{"id":819,"date":"2013-06-29T09:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T09:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:41:35","slug":"a-sport-that-is-impossible-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=819","title":{"rendered":"A sport that is ‘impossible’ to win ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the\u00a0100th Tour de France begins, the Guardian newspaper <\/a>reports Lance Armstrong saying it is impossible to win without doping.<\/h3>\n
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Lance Armstrong at Tour de France taken on 9\/7\/2005 by Heidas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Tour de France has been plagued by suggestions of cheating in the past. And we’re not just talking about\u00a0taking performance enhancing substances.<\/p>\n

Riders and spectators were involved in cheating during the 1904 Tour de France<\/a>. There were protests, road blocks caused by trees, broken glass and nails on the road, spiked water bottles and itching powder in peoples riding shorts. Cheating was so rampant that the French Cycling Union disqualified the first four riders [Maurice Garin, Lucien Pothier, Cesar Garin, and Hyppolite Aucouturier] finishing the Tour giving the title to the fifth placed rider, Henri Cornet. Nine others were also disqualified and removed from the results.<\/p>\n

During the 1978 Tour de France Michel Pollentier was disqualified for submitting a urine sample for drugs testing that wasn\u2019t his own. Using an elaborate plumbing system he was able to run urine to the test tube from a rubber bulb under his arm. Pollentier served a two-month suspension before he started racing again.<\/p>\n

And as for Lance Armstrong, he\u00a0has argued that it would have been\u00a0impossible for him to win had he\u00a0competed against others without using the same performance enhancers they had.<\/p>\n

So is cheating inevitable or a disgrace?<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0TheFinal Disgrace<\/h3>\n
Not a cycling related sports cheat, but a football related one. This is\u00a0the subject of a mystery game from ITM Games.<\/div>\n
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TheFinal Disgrace is a role playing mystery game for 8 players.<\/div>\n
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It concerns the final match for the Eclipse Cup, Football’s Mixed Six-a-side competition. The team of Lower Morrals Athletic have just lost the match. This is a shock result considering they have been enjoying their best season ever. With a string of record breaking scores under their belt, could someone have cheated and lost them the game on purpose?<\/div>\n
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If you want to learn the answer to this, the game is available for ITM Games.<\/a><\/div>\n

Other websites<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.invitation2events.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.itmgames.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/invitation2events<\/a><\/p>\n

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