Sir Dave Brailsford says Lance Armstrong should stay away from Tour de France

Froome received an exception to use a steroid due to a chest infection and won the Tour de Romandie - yes it's legal but it's ugly as hell. Actually WADA considers it "wrong" the way Chris was able to get the TUE so easily. I personally consider it stupid that any TUEs are ever allowed at all - without TUEs the riders might have to put on some weight to beef up their immune systems - sounds healthy to me.

Lance is history. Brailsford must have something in his eye bothering him.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sky-uci-scrutiny-chris-f...

I think Lance is paying for his actions with the lifetime ban, and the disgrace that goes with it. I also think that given the controversy of his participation of the charity ride, he should bow out. Having said that, if Geoff Thomas is cool with him riding then fair enough. It's his event after all.

Armstong's behavior was awful. It bothered me in particular because my son looked up to him...had a poster in his bedroom of the USPS team in a time trial. A great photo which includes a lot of riders with who knows what in their systems.

I'm ambivalent about his participation in this, or any, charity ride. A danger that concerns me though is that continuing to focus on Armstrong may tend to diminish attention on just how systemic the performance enhancement efforts were. Armstrong is unlikely to race or be competitive ever again, if only because of his age. The system is probably perfectly capable of a long and enduring life.

As I said, I'm ambivalent. If he rides, and raises money that is used well, fine. But I reserve the right to change the channel and not read the stories. I'd be happier if it wasn't covered at all.

It's probably not about the doping, more about trying to ruin the lives and reputations of fellow cyclists and others along the way. Amongst them Greg Le Mond.

Watched the documentary on Lance last night. His ability to lie convincingly is astounding. I don't think we could ever trust this man again. He has a senior politician's demeanour and all the answers. Looking at the good people's lives he has trashed to keep himself on the top of the pile, he should stay away from cycling and try to mend bridges in other ways.

I'm not saying this as I don't think people deserve forgiveness, I just could not imagine that a sociopath with his devious ability could not have an ulterior motive.

Sadly, Geoff Thomas comes from a sport where attitudes to doping are of the ostrich variety. I don't think he realises the impact of involving Armstrong.

Why stop with Lance? Why not invite Riccardo Ricco, Michael Rasmussen, Alexander Vinokourov, Danilo Di Luca, etc. ...

Why stop at cycling? Why not go jogging with Ben Johnson and Marion Jones?

"Sponsor A Cheat" - it has a certain ring to it ...

Well I am happy to put my money where my keyboard is and donate. How about DB?

I'm absolutely convinced Lance is doing this for all the right reasons.

I'm with Sir Dave! The association could do as much harm as good to Geoff's aims.
And as a potential beneficiary of Geoff's fund raising as a current leukaemia patient I personally am not sold that the benefits will outweigh the potential damage lance could do.

Does DB realise he won't be riding in THE race? What is he on??

So, if we ban all pro cyclists who've doped from charity rides... would there be any left for the rides?

Oh fantastic, this should have some people scratching their heads.

On one hand, they have to hate everything Lance is involved in, but on the other, it's Brailsford and Sky so they have to hate everything about that.

What a lovely little Monkey trap this is turning out to be.