Ventil

$2m of his own money spent on his defence.
And the simple fact that the dope results showed he had manufactured testosterone in his system.
What defence was he hoping to use to get round that minor inconvenience?

How exactly anyone can think it would be a good idea to dope yourself through the tour beggars belief.

Hopefully this will also put an end to the smear that the sport is bent.
The sport isn't bent, the competitors are (were) and stringent testing and high profile naming and shaming is slowly putting a stop to it.

Here's to next summer (I may take another trip to the mountains :thup: )

retired_rinkjustice

Masturbating 500 times a day is also a test of endurance, and it can conceivably be in competition against others - is that a sport?

retired_alwaysrunnin

Of course it is in almost every sport, thing is cyclists are getting caught in droves doing them! And of course I know almost nothing about this, it's not a bloody sport, unless they hand out medals for "longest time without getting caught doping".. </BLOCKQUOTE>

In most sports they are warned about drug tests before hand. In cycling its almost granted that some where down the line you'll be picked out to do a random test.

Is Football, Tennis, Rugby, Boxing, Golf also not sports?

retired_sera

They're excused then.

retired_el_chanclas

Maybe they need to cut down the size of the tour?

Cycling is a joke. The only thing you ever hear about it these days on it is yet another rider/team/group caught cheating/doping.

retired_anne walter

GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

retired_anne walter

No. But I've no doubt you'd probably turn out to watch it anyway.

retired_drumcook

Armstrong clean as a whistle iirc.

Pure feat of nature how he kept comprehensively beating people who we know were doped up to the eyeballs.

Also complete coincidence the number of his former teammates who failed drugs tests since, his connection with people who have been involved in administering drugs, etc.

retired_princess160

As much as I'd like to think otherwise, these are strong indications, indeed.

retired_sandra

Armstrong is/was the most tested sportsman from any sport, and he never returned one positive test.

So how can those who moan about those who fail drug tests also moan about those who don't fail those same tests?