Lance Armstrong is a fraud...

[onejayhawk]

Simple, as I noted, SI has them wrong - either the "B" samples did not match the "A" samples, or they have erroneous data. If he had tested 9:1 with both samples, he'd have been given a 2 year suspension, no questions asked. Even 7+ was buh-bye in the mid 90s. And it's not like Lance was any important person in the early/mid 90s - heck, he wasn't even considered a "super-domestique" by many. Moreover, virtually all of the tests where they have supposedly hard number data all pre-date his TDF wins.

Mind you, I have not ruled out that Armstrong did dope pre-cancer (in fact, it's likely), or even post-cancer (more doubtful, but still possible), but the evidence against him is Sharp Talonish thin. With one exception, if shown true: Hincapie's testimony. The medical side has failed completely. It's possible that Lance and his docs are years ahead of everyone else, and he doped for 10 years with more tests than anyone else, while virtually every serious competitor he's had has been busted one way or another. It's not just Landis and Hamilton that were caught. Pantani, Ullrich, Vinokourov, Basso, Vironque, Millar, Moreau...I think just about every serious competitor to Lance, other than Beloki, was busted for drugs. It's astounding that all these guys were caught - and, heck, even Contador has been caught with Clen in his system - and Lance, who's been tested far more than any of them, has not.

The cruelest cut.

J

[Gregg]

Gentlemen, it is still just riding bikes. Would any of you really care if the sport went away?

This is not to suggest that the bike riders are not athletes; why I have seen some of them even ride with no hands!

[swampdragon]

Gentlemen, it is still just riding bikes. Would any of you really care if the sport went away?

This is not to suggest that the bike riders are not athletes; why I have seen some of them even ride with no hands!

says the bowling guy

[Bob Kohm]

says the bowling guy

I've seen some of them bowl with no ability to see their feet!

[onejayhawk]

Gentlemen, it is still just riding bikes. Would any of you really care if the sport went away?

This is not to suggest that the bike riders are not athletes; why I have seen some of them even ride with no hands!

I've seen some of them bowl with no ability to see their feet!

I like Animal, fromThe Muppets. He bowled overhand.

J