Re: cyclism scandal will make it harder for armstrong

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:23:16 -0500, ZeMascouflatte <--@xxxxxx> wrote:

the scandal unfolding in europe right now involves he major riders of
the last 8 years: ullrich, basso, sevilla etc...
it seems that evidence and documents presented by the spanish
investigators of 'operation puerto' and the people in charge of the tour
de france were convincing enough for the teams to suspend their riders.
which begs the question:
how come armstrong would be the only one from the elite who didn't do
drugs?
if the fact are proven, and the spanish deprtment seems confident enougn
that it went public, a lot of people may have a hard time to believe it,
with or without proof.
when the top athletes in a sport are all involved, at this level of
fitness and preparation for the tour, that a single guy makes it 7 years
in a row being clean will seem very strange, to say the least.
--
--A theory bandied about by the pundits in last years Tour: LA has the
advantage due to the cancer trimming his body down in a way that was
very conducive to cycling and especially after he built it back up.
Perhaps the steroid use he took legally prescribed prior, because of
the emaciation caused by the cancer, gave him a body that was simply
superior to the other competitors, even when they were using
performance enhancers.
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