Tag: Lance Armstrong
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Lance Armstrong, who used gender affirming testosterone to cheat his way to wins and hundreds of millions of dollars, throws a temper tantrum
Here’s the level of stupid the “narcissist on a bike” Lance Armstrong has reached: “My view is my view until proven differently,” Armstrong added in a confessional. “If this discussion gets to a place where a room of the brightest scientists and medical experts and everything else can say 100 percent without a doubt that…
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The Race Is In My Head
Anyone that has ever played a sport imagines themselves participating in some kind of championship event with the commentator announcing the play-by-play of their exploits. Whether it’s the game winning shot, pass, sprint, hit, or play, the visualization of yourself doing these things is a natural phenomenon in sports. For cyclists, that takes the form…
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Floyd Landis: Armstrong was the Best
In the new ESPN documentary LANCE, Lance Armstrong says “it could be worse, I could be Floyd Landis, waking up a piece of shit every day.” Landis, however, responded kindly to the comments Armstrong made. “I have some empathy for him because I went through some real public humiliation and it hurts. You want to…
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The 27 Best Cycling Documentaries You Should Watch
COVID-19 is keeping a lot of us indoors. The boredom of indoor training in addition to every bike race being cancelled is a real downer, especially during what is normally one of the best times of the year to be a cycling fan. Despite there being no spring classics, you can brighten your Zwifting or…
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Video: First trailer for Lance Armstrong documentary ‘LANCE’
Lance Armstrong says he’ll finally “speak his truth” in the first trailer for the documentary LANCE which will air in two parts on ESPN. Ya, that made me chuckle. The first installment is dropping on May 24th, with the second following a week later. The film is based on a set of interviews Marina Zenovich conducted with Armstrong,…
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WorldTour Pros are Coming for the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race
This weekend marks the second Saturday in August. While I’m sitting at home eating cake and hot dogs for my daughters birthday, 1,500 riders will be tackling one of the most grueling races in the world. Leadville established itself as the bucket list cross-country mountain bike race long ago. It requires entrance in a competitive…
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Tour de France 2019 Preview & Guide
Despite a new face taking the win last year (Geraint Thomas), last year’s Tour de France has faced some fair criticism for being boring. Despite Thomas’ win, it marked the sixth win in seven tries for Team Sky (now Team Ineos). And the first week of racing in 2018 was a slog. In an effort…
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Lance Armstrong ‘wouldn’t change a thing’
Lance Armstrong has no regrets when it comes to using illegal performance-enhancing drugs that ultimately led to him being stripped of seven Tour de France titles. In an NBC Sports Network special with Mike Tirico that will air Wednesday, Armstrong explained he “wouldn’t change a thing” about what happened: “I wouldn’t change the way I…
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EF Education First will race Leadville and Dirty Kanza
When U.S.-based WorldTour team EF Education First announced a partnership with apparel company Rapha late last year, it was announced as going beyond just apparel. EF and Rapha detailed plans to blend gravel and mountain bike races into the team’s conventional pro road race schedule. Now there’s confirmation that EF will send riders to Dirty…
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Paul Sherwen, Former Pro and Voice of Pro Cycling, dies at 62
Paul Sherwen, former professional rider and cycling commentator, has died at 62. Sherwen raced seven editions of the Tour de France before moving to commentating where he covered 33 more. He cemented his place as one of just a few voices of pro cycling who fans all over the world, and in particular in the…
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How Long Would You Have to Ride Your Bike to Mine One Bitcoin
I just spent an hour and a half grinding out some miles on Zwift and I had a thought. If I swapped my trainer for a generator, how long would I have to ride to provide the electricity needed to mine a single Bitcoin? I guess it’s time to do a little math. As of…
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That EPO Study Everyone is Talking About is Junk
By now, you’ve seen the headlines: “Study Shows Doping Drug EPO Gives No Edge to Serious Cyclists” (AP, via ESPN) “Blood Doping Doesn’t Work – For Amateurs, Anyway” (AFP) “Lance Armstrong’s drug of choice, EPO, ‘doesn’t work’, scientists claim” (The Telegraph) The study driving this news cycle was published in the British Journal of Clinical…