Lance positive? - Page 5

According the "study" of Dr. Edward F. Coyle (University of Texas) the weight of Lance Armstrong didn't show that loss :
* 11/1992 : 78,9 kg
* 01/1993 : 76,5 kg
* 09/1993 : 75,1 kg
* 08/1997 : 79,5 kg
* 09/1999 : 79,7 kg
Dr.Coyle published the erroneous "study" saying Lance had changed his physiology after cancer...
Of course, none of his collegues have agreed with him. He was blamed for his sloppy work!
Improved muscular efficiency displayed as Tour de France champion matures -- Coyle 98 (6): 2191 -- Journal of Applied Physiology
See all links in response to that "study"
The Science of Sport: Coyle and Armstrong: Research "errors" evaluation

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6 +2 (according Ashenden) samples with EPO should have banned Lance Armstrong to start next TDF !

Thanks for the info! Very interesting in that he APPEARS to have lost weight. I guess he just moved it around some. His upper torso appears much more lean to me post cancer.

The most damaging piece is
Cyclismag, le cyclisme à visage humain : magazine du cyclisme

That is damaging not only for Lance but other riders, we can see easily the effect of EPO on performance. Who can believe that it's possible to win against riders who have 20% more power than riders like Hinault or Lemond?

Coherent with
The Science of Sport: The effect of EPO on performance: Who wouldn't want to use it?

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6 +2 (according Ashenden) samples with EPO should have banned Lance Armstrong to start next TDF !

Yup, it's bullsh!t. Armstrong's racing weight was an issue during the SCA arbitration. In his deposition Armstrong was forced to admit that his weight loss was less than one or two kilos (I forget which). He was extremely evasive during questioning. He raced the 2005 Tour de France at 75 kg, which is no lighter and maybe even slightly heavier than he raced TdFs at before cancer.

Armstrong has a history of lying about his weight as a way of explaining his performance increase. Lots of riders who have had a magic jump in performance have an outrageous cover story.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Actually from 1999 - 2005 Armstrong was the only cyclist who was Ferrari fueled at the Tour. Armstrong's contract with Dr. Ferrari forbade him from "training" any of Armstrong's Tour rivals. After Armstrong retired, new Ferrari clients like Landis and Vino had giant leaps in performance.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Apologies, I thought it was a direct reference to Armstrong's "transformation".

Also, the study involved Armstrong telephoning in his weight to Coyle. That's sort of a red flag.

Didn't it also involve data that "disappeared" and was no longer available for peer review?

He was a twig during his MTB days as well, and to see him duking it out in the dirt with the bulkier mountain bikers of the day was humorous. He's a decent bike handler, though you'd never know based on that horrendous Tour de France TT a few years back.

No doubt, Ras was on jet fuel in those days as well.

That was a revelation from last fall, I believe. Coyle has been discredited by his former peers based on this cluster**** of a "study".