http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1826642.html





doode gets cancer, doode beats cancer, doode wins tour de france by cheating

 

Damn....I bet a ton of people lost respect for him over this. The guy has overcome alot of boundries in his life. Im sure he'll be ok after this. I smell a book being released and alot of talk show appearances. He'll still make millions regardless...

 

This guy dedicated his life and sacrificed his body to achieve optimum performance and results to be the best in the world.



Soo.... I'm missing something in all these articles I'm reading. What proof do they have, and what was he taking to enhance his performance? And why 7-13 years later? Do they bottle your urine in case they find some drug 10 years later that they can test for?

 

He was accused of "doping," which iirc there is no way to test for currently.

 

It doesn't look like they have any real proof, or the authority to take away his wins. Lance basically just said "this will never end, I am done with this bullshit"



In any case, and despite him never getting caught, whoever thinks you can win a Tour de France while being clean is living in a dreamworld. Of course he was doping, just like every other top cyclist. Do I still have a ton of respect for the guy? Absolutely.

 

I have no problem with someone taking anti-inflammatory meds and doing what it takes to keep your health at optimum levels so you can work your ass off in the gym, training for elite events such as this. It's not like he was hitting the bong and dropping 8-balls, he was pushing his body to the limits so he could be the best athlete possible.



Now, if he's taking HGH so his arms are as big as non-humanly possible so he can crank 70+ home runs in a season, that's different. He conditioned his body to sustain several days of vigorous activity to perform a CARDIO routine constantly for over 2,000 miles. I'm sure he did whatever he could to get an edge, but that doesn't take away from the dedication and obstacles he overcame. He dedicated a decade or more to his body.



Many of us work 40 hr/week jobs and are tired at the end of the day. Think about working 40 hours a week towards building the optimal cardio machine within human flesh?

 

I have to agree and disagree.

Point: He won, plain and simple. And, as was pointed out, how many of his competitors do/did the same and went untested because they didn't win or place, or what have you.



Argument: I'm not sure how the official rules are written but IF there is specific rule against doping, then they do have the right.

But if they do when were the rules implemented? I don't recall the act even being mention a decade ago, so that being the case any wins prior are still legal.











Its not really a cut and dry situation like they are treating it. Plus he's just begin targeted for being such a command body, that's unarguable. Like Radu said, there is no evidence and he just said to hell with the fight, and they are assuming guilt without any (let alone due) process.

 

Or he needed to win the Tour de Corse money to beat cancer and decided that cheating was the way to do it.

 

No. That is not a good argument.

 

Of course there are specific rules, and they pertain to blood/urine samples testing positive. The issue here is whether the USADA has the authority to take away his international competition wins (it was Tour de France not Tour de Florida). It boils down to whether the WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) will back USADA or not. (Though it's starting to look like they will).