http://bicycling.com/blogs/dailylanc...agency-report/
Boy, this guy can't catch a break. I fully agree with his language in this article. These are the same trumped up charges from years ago.
I don't see how an endurance athlete who competed for that many years (and still does) and passed that many drug tests can be doping in the way they are saying he did.
What do you think?
It is really a shame that he is now banned from Tri's, which he took up after he retired.
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06-13-2012, 08:56 PM #1
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lance armstrong: new doping charges
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06-14-2012, 04:30 AM #2
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I don't know what to think.
I want to believe him. My whole family started cycling right around the time he won his first Tour. It was a major influence, I think, especially on my son.
On the other hand, it's quite possible he is smart enough to have had clean tests and still be doing something funny.2015 Trek Silque SSL
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06-14-2012, 05:41 AM #3
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ahhhh... it's Lance-hating season again.
Seems they go through this every few years.
I want to believe he's clean. Nobody has been tested more than he has. I can't imagine that you could fake your way through 500 drug tests and come clean in every one. But who knows...
Here we go again.
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06-14-2012, 05:47 AM #4
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I've always wondered about all the allegations, but something isn't right here. If he was dirty in 2009 and 2010, why wasn't he charged then? I certainly don't like that USAT has already convicted him and suspended him; guilty until proved innocent? The usual punishment for these sorts of violations is a 2 year suspension, so why is USAT suspending him now?
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06-14-2012, 05:57 AM #5
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ALWAYS right before the tour de France. This really bugs me. It's like they wait for the middle of June on purpose.
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ahhhh... it's Lance-hating season again.
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06-14-2012, 06:42 AM #6
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And right before he was supposed to race an Ironman, which he is now automatically banned from Originally Posted by redrhodie
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06-14-2012, 07:00 AM #7
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I don't know why he didn't just stay retired. He had to know this stuff would come up again. What does he have to prove?
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