I coach in the MACTC conference (NC State), and I've just been informed that USAT/no USAT sanctioning wont affect the conference championship standings. It was ok'd by the right people so that the collegiate racing wont be affected in terms of qualifying.

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It was one race. Get over it!

The challenge isnt saying it to his face, the challenge is saying it to the face of a confrontational guy like Lance without ruining anyone elses day. If I wind up racing, and I wind up speaking with him, would be to say "thanks for helping the charity and for the sake of yourself and the sport, I hope you're doing this race clean".

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I predict that hissy fits and tantrums will reach epidemic proportions very soon.

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No really, even his doping expert doctor was afraid his cancer was caused by years of doping. his blood was literally a cocktail of drugs being taken for off label purposes. To say its not a distinct possibility is to be naive. Further, he's never shared any major family history of the cancer he had.

Does that mean there is no pro field anymore at Rev3 MD?

Disgusting.

that part of the race isn't USAT sanctioned? Maybe like an elite amatuer wave?

Either you dont understand physiology, or you dont know what literally means.

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who's smarter than you're? i'm!

It's comical how much the fact that LA is crashing your race is upsetting you and leaving you to grasp at any last damaging insinuation you can throw out there.

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That would be bold...but reasonable. But I wonder if you would actually be able to. I am not saying that I don't think you would, but just hypothesizing all the thoughts that would be going through your head and standing right there...next to Lance Armstrong...regardless of what you think of him. Total hypothetical of course.

Good for the racers, I don't know how college racing is organized. Are regionals qualifiers for nationals and are nationals a USAT race?

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That.

That seems like its up to the individual racers if they want to participate. I'd be shocked if USAT suspended the Pros for racing LA in an unsanctioned race.

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I'm not sure there is such a rule in place with USAT (there is with USA Cycling I believe).

The conferences/regions are broken down by usat. That is what allows teams to qualify for nationals which is the "usat collegiate nationals". But how each conference allocates its national spots does get some leeway by usat.

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Doesn't look like they are distancing to hard.


Team Rev3 Triathlon shared a link.
17 minutes ago
Looks like we'll have some good company racing with us at the Half Full Triathlon.

Twitter / lancearmstrong: Can't wait to race w/ fellow ...
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Thanks. USAT can't be pleased that a qualifier for a USAT championship race is at a non USAT sanctioned race.

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The fun will really begin with the UCI and Tour organizers officially strip him of the titles.

Strange, your huge history could make a lot of people say the same about you. Maybe we should boycott all the races you do for being a d-bag?

Thats going to be interesting to see how it plays out. When or if usada sends the UCI the files I expect the UCI will recommend that he be stripped of his titles.

I doubt that the ASO does so. They arein a pretty uncomfortable position. Riis admitted doping and they stripped him for a year or so, then quietly put him back on the official list as a winner. Every year has a winner, and the only removed winner is FL, who was replaced by 2nd.

So they can leave LA, they can vacate and elevate another doper, or they can vacate and essentially say out race didn't count for 7 years. None of those options would be particularly palatable to the ASO, so my guess is he stays as winner.

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I think it'll stay as
*Lance Armstrong.

What will Conrad Stoltz say about this?

Caveman my ass...

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

Well that's good, Id hate to see the collegians affected by this. I know some folks looking at their rankings wont be happy that this race wont count.

This is an interesting confluence of controversy. You get Lance lovers and haters as well as those who hate WTC and love Rev3. I wonder how it will color people's opinion about Rev3 when they allow Lance to race but WTC seems to be stocking to the high road in regards to Lance's ban.

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