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In reply to the discussion: Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His 7 Tour de France Titles [View all]lalalu
(1,663 posts)106. They wanted to penalize Phelps.
I guess you are also going to claim they didn't want to strip him of his medals over the ads? You raised Phelps as an example and I proved you wrong.
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It's not my opinion alone... This list puts Lance at #5. But still has Merckx as the best.
kayakjohnny
Oct 2012
#16
Whoever "they" is, "they" obviously didn't actually get very far in their anti-Phelps vendetta.
DanTex
Oct 2012
#109
OH? What if its a new drug the tests arent designed to detect or if its one the body
cstanleytech
Oct 2012
#130
What a crock. One of the biggest cheats ever and a disgrace to the sport according to the
byeya
Oct 2012
#80
way to ruin 7 yrs of other peoples hard work by cheating. truly disgusting. i have no respect
seabeyond
Oct 2012
#3
I don't think anyone will be named as the winner for those 7 years
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2012
#31
No he didn't. You are unable to defend your position without making false claims.
DanTex
Oct 2012
#95
So all the cyclists who've come forward, the French officials who'd suspected him for a long time...
marmar
Oct 2012
#17
You obviously don't know what you're talking about. You should never comment on cycling again. n/t
Dawgs
Oct 2012
#33
Can't argue with you about the worship of sports figures. I think it's ridiculous also.
calimary
Oct 2012
#97
Good! Now if baseball would strip Sosa, Bonds, McGwire and the rest of the roid bunch it would
sarcasmo
Oct 2012
#53
Apparently the entire sport has become corrupted and needs to be labeled as such.
humblebum
Oct 2012
#85
Well of course this is a huge smear campaign against a conpletely innocent person.
Safetykitten
Oct 2012
#91
Does this mean that Miguel Indurain (the modest champion) is the greatest ever?
Supersedeas
Oct 2012
#107
Desire? Perhaps valid. Expectation? Naive in the extreme, and repeatedly shown to be so.
dmallind
Oct 2012
#123