60 Minutes: Tyler Hamilton claims Armstrong doped

[sundial]

Tyler will be interviewed by 60 minutes this Sunday and he is claiming that not only did he dope but that Lance did as well. In an ongoing federal investigation, Frankie Andreu also admits that he had to dope just to remain competitive. More about this in an article here.

[Veronica]

Maybe Lance did... but whatever Tyler says, I won't believe him. He lacks credibility now and it's too bad he's being given so much press.

Veronica

[Crankin]

I just wonder what Tyler's motivation is. As Veronica said, who would believe him?
And to think I almost invited him to speak at my school at one point.

[redrhodie]

I hate that the only publicity cycling ever gets on network TV is always about doping. Now that Lance isn't racing, they don't even mention the tour de France, one of the biggest sports events in the world, unless there's a scandal. It's sickening.

[Jo-n-NY]

I hate that the only publicity cycling ever gets on network TV is always about doping. Now that Lance isn't racing, they don't even mention the tour de France, one of the biggest sports events in the world, unless there's a scandal. It's sickening.

I agree. Here on the east coast the Tour of California have not been mentioned on any news channel, TV or radio. What do I hear on the radio (news station) this morning, this Tyler interview. Sickening as cycling is getting credit for one thing only it seems. 2 USA cyclists up in front and not a word.

LA has been tested over 500 times on and off season and nothing found. Give it up already!!! I heard Tyler is writing a book. cha ching

[Eden]

Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!.......

[pll]

LA has been tested over 500 times on and off season and nothing found. Give it up already!!! I heard Tyler is writing a book. cha ching

Unfortunately, the tests are weak, so LA might have tested negative 1000 times and that does not prove that he is clean. I love watching the grand tours, but I will not idolize any of the riders. Not Armstrong, nor Horner, Nibali, Schleck, Contador, etc.

[ny biker]

Yawn.

Tyler needs money.

[Biciclista]

I agree with all of you, but the bottom line is, if EVERYONE is doping,.... ?????

what kind of sport is it? Nothing I'd want to support, that's for sure. And that's pretty sad...

[redrhodie]

I agree with all of you, but the bottom line is, if EVERYONE is doping,.... ?????

what kind of sport is it? Nothing I'd want to support, that's for sure. And that's pretty sad...

I don't think everyone is doping. I think it's sad that honest racers have to live with this stigma. I'll always love this sport. I refuse to let the cheaters ruin it for me.

[TxDoc]

In my view of things, Hamilton and Landis are two losers who used banned substances, lied about it, and then changed their story in search of publicity and monetary gain.
Now, after having told multiple contradictory lies to the world, they once again change their story just to serve some other business interest on their not-so-well-hidden agenda.

What surprises me is the inglorious waste of public funding on a nonsense investigation. This circus should be laid to rest today. Failures like Hamilton and Landis do not deserve the publicity stunt they seek.

We have doping controls. While laboratory tests are of course fallible, it is all we have, and it is all we should use to determine who follows the rules and who does not.

Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France 7 times. He was tested 500+ times in over 20 years, and none of those tests resulted positive.
Evidence speaks for itself.

[smilingcat]

sigh...

let's just go riding for our own enjoyment. And let the Monday morning quarterbacks bicker over hearsay.

[SheFly]

sigh...

let's just go riding for our own enjoyment. And let the Monday morning quarterbacks bicker over hearsay.

Amen!

I will, however, just add that if all of you think this is only happening in the Pro ranks, I am here to tell you that is absolutely false. Even the amateurs are doing what they feel they need to do to win, sadly.

And RideBikeME has it right - ultimately this isn't about whether or not Lance doped, but whether a federal agencies money (US Postal Service) was used to fund a doping program.

SheFly

[PscyclePath]

I believed Tyler at least at one point in time; and I believed Floyd, too. Only to be sorely disappointed.

I do not give a rat's rear end if Lance did dope... looking at all those who are now "coming clean," it appears that everyone at that level of professional cycling was doing it at the time, too. Many still are. In other sports (baseball, basketball, fooball), the doping is much more blatant, more intrusive, and far more easily winked at. And those guys aren't just doing EPO, either.

[Irulan]

No mention that these riders (Hincapie and Hamilton) have been subpoenaed by a Federal Grand Jury? That doesn't give you a whole lot of options..... ie, it's not optional. Maybe the interview was, but if things are as these say they are... it will all come out eventually and it's going to be nasty. Either way, you are going down. If it were me I'd probably do a deal to, to not spend years in jail.

I support these guys. If the feds have subpoenaed you, they've got the dope so to speak, and there's no going back; no getting out of it, no more covering up. I'm actually surprised that it's taking so long to come. I also don't think they were trying to throw LA under the bus... on the contrary, I felt like it was very clear that, "hey, this was ALL of us".

Maybe now the chance will come to have two separate tours. A clean one and a doped one.