The fact that he never failed a test, officially, doesn't hold a lot of water with me. First of all he did fail tests but because of test protocol problems they never surfaced. Also many athletes know how to use PED's during training but stop just enough in advance to let the drugs wash out of the system. And then the drugs he is alleged to have used like EPO and HGH are hard to detect.
Why would teammates, guys who rode with him for years and shed blood sweat and tears, turn on him for no reason? There is too much evidence against Lance, I am glad this has come to its natural conclusion. He was arrogant in the face of these allegations and respected no ones authority over him, time's up bid.
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