a comeback to CRCA club racing in parallel with LA.

Heard it here first

Armstrong to Adler

NYVelocity has gone global./
This is everywhere now.

Lance is back.

Shit. What did we do to deserve this?

"Why did he ruin Brinkley's scoop?"

Um, 'cuz he's a dick?

Lance is going to race for crca/sakonet.

And we have good reason to feel that denials by a Russian are indeed true.

an Astana spokesman denied the report to The Associated Press.

"He is no part of our team," Astana team press officer Philippe Maertens told the AP in an e-mail. "Team Astana has no plans with him."

And it's back.

Does this mean I can ride my Madone again?
Seriously, it was ironic to see the Espoirs Lauvel team at GMSR all on Treks and us all on, err, not Treks.

http://www.velocitynation.com/node/636

but Messrs. Shen, Schmalz and Ostroy continue to treat these important, 1st person historical documents with the cavalierism (cavalierity? cavalierality?) the way a modern-day inhabitant of Roma treats that fair city. "Quod non fecerunt barberi, fecerunt Barberini."

(You have no idea how many Romans you'll find writhing all over each other in il Colosseo on a moonlight night - you can't take one step without stumbling into a beast with two backs, if you catch my drift.)

but I just don't have the time and energy today for a lecture, sorry.

Search "tabletopped" (go to the second post) and that will give you an accurate description of Gulla's exploits:

http://www.velocitynation.com/node/722

Who is Alex Gulla?

Lance will not ride...
... with mengoni.

Do they even have team anymore. The guys are either suspended, old and basically PP Masters racers or off to college. They have Frieson thats it? They getting any new riders?

Well, that Velonews article got picked and that shit has gone global!

why not Zui hanafusa?

So it's not Bunde?
Darn it.

Poor Levi will never get his shot.

Looking at timestamps on information posted, looks like the sportspladder guy was the first to put it out there...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!
Make that dude go away please!!

Hinault, bitches. The Badger will be back to rip apart the peloton.

I'm the one coming back numnutts

Not quite the most reputable source is it?

I'm still thinking its just a rumor and probably linked to his movie, as in possibly he'll ask the UCI to allow him to be filmed in the pack during a major race or a few for film footage, I doubt any French races LOL!

I thought this was a joke when I read this guy's blog early this week, but now...
www.sportsplodder.com

Is it true? Tony Falk is returning to bike racing? Will Andy Shen release him from his ML contract so he can go to Astana? Stay tuned!

JP still owes JT! pay up sucker/

no not zui no not gulla its ralph hassard, no tim clarsen, wait he is in europe and still racing but not in nyc so it doesnt countso it must be simon orr. seriously matthew mccounaughe or however you spell it is gay, i have proof, but dont ask for details.

Whatever happened to him.

ALex Gulla? That would be cool

He's coming back!

Also you guys crack me up!

Vino Vino Vino!!!

who Zui hanafusa

Yes, come back Vino!!!

Everyone around Lance pluse all his teams where using and all got cought!
When you represnt the big boys you go free....

pro or Am come back kid??

awesome, featuring his girlfriend AND his boyfriend

To quote John Goodman playing Robert DeNiro on SNL, "I heard things.... I heard things..."

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4f551b0252

paris-nice
tour of california
tour of georgia
dauphine libere
le tour

If LA came back to a "cleaner" cycling with a focus on, let's say, the Classics not the Tour. Why would he need to dope? He's still be one of the stronger guys on the new "level" playing field. Bring it on.
JB

Seriously -- He'll never get busted. The Lance PR machine is too powerful and Bristol Meyers Squibb was 10 years ahead of everyone else with their performance enhancing drug program, specifically designed for Lance's cancer recovery and subsequent TdF wins.

Do you think it's possible that dozens of riders were busted taking EPO and a bevy of other drugs thinking they could mask them with other substances while he smugly brushed off allegations, tested clean, and just rode away from Ullrich, Vino, Mayo, Botero, etc...? The guy is a super-cheater and will never get caught unless Johann or Carmichael has a meltdown from the stress of covering up the greatest lie in sports history and spills the beans.

Booyahkasha!

Can't he just enjoy gangbanging blondes with McConi'hey-bro and stay the hell away from cycling? I know he has nothing going on aside from sitting on his enormous pile of money, but coming back to cycling is a bad idea. He's not Michael Jordan, more like Favre.

Hope he comes back and gets busted for doping...

it must be true, NYVC said so.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!
Make that dude go away please!!

Marco's coming back??

I take Owen Wilson's leftovers dot com