Lance Armstrong charges against UAE and Tadej Pogacar: "I don't understand what they do in their meetings, it doesn't make sense what they did"
CyclingFriday, 12 July 2024 at 09:20
Lance Armstrong discussed with The Move podcast colleagues George Hincapie and Bradley Wiggins the eleventh stage of the 2024 Tour de France, in particular the tactics of UAE Team Emirates who worked all day long to have no gain at the end.
The seven-time winner (later stripped for doping) of 7 Tours said he did not understand the tactics of Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates during the stage. Pogacar burned through his team before attacking 31 kilometers from the finish. Initially the yellow jersey created a gap and looked to be on the way to create more differences and extend the buffer between himself and Jonas Vingegaard, but the Dane managed to claw back the gap on the following climb.
"This is the Tadej Pogacar we know and in many ways love, he is the best cyclist of this generation. Anyone who watched the stage without context would have thought it was him 1:15 behind Jonas Vingegaard and not the other way around. I don't understand what is happening in the team meetings. They have 4 riders in the top 10. It was a hard stage, but a stage to make a difference. It doesn't make sense what they did."
About Vingegaard, he made very clear the importance of what he achieved yesterday after what happened since the crash in the Itzulia: "Great day for Jonas Vingegaard, perhaps the greatest day of his career in the Tour de France".
His colleagues Hincapie and Wiggins also failed to understand what Pogacar did yesterday, insisting that he attacked on an unsuitable day. Hincapie highlighted Vingegaard's comeback and Wggins is clear that Pogagacar has lost confidence after yesterday:
George Hincapie
"Taking it cinematically, it was a Rocky Balboa-like fight, Pogacar has been throwing all kinds of punches at him, it looked like he had him, but Jonas came back, recovered, caught him and won the sprint. In my mind Jonas was screaming Adrian! when he got to the finish line".
Bradley Wiggins
"It was a strange stage. The other day Tadej said that Jonas was afraid of him and I think it was the opposite. He had two teammates next to him and there were 30 kilometers left in the stage, the only thing he had to do was keep the lead, I don't know what he expected to gain from that, maybe another 30 or 40 kilometers over his rivals, but he has shown weakness in his confidence".
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How many comments are off the subject here? Is it possible to say "Lance" and not discuss his doping. On no I've indirectly become one of you!!!! While I'm on the subject is naming a newborn boy "Lance" gone the same way as "Adolf"?
So, had he stayed alive, you’d also have defended giving Adolf a platform to discuss war tactics, is that what we are to understand?
Not sure this is off-topic but it seems more and more Wiggins was tricked into being an accessory to try revamp someone’s reputation.
Boy, Armstrong's take didn't age well did it? It's interesting that the previous comments and discussions center around whether or not Armstrong is a good analyst despite his doping past. But looking at how wrong he turned out to be makes it obvious he was simply reacting to, and forming opinions based on the stages and actions he just saw. The same as the rest of us. He doesn't have any special "insight" into race tactics, or the future or anything that could be considered unique to his "expertise " other than to be confident he knows what he's talking about. In retrospec, Pogocar is probably afraid of noone on a bicycle, Jonas is most assuredly scratching his head and wondering what else he can do, and Pogocar went on to destroy everything in his path in every type of event possible. I'll let Armstrong and company in on the UAE tactics. It's called " who cares, tomorrow I will demolish this race with my legs".
Armstrong et al or guilty of wayyy overthinking things because they wayyyy overestimate what they think they know. Turns out, his specialty of targeting one month of performance by clandestine systemic cheating, based on hidden financial transactions, avoiding "off season " surprises by basically not racing anything other than one specific block, living in an area where it was easier to avoid the rules, blowing the whistle on competitors (T Hamilton) and bullying others into not blowing the whistle on him, and you soon realize his skills were definitely in tactics and strategies, but not "cycling " strategies per say. Lance's opinions are not questionable because he is a drugs cheat but because he doesn't seem that bright. Think about it.
Lance was never the sharpest spoke in the wheel.He was however the greatest egotistical maniac the sport of cycling had ever seen.To his credit with much therapy he has become something of a mench...okay....half a mench.
The fact that others were doping during Armstrong's 7-Tour run doesn't make what he did okay. Anyone winning 7 Tours de France in a row is going to draw speculation and suspicion, and he got caught... plain and simple. He also took a lot of people down with him, and that, to me, is inexcusable. I don't care how knowledgeable he is about cycling and teamwork. I wouldn't watch or listen to him if he was the last cycling analyst left on earth. I trust nothing the man says or does.
Hahahaahaha...
Its one thing to bash Armstrong over doping.fair enough..but the guy knows racing and teamwork.
Lance,George and Bradley had great riders and team managers.Its a shame people cant see past the drugs and try to understand the concept of brilliant team management.
Maybe it is a shame that people can't see past the drugs... But then again, what is there past the drugs? The bullying? It is definitely a shame that Lance refuses to see that he isn't relevant anymore. If Lance hadn't criticized Pogacar so emphatically for attacking, Pogacar would definitely have let Jorgensen win his stage. Now he dediced he had to make a statement...
I’m at a loss as to why a lying drug cheat who has disgraced the sport - is being given air to even comment.
Because we have something called free speech in America.Without it we become slaves and voiceless.
true
The zero times TdF winner can’t keep his mouth shut
Who is this guy?
People we are mising the point. Yes he was a doper and cheat. But he is spot on . What were UAE thinking send riders up the road and not have Visma laugh and sit in all day and then simply follow. Pog has let Vin get in his head and will pay for it in the mountains. We know there is something going on with UAE team as they have strongest yet only playing 1 card.
So 1 guy who is a disgraced doper and lost 7 titles for cheating, and another who is bankrupt and having to sell his medals, don't understand the moves of someone who is at the top of the racing elite? No surprise. I don't understand what those 2 clowns have done with their lives. Shameful.
D-bag doper LA spouting his useless comments again.
We care what Lance has to say about anything why exactly?
If Lance wasn’t on drugs. The only thing he would of been competing against is the broom wagon.
I think Pogi makes his own moves no matter what the DS wishes.
Armstrong won his 7 wins. Fair and square. Doping was rampant during his time. He did was just to level the playing field
Not all dopers are alike. Dr Ferrari was the best the money can get. He's an a**hole who bullied those who didn't cheat. Just ask Christophe Bassone. I cannot understand those who still defends this a**hole. His personality on and off the bike stinks
Keep drinking that Lance kool-aid while you wear your LiveStrong bracelet! He's the best doper that ever raced...no argument there.
Lance never topped Eddy. And Eddy was certainly a doper too
How is it fair and square if he doped, which was against the rules? If crime is rampant in your neighborhood, it doesn't make it ok for you to commit it. Lance's 7 wins were stripped from him because they were not obtained fairly and squarely, and rightfully so.
This is a stupid take. Not everyone responds in the same way to their peds. And only one team was protected by the UCI. So, no it wasn't a level playing field. And that's before we get to riders like Bassons...
That's definitely not true. Others tested positive without consequence too
There must be support groups for butthurt Lance fanboys who think he was robbed.
It's still the norm. Lance is simply a terrible human though. The other dopers didn't do what he did and destroy other peoples lives.
Maybe he was the first and others tried to level the playing field?
Zero TDF wins.... look up the official results
Armstrong is a joke! Why does anybody care about his opinion. There is no change he would be able to keep up with Tadey without his doping!
**Armstrong did not win the Tour de France seven times. He brings shame to the sport and his views hold no value.**
The fact that he was a cheater has nothing to do with him having an opinion about cycling.
In this case I tend to agree with what they are saying regarding stage 11.
...by the way, Pogacar lost the 2024 TdF on this stage, mark my words, by Sunday Jonas will be in yellow
He wouldn't know how to commentate on a clean race since he never was clean. His opinions are rubbish !
I agree with you, the man wishes to stay relevant despite all the shame he brought to cycling. He is an arrogant and selfish bastard but he knows what he is talking about. I do sometimes watch his podcast and I agreed with most of what they said regarding stage 11
Jonas must defeat Remco first.
What clean race is that?
Your confidence has not been realised. Pogacar won the TDF.
This year TDF was exciting because Cavendish broke the record and Pogacar provided the excitement. To top it up Birniam Girmay won 3 stages. Hugely extertaining
Mmmm ... really?