Kingfish Wrote:
FR, I'm in no way rooting against him. Actually, I'm very much rooting for him because I generally like to see Americans beat Euros in Euro sports.
The sport is notoriously dirty, and to suggest that the sport doesn't historically have a problem is more than naive. You thrown-in: 1) secret relationship with known drug pushing italian doctor, 2) Numerous stories from former teammates first surfacing in 04' 3) 2 witnesses testifying under oath that Lance admitted to epo use to doctors in 96', 4) Samples from 99' tested positive under "experimental procedure", 4) Lance's refusal to really call out other dopers like Lemonde does, 5)Floyd Landis's accusations while not credible could be true ala Conseco
I'll admit that any one of these probably isn't enough. But taken together, it paints a pretty obvious picture in my mind. It's more than picking on someone for being great like you're asserting.
So, I don't really care about the sport and hope he wins. But I'm sure that he's been dirty the entire time.
Sure, its been historically dirty but so has the Olympics and people aren't as down about them.
1. The doc was acquitted by the way.
2. The one in particular--Steve Swart--was laughed off by the other Motorola teammates, and the paper that printed the story was later sued for libel, which it settled with Armstrong out of court. They had no proof.
3. Not sure if these are the same as the one that also deals with the wife as well.
4. Well, the first thing that rings off is "experimental", so therefore not tested for accuracy. The paper, in the same article as this accusation is taken, even admitted that the testing was faulty and that there were holes that had to be estimated.
4b. LeMond flip flops every few years. First he accuses Lance, then he apologizes. Then he comes back and says that he was threatened. Not to mention his dealings with Trek. I think its a lot easier to point the finger from the outside than when yr in the working machine. Lance smartly knows lockerroom mentality. If he starts fingering people, he's gonna get run off the road.
5. Sure they could be. But then again, he's been known to be a liar. He's also bankrupt and needs money.
Its hard not to sound upset or mad in tone with this back and forth, but I'm just into being informed. All of that is circumstantial evidence, and much has been proven otherwise not true. Like I said, there's a lot more holes on the guilty side than the defense. Also, if the Lance has the technology to mask his doping, why are his teammates getting caught. Wouldn't they want to mask everyone? There were even rumors last year of Contador doping (from LeMond).
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