I find it all kind of suspicious that he's suddenly been found guilty of years of doping after he passed hundreds of drug tests.
He's already the first rider to be convicted of doping without having been caught doping.
Half of the Telecom team from the 90s admitted to doping after they'd retired, despite none of them having failed a test - Riis claimed he'd been doping throughout the mid-90s.
No one on the Festina team failed a test - they still got banned.
Ivan Basso never failed a test.
Contador only failed a test because of bad luck - his sample was sent to the one lab that could detect the low level he had in his sample.
Jesper Skibby confessed in his autobiography to have been doping for 10 years without getting caught.
Marco Pantani never failed a doping test.
There is also the comment by Bernhard Kohl after he did which was along the lines of "I've been tested a 100 times while doping and only failed one test"
If you put together all the tests taken by those riders above, they've taken comfortably more tests than Armstrong and yet there is just two failed tests in there of which one was arguably very bad luck.
Sadly testing rarely catches the dopers, the main effect of testing is to make them work harder to avoid getting caught.
That said, I don't understand why the USDA would suddenly decide to prosecute arguably the world's greatest cyclist. What have they got to gain? If its a symbolic witch hunt against doping its probably one of the most malicious acts in history, especially with Lance's history.
So in my mind he's probably guilty. It would take a very evil organization to pull this kind of act without substantiation even if they could get away with it. As I said, if he's innocent it's a travesty but if they suddenly stripped Phelps of all his medals for doping I'd automatically believe that they found evidence, checked it and double checked it before they pounced.
*MySmiley*
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Lance Armstrong - drugs cheat.
24/08/2012 10:51:35 AM
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Delighted
24/08/2012 12:21:12 PM
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Re: Delighted
24/08/2012 12:36:20 PM
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you think the case against Contador is fishy but you cheerlead the witch hunt of Armstong?
25/08/2012 04:11:23 AM
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Eh, I suspect the prevailing national narratives are going to vary some
24/08/2012 02:01:52 PM
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Sad thing is I wondered who would be awarded the victory now his have been stripped...
24/08/2012 05:31:20 PM
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And this is why I have a hard time blaming Armstrong.
24/08/2012 06:16:14 PM
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Hopefully they will leave the 1st places empty
24/08/2012 11:44:49 PM
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That is one of things I find suspicious about the denials.
26/08/2012 03:01:30 AM
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Or... maybe he has better things to do with his life than fight an endless witch hunt. *NM*
24/08/2012 06:15:42 PM
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Nah, the bully just ran into something that wouldn't back down and has gone crying. *NM*
24/08/2012 11:51:50 PM
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Haters gotta hate. Its not like he's gonna get a fair hearing. *NM*
24/08/2012 10:25:18 PM
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Yeah, they were going to use evidence and everything against him and not cower before his bullying
25/08/2012 12:01:44 AM
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Your reaction seems kinda over the top and spiteful, what's up with that?
25/08/2012 01:15:12 AM
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Pleasure at seeing someone who has bullied and blustered for so long faced with justice.
25/08/2012 10:11:15 AM
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You are a very small-minded person.
25/08/2012 04:26:46 PM
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And you are a very annoying person.
25/08/2012 06:06:50 PM
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I don't think 'nemesis' is a term that should be used regarding sporting events
25/08/2012 07:51:35 PM
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As Legolas said, I think it is apprioriate
26/08/2012 05:36:08 PM
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I'm really not in a position to judge, though obviously I'm inclined to disagree
26/08/2012 05:41:49 PM
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i've got ten RAFOlk who testify they saw you punch babies, you should be stripped of posting here
25/08/2012 04:09:53 PM
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+1 - Anyone that thinks this isn't a sham/witch hunt is a moron. *NM*
25/08/2012 04:23:55 PM
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You're not stupid, so I'm going to assume you know why your post is nonsense.
26/08/2012 05:37:49 PM
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he will lose in arbitration, whether or not he is innocent. that's the point
28/08/2012 03:55:38 PM
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Why? And "because Lance says so" isn't a valid argument, neither is "they have too much evidence"
28/08/2012 05:55:24 PM
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a 58-2 record in arbitration suggests something is not quite right, imho
29/08/2012 04:02:59 PM
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Yes - clearly the USADA are far too conservative in their approach and should bring more charges
29/08/2012 04:38:34 PM
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but he was the guy who had cancer
26/08/2012 12:26:34 AM
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I refer you to the Goldman dilema
26/08/2012 05:41:26 PM
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but that's just dumb *NM*
26/08/2012 10:23:34 PM
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I'd guess it is a sign of the drive to win needed to be a top sportsperson
26/08/2012 10:51:20 PM
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