Lance Armstrong to ride in Tour of Ireland

Started by Hound, February 23, 2009, 04:05:25 PM

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Hound

I wonder what kind of reception he'll get over here....

from sportinglife.com:

Lance Armstrong has confirmed he will compete in the Tour of Ireland in August.

The Texan, who has returned to racing four years after retiring with the aim of winning an eighth Tour de France, will use his appearance in the much lower profile Irish event to promote his cancer charity.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) have organised the first 'Livestrong Global Cancer Summit' from August 24 to 26 in the Dublin, the day after Armstrong completes the stage race.

"Unless we act on a global level, cancer will be the leading cause of death by 2010," said Armstrong.

"Our goal is to be the catalyst that brings everyone together to fight cancer - from survivors, like me, to world leaders and policymakers who must commit completely to the effort to avoid a public health catastrophe.

"The summit provides an invaluable opportunity to stand up for the 28 million cancer survivors worldwide and to create a unified effort to control cancer through new commitments to action."

The 37-year-old, who has competed in the Tour of California and the Tour Down Under this year, last took part in the Irish race in 1992.

Tour of Ireland director Darach McQuaid said the global sports star can use the event to promote his cancer message all over the world.

"The Tour of Ireland could not be more proud than to have Lance Armstrong riding once again on Irish roads in the lead-up to his global cancer summit in Dublin," said Mr McQuaid.

"The massive, positive public reaction to his comeback to the sport in Australia in January and California in February indicate that, by the time Lance arrives in Ireland next August, the interest levels will be at fever pitch."


BallyhaiseMan

One of the greatest sportsmen of all time for me.

couldnt be bothered listening to the rumours of performance enhancing drugs for the simple reason that i believe the vast majority of world class athletes at sports like Cycling,Boxing,Tennis,Athletics,Swimming,American Football,Rugby etc are probably on one thing or another.

muppet

Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on February 23, 2009, 05:33:04 PM
One of the greatest sportsmen of all time for me.

couldnt be bothered listening to the rumours of performance enhancing drugs for the simple reason that i believe the vast majority of world class athletes at sports like Cycling,Boxing,Tennis,Athletics,Swimming,American Football,Rugby etc are probably on one thing or another.

So Michelle Smith would be one of the greatest of all time, in the world not just Ireland?
MWWSI 2017

Lecale2

One of the greatest chemists of all time behind him? Allegedly?

magpie seanie

Well I for one would be delighted to see him. The man is an inspiration.

BallyhaiseMan

Quote from: muppet on February 23, 2009, 08:54:26 PM
Quote from: BallyhaiseMan on February 23, 2009, 05:33:04 PM
One of the greatest sportsmen of all time for me.

couldnt be bothered listening to the rumours of performance enhancing drugs for the simple reason that i believe the vast majority of world class athletes at sports like Cycling,Boxing,Tennis,Athletics,Swimming,American Football,Rugby etc are probably on one thing or another.

So Michelle Smith would be one of the greatest of all time, in the world not just Ireland?

Michelle Smith,clean or not doesnt deserve to mentioned in the same sentence nevermind compared as a sportsperson as Lance Armstrong, she had a good 2 years at the European Championship and the Olympics
Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France 7 years in a row, oh not to mention he won those after battling against Testicular cancer which spread to his lungs and brain.

Dinny Breen

QuoteWell I for one would be delighted to see him. The man is an inspiration.

Totally agree, great to see him make a fool of Paul Kimmage a couple of weeks ago.
#newbridgeornowhere

Hound

I don't understand why he has so much time for drug cheats. Last week I heard him talking about Floyd Landis, the British cyclist Millar and some other famous guy (Spanishy type name I think) who had all failed drug tests and all he had was praise for them, even saying what great men they are.

It will be interesting to see how much airtime Kimmage and Walsh get leading up to the Tour of Ireland.

Minder

After that piece on Kimmage and Armstrong there was talk in the USA media (predictably) of Armstrong "shredding" Kimmage yet on cycling message boards/forums it was more pro-Kimmage.
"When it's too tough for them, it's just right for us"

Dinny Breen

Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgns7CXeUI

Here's the said discussion, Kimmage was out of order imho.

From reading Armstrongs books he is anti-drugs but he seems more anti the whole process around testing and the innuendo and in particular the witch hunt that commences even before guilt is confirmed.
#newbridgeornowhere