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| − | Nike are refusing to cut their ties with Lance Armstrong despite his role as ringleader in 'the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme sport has ever seen'.<br>Armstrong's myth as a cycling hero has been blown to pieces by evidence exposing the seven-time Tour de France winner.<br>Despite the mounting backlash against the one-time icon, Armstrong's main sponsor Nike continue to back him.<br>After the latest revelations emerged, Nike re-released the same statement first issued in August. It reads: 'We are saddened that Lance Armstrong may no longer be able to participate in certain competitions and his titles appear to be impacted.<br>Scroll down for video<br>Support: Lance Armstrong continues to wear the Nike swoosh on his gear<br>Disgraced: Armstrong's career achievements have been tarnished <br>USADA's reasoned decision Click here to read the reasoned decision from the USADA <br>'Lance has stated his innocence and has been unwavering on this position. Nike plans to continue to support Lance and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a foundation that Lance created to serve cancer survivors.' <br><br>Nike, the world's biggest sportswear brand, have long sponsored Armstrong and his Livestrong charity that has raised money to help cancer survivors and research. Since 2004, Nike has helped Livestrong raise over $100million as well as creating the famous yellow wristbands that have been sold 84m times.<br>And Sporting Kansas City's stadium will continue to carry the name of Lance Armstrong's cancer charity Livestrong despite him being labelled as a serial drugs cheat.<br><br>The Major League Soccer team's home ground is known as Livestrong Sporting Park and the club's chief executive Robb Heineman, speaking at the Leaders in Football conference in London, refuted any suggestion that the name would change.<br><br>'The reason we did the partnership was for everyone affected by cancer and the 80 million members of Livestrong worldwide,' Heineman said.<br><br>'That is how we think of the relationship with the brand. The Lance information is less relevant around our partnership. It is really about the 28 million cancer survivors worldwide and what we can do to support them.<br><br>'It is more around the mission with that brand and the relationship we have with the brand. It truly is about helping those afflicted with cancer and the lifestyle they live with every day.'<br><br>Trek Bicycle Corp also sponsor Arrmstrong and the US company confirmed it is monitoring developments. Trek also sells Livestrong branded bikes.<br><br>Lying again: Armstrong has a medical test before the 2002 Tour<br>THE JOURNALISTS WHO REFUSED TO LET ARMSTRONG ESCAPETwo journalists have campaigned for a decade to expose Armstrong as a drugs cheat. Sunday Times sportswriter David Walsh led the way, with the co-author of his book, L.A. Confidentiel, Pierre Ballester, as well as the former Tour de France rider and journalist Paul Kimmage.<br>Walsh discovered Armstrong was working with Dr Michele Ferrari, an Italian coach who was suspected of administering EPO. <br>Walsh tweeted: 'In the war on doping, this is a seminal moment. An untouchable is about to be exposed, one who believed he was protected by his own sport.' <br>Kimmage, the author of Rough Ride, about his own experiences with drugs as a professional cyclist in the 1980s, confronted Armstrong at his comeback in 2009.<br>In a heated exchange between the two, Kimmage, who has also written for the Daily Mail, repeated his earlier claim that Armstrong represented 'the cancer of doping'.<br>More recently, cycling's world governing body the UCI announced that they are suing Kimmage for his claims that they are 'corrupt'. Supporters of Kimmage have raised more than $50,000 to help him. <br>On Wednesday, the US Anti-Doping Agency released a 200-page report revealing in minute detail how Armstrong:<br><br>Surrounded himself with drug runners and doping doctors<br><br>Bullied team-mates into using his methods<br><br>Intimidated witnesses<br><br>Repeatedly lied to investigators<br><br>Pulled out of a race to avoid a test.<br>No fewer than 11 team-mates testified against him, leaving USADA with 'no doubt that Mr Armstrong's career (from 1998-2005) was fuelled from start to finish by doping'.<br>The report says: 'Armstrong and his handlers engaged in a massive and long-running scheme to use drugs, cover their tracks, intimidate witnesses, tarnish reputations, lie to hearing panels and the press and do whatever was necessary to conceal the truth.'<br>It adds that his goal to win the Tour de France 'led him to depend on EPO, testosterone and blood transfusions but also, more ruthlessly, to expect and require that his team-mates would likewise use drugs to support his goals'.<br>The dossier, described as 'jaw-dropping' by British Cycling performance director David Brailsford, was delivered to the headquarters of cycling's world governing body, the UCI. It is based on the sworn testimony of 26 people, including 15 cyclists who were involved in, or had knowledge of, the doping conspiracy. It also uses scientific evidence and bank records.<br>But the report has also been described as 'one-sided hatchet job,' the cyclist's lawyer have said. <br><br>'We have seen the press release from USADA touting the upcoming release today of its "reasoned decision,"' Armstrong lawyer Sean Breen said.<br><br>'(The) statement confirms the alleged "reasoned decision" from USADA will be a one-sided hatchet job - a taxpayer-funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat-induced stories,' <br><br>Breen also said the agency was 'ignoring the 500-600 tests Lance Armstrong passed, ignoring all exculpatory evidence, and trying to justify the millions of dollars USADA has spent pursuing one, single athlete for years.'<br><br>He added: 'USADA has continued its government-funded witch hunt of only Mr Armstrong, a retired cyclist, in violation of its own rules and due process, in spite of USADA�s lack of jurisdiction, in blatant violation of the statute of limitations.'<br>Armstrong led the US Postal team from 1998, when he launched a comeback after recovering from cancer, to 2005, when he retired after winning a record seventh Tour. Travis Tygart, the head of USADA, said that during this period 'Armstrong acted as a ringleader and intimidated people who spoke out about doping'.<br>It amounted, said Tygart, to a 'doping conspiracy professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair advantage.<br>Shamed: Lance Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles<br>'The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service pro cycling team ran the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen.'<br>The report also alleges that Armstrong paid more than $1million (�625,000) to a Swiss bank account controlled by Dr Michele Ferrari, an Italian coach who has consistently been linked to doping and who stands accused by USADA of administering banned products<br> | + | Nike are refusing to cut their ties with Lance Armstrong despite his role as ringleader in 'the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme sport has ever seen'.<br>Armstrong's myth as a cycling hero has been blown to pieces by evidence exposing the seven-time Tour de France winner.<br>Despite the mounting backlash against the one-time icon, Armstrong's main sponsor Nike continue to back him.<br>After the latest revelations emerged, Nike re-released the same statement first issued in August. It reads: 'We are saddened that Lance Armstrong may no longer be able to participate in certain competitions and his titles appear to be impacted.<br>Scroll down for video<br>Support: Lance Armstrong continues to wear the Nike swoosh on his gear<br>Disgraced: Armstrong's career achievements have been tarnished <br>USADA's reasoned decision Click here to read the reasoned decision from the USADA <br>'Lance has stated his innocence and has been unwavering on this position. Nike plans to continue to support Lance and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a foundation that Lance created to serve cancer survivors.' <br><br>Nike, the world's biggest sportswear brand, have long sponsored Armstrong and his Livestrong charity that has raised money to help cancer survivors and research. Since 2004, Nike has helped Livestrong raise over $100million as well as creating the famous yellow wristbands that have been sold 84m times.<br>And Sporting Kansas City's stadium will continue to carry the name of Lance Armstrong's cancer charity Livestrong despite him being labelled as a serial drugs cheat.<br><br> |
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| + | The Major League Soccer team's home ground is known as Livestrong Sporting Park and the club's chief executive Robb Heineman, speaking at the Leaders in Football conference in London, refuted any suggestion that the name would change.<br><br>'The reason we did the partnership was for everyone affected by cancer and the 80 million members of Livestrong worldwide,' Heineman said.<br><br>'That is how we think of the relationship with the brand. The Lance information is less relevant around our partnership. It is really about the 28 million cancer survivors worldwide and what we can do to support them.<br><br>'It is more around the mission with that brand and the relationship we have with the brand. It truly is about helping those afflicted with cancer and the lifestyle they live with every day.'<br><br>Trek Bicycle Corp also sponsor Arrmstrong and the US company confirmed it is monitoring developments. Trek also sells Livestrong branded bikes.<br><br>Lying again: Armstrong has a medical test before the 2002 Tour<br>THE JOURNALISTS WHO REFUSED TO LET ARMSTRONG ESCAPETwo journalists have campaigned for a decade to expose Armstrong as a drugs cheat. Sunday Times sportswriter David Walsh led the way, with the co-author of his book, L.A. Confidentiel, Pierre Ballester, as well as the former Tour de France rider and journalist Paul Kimmage.<br>Walsh discovered Armstrong was working with Dr Michele Ferrari, an Italian coach who was suspected of administering EPO. <br>Walsh tweeted: 'In the war on doping, this is a seminal moment. An untouchable is about to be exposed, one who believed he was protected by his own sport.' <br>Kimmage, the author of Rough Ride, about his own experiences with drugs as a professional cyclist in the 1980s, confronted Armstrong at his comeback in 2009.<br>In a heated exchange between the two, Kimmage, who has also written for the Daily Mail, repeated his earlier claim that Armstrong represented 'the cancer of doping'.<br>More recently, cycling's world governing body the UCI announced that they are suing Kimmage for his claims that they are 'corrupt'. Supporters of Kimmage have raised more than $50,000 to help him. <br>On Wednesday, the US Anti-Doping Agency released a 200-page report revealing in minute detail how Armstrong:<br><br>Surrounded himself with drug runners and doping doctors<br><br>Bullied team-mates into using his methods<br><br>Intimidated witnesses<br><br>Repeatedly lied to investigators<br><br>Pulled out of a race to avoid a test.<br>No fewer than 11 team-mates testified against him, leaving USADA with 'no doubt that Mr Armstrong's career (from 1998-2005) was fuelled from start to finish by doping'.<br>The report says: 'Armstrong and his handlers engaged in a massive and long-running scheme to use drugs, cover their tracks, intimidate witnesses, tarnish reputations, lie to hearing panels and the press and do whatever was necessary to conceal the truth.'<br>It adds that his goal to win the Tour de France 'led him to depend on EPO, testosterone and blood transfusions but also, more ruthlessly, to expect and require that his team-mates would likewise use drugs to support his goals'.<br>The dossier, described as 'jaw-dropping' by British Cycling performance director David Brailsford, was delivered to the headquarters of cycling's world governing body, the UCI. It is based on the sworn testimony of 26 people, including 15 cyclists who were involved in, or had knowledge of, the doping conspiracy. It also uses scientific evidence and bank records.<br>But the report has also been described as 'one-sided hatchet job,' the cyclist's lawyer have said. <br><br>'We have seen the press release from USADA touting the upcoming release today of its "reasoned decision,"' Armstrong lawyer Sean Breen said.<br><br>'(The) statement confirms the alleged "reasoned decision" from USADA will be a one-sided hatchet job - a taxpayer-funded tabloid piece rehashing old, disproved, unreliable allegations based largely on axe-grinders, serial perjurers, coerced testimony, sweetheart deals and threat-induced stories,' <br><br>Breen also said the agency was 'ignoring the 500-600 tests Lance Armstrong passed, ignoring all exculpatory evidence, and trying to justify the millions of dollars USADA has spent pursuing one, single athlete for years.'<br><br>He added: 'USADA has continued its government-funded witch hunt of only Mr Armstrong, a retired cyclist, in violation of its own rules and due process, in spite of USADA�s lack of jurisdiction, in blatant violation of the statute of limitations.'<br>Armstrong led the US Postal team from 1998, when he launched a comeback after recovering from cancer, to 2005, when he retired after winning a record seventh Tour. Travis Tygart, the head of USADA, said that during this period 'Armstrong acted as a ringleader and intimidated people who spoke out about doping'.<br>It amounted, said Tygart, to a 'doping conspiracy professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair advantage.<br>Shamed: Lance Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles<br>'The evidence shows beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service pro cycling team ran the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen.'<br>The report also alleges that Armstrong paid more than $1million (�625,000) to a Swiss bank account controlled by Dr Michele Ferrari, an Italian coach who has consistently been linked to doping and who stands accused by USADA of administering banned products<br> | ||
USADA spent five months building a case against Armstrong, his former team director and three doctors connected to his former team, including Ferrari<br> | USADA spent five months building a case against Armstrong, his former team director and three doctors connected to his former team, including Ferrari<br> | ||
Five individuals connected to the team - the former director, Johan Bruyneel, Ferrari, two other doctors and Armstrong - were charged with doping offences in June and given until August 24 to respond. Armstrong opted not to contest the charges, instead releasing a statement that accused USADA of a 'witch-hunt'<br> | Five individuals connected to the team - the former director, Johan Bruyneel, Ferrari, two other doctors and Armstrong - were charged with doping offences in June and given until August 24 to respond. Armstrong opted not to contest the charges, instead releasing a statement that accused USADA of a 'witch-hunt'<br> | ||
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'We've got nothing to hide. It's no secret that it is hard work, it's training... the focus on performance, that means you can win things and win things cle<br><br> | 'We've got nothing to hide. It's no secret that it is hard work, it's training... the focus on performance, that means you can win things and win things cle<br><br> | ||
| − | 'Hopefully that's now showing | + | 'Hopefully that's now showing everybody that we can take the sport to a better pla<br><br> |
'We don't ever want to go back to the kind of state the system was in. Let's take it to a better plac<br><br> | 'We don't ever want to go back to the kind of state the system was in. Let's take it to a better plac<br><br> | ||
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The USPS Team doping conspiracy was professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair competitive advantage through superior doping practices. A programme organised by individuals who thought they were above the rules and who still play a major and active role in sport tod<br>. | The USPS Team doping conspiracy was professionally designed to groom and pressure athletes to use dangerous drugs, to evade detection, to ensure its secrecy and ultimately gain an unfair competitive advantage through superior doping practices. A programme organised by individuals who thought they were above the rules and who still play a major and active role in sport tod<br>. | ||
The evidence demonstrates that the 'code of silence' of performance enhancing drug use in the sport of cycling has been shattered, but there is more to do. From day one, we always hoped this investigation would bring to a close this troubling chapter in cycling's history and we hope the sport will use this tragedy to prevent it from ever happening aga<br>. | The evidence demonstrates that the 'code of silence' of performance enhancing drug use in the sport of cycling has been shattered, but there is more to do. From day one, we always hoped this investigation would bring to a close this troubling chapter in cycling's history and we hope the sport will use this tragedy to prevent it from ever happening aga<br>. | ||
| − | Of course, no-one wants to be | + | Of course, no-one wants to be chained to the past forever, and I would call on the UCI to act on its own recent suggestion for a meaningful truth and reconciliation programme. While we appreciate the arguments that weigh in favour of and against such a program, we believe that allowing individuals like the riders mentioned today to come forward and acknowledge the truth about their past doping may be the only way to truly dismantle the remaining system that allowed this 'EPO and blood doping era' to flourish. Hopefully, the sport can unshackle itself from the past, and once and for all continue to move forward to a better futu<br>. |
Our mission is to protect clean athletes by preserving the integrity of competition not only for today's athletes but also the athletes of tomorrow. We have heard from many athletes who have faced an unfair dilemma - dope, or don't compete at the highest levels of the sport. Many of them abandoned their dreams and left sport because they refused to endanger their health and participate in doping. That is a tragic choice no athlete should have to ma<br>. | Our mission is to protect clean athletes by preserving the integrity of competition not only for today's athletes but also the athletes of tomorrow. We have heard from many athletes who have faced an unfair dilemma - dope, or don't compete at the highest levels of the sport. Many of them abandoned their dreams and left sport because they refused to endanger their health and participate in doping. That is a tragic choice no athlete should have to ma<br>. | ||
It took tremendous courage for the riders on the USPS Team and others to come forward and speak truthfully. It is not easy to admit your mistakes and accept your punishment. But that is what these riders have done for the good of the sport, and for the young riders who hope to one day reach their dreams without using dangerous drugs or metho<br>. | It took tremendous courage for the riders on the USPS Team and others to come forward and speak truthfully. It is not easy to admit your mistakes and accept your punishment. But that is what these riders have done for the good of the sport, and for the young riders who hope to one day reach their dreams without using dangerous drugs or metho<br>. | ||
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In some part, it would have been easier for them if it all would just go away; however, they love the sport, and they want to help young athletes have hope that they are not put in the position they were - to face the reality that in order to climb to the heights of their sport they had to sink to the depths of dangerous cheati<br>. | In some part, it would have been easier for them if it all would just go away; however, they love the sport, and they want to help young athletes have hope that they are not put in the position they were - to face the reality that in order to climb to the heights of their sport they had to sink to the depths of dangerous cheati<br>. | ||
I have personally talked with and heard these athletes' stories and firmly believe that, collectively, these athletes, if forgiven and embraced, have a chance to leave a legacy far greater for the good of the sport than anything they ever did on a bi<br>. | I have personally talked with and heard these athletes' stories and firmly believe that, collectively, these athletes, if forgiven and embraced, have a chance to leave a legacy far greater for the good of the sport than anything they ever did on a bi<br>. | ||
| − | Lance Armstrong was given the same opportunity to come forward and be part of the solution. He rejected <br>. | + | Lance [http://captiveye-pointcorp.com/ghdstraighteners.htm Armstrong] was given the same opportunity to come forward and be part of the solution. He rejected <br>. |
Instead he exercised his legal right not to contest the evidence and knowingly accepted the imposition of a ban from recognised competition for life and disqualification of his competitive results from 1998 forwar<br> | Instead he exercised his legal right not to contest the evidence and knowingly accepted the imposition of a ban from recognised competition for life and disqualification of his competitive results from 1998 forwar<br> | ||
The entire factual and legal basis on the outcome in his case and the other six active riders' cases will be provided in the materials made available online later today. Two other members of the USPS Team, Dr Michele Ferrari and Dr Garcia del Moral, also received lifetime bans for perpetrating this doping conspira<br>. | The entire factual and legal basis on the outcome in his case and the other six active riders' cases will be provided in the materials made available online later today. Two other members of the USPS Team, Dr Michele Ferrari and Dr Garcia del Moral, also received lifetime bans for perpetrating this doping conspira<br>. | ||
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1998: Wins Tours of Holland and Luxembou<br>. | 1998: Wins Tours of Holland and Luxembou<br>. | ||
1999: Claims first Tour de France title, winning four stag<br>. | 1999: Claims first Tour de France title, winning four stag<br>. | ||
| − | 2000: Wins second Tour. Secures time-trial bronze in Sydney Olympi<br>. | + | 2000: Wins second Tour. [http://captiveye-pointcorp.com/ghdstraighteners.htm Secures] time-trial bronze in Sydney Olympi<br>. |
2001: Victorious in Tour of Switzerla<br>. | 2001: Victorious in Tour of Switzerla<br>. | ||
July 29: Becomes only the fifth rider to win three Tour de France titles in a r<br>. | July 29: Becomes only the fifth rider to win three Tour de France titles in a r<br>. | ||
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Shamed Armstrong revealed as a bully, liar and serial doper in 'most sophisticated and successful' drugs plot in history of sp<br><br> | Shamed Armstrong revealed as a bully, liar and serial doper in 'most sophisticated and successful' drugs plot in history of sp<br><br> | ||
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