Lance Armstrong stripped of his Tour de France titles for doping

[MissLindaJean]

Lance Armstrong was a whirlwind and set world records when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times. Recently, people have come forward with information to prove that he was doping and helped to strip him of his medals and get him a life ban from competitive cycling. Well...better late than never? What do you think?

 

[zadidoll]

I think it was a bad move on their part since they never had proof and never did any drug testing at the time of the events. To strip him on hearsay is setting a bad precedent.

 

[MissLindaJean]

I find it interesting that " everyone" coming forward with info towards his guilt were all competitors, teammates or not. Also, the board in charge that stripped the medals say their suspicions go back years, yet he always passed the tests. He's never given a dirty test and it's a damn shame. Smacks of jealousy and playing to the crowd, obviously not one I run in lol.

 

[Dalylah]

The true story is that a lot of athletes "dope" in certain ways. Some people hear that and don't realize just how many things can be considered doping. It's not just Vitamin shots or electrolytes anymore, it's HGH, blood transfusions and other stuff. While I believe he was, I could honestly care less that he did. If most of the business is doing it, fully knowing the possible health repercussions I just don't understand why they don't allow it. I know a lot of people will disagree. The bottom line is that people love an extraordinary athlete putting on a great show. Lance Armstrong and all of the other "doping" athletes like Barry Bonds were putting on a great show. They seem willing to do it. They didn't award the trophies to the second or third place people because all of them have either now admitted to doping or are under investigation for it. I say give em all their injections, transfusions and see who can do it best lol.