Lance Armstrong to be stripped of Tour de France titles and banned for life

[Dr Butler]

Dear God...no !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21120453

[Jon Crofts]

I'm with you Dr, it will just be a Lying Lance propaganda film.

[danno]

An American competing in a strange land,
finds that to compete, he must do things
he never dreamed of.

Every success has its price.

But one man was willing to pay.

Telly Savalas Pictures presents:

Lance: Road of Justice

[Mac]

The tour without Liggett and Sherwin is like formula 1 without Murray Walker.

They even use them on the US coverage!

Agreed. They are brilliant.  When we had to listen to the BBC's Hugh Porter during the Olympics you realise what a good job they do.

Hugh Porter was out of his depth in the road race. He sounded like he'd have problems recognising his own reflection in the bathroom mirror.

[Mac]

Going back to the Oprah interview, does anyone believe that he didn't get his failed drug test in the Tour de Suisse covered up by the UCI.

No matter how he puts it he failed. And the UCI accepted a back dated medical cert despite Armstrong declaring before the test he wasn't on any meds.

[Dante Lavelli]

With regards to the honesty of Team SKY, in the Sunday Times there was an article by the journalist David Walsh (I think that's his name) where he has been offered full access by Brailsford.  They're booking him rooms in the hotels, he's travelling in the bus, access all areas.  The only rule "don't piss off the riders".

Unfortunately due to the Times' pay restrictions I cannot post it. 

Fair play to Brailsford for being so open and ultimately good for the sport.  Not so good for Team Sky as if there's no drugs then the journalist will find another angle to create a story.

[Jon Crofts]

I think every cycling journalist in the world is licking their lips at the prospect of Froome v Wiggins for the rest of the year, there won't be any need to go looking for any other story.

[Dante Lavelli]

I think every cycling journalist in the world is licking their lips at the prospect of Froome v Wiggins for the rest of the year, there won't be any need to go looking for any other story.

Are you suggesting that Wiggins will not accept being #2 to Froome with good grace?

[Jon Crofts]

Not sure about good grace, there's no reason on earth why Wiggins should be #2 to the Froome dog this year or in fact for the forseeable.

[lovejoy]

i think Brailsford is sufficiently a switched on to ensure they have non overlapping goals and can help each other. its been done before.

[PeterWithesShin]

[PGW]

Quality

[N'Rexy]

If you have a spare hour or two today flick Eurosport on to watch the Paris-Roubiax race. It should finish around 3:30pm Its brutally hard as there are so many cobbled roads that they ride on. Makes for great viewing (so much so that I am in France at the finish line!).

[SteveN]

If you have a spare hour or two today flick Eurosport on to watch the Paris-Roubiax race. It should finish around 3:30pm Its brutally hard as there are so many cobbled roads that they ride on. Makes for great viewing (so much so that I am in France at the finish line!).

Highlights ITV4 at 9. Spartacus!

[N'Rexy]

Spartacus (Cancellara) won.  it was a great race that ended in a sprint in the Velodrome where we were.  What a day. It was sunny, the Juplier was cheap, and we blagged our way into the middle for the finish. Just got home now (thanks Eurostar). Thats a sport theat reminds me of football 20 years ago.