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Originally Posted by T@T
I believe all seven 2nd place finishers tested possitive or admitted they were doping,truth be known you would have to go very far down the list to find a clean rider worthy of those yellow jackets.
The UCI knows there was a doping problem and wants to clean up their athletes and the best scare tactic is to get the best rider of all time.
Hindsight is 20/20 but Armstrong should have admitted to a little off season "injury" doping in the end. It probably would have stopped this little witch hunt by the USADA.
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It was only the Festina scandel in '98 that forced cycling to at least look like they were trying to stop drug use, and it wasn't until the late 2000's that they actually did try to stop it, I doubt
any rider on the tour was clean pre 2005, from the lowliest domestique to the team leader.
remember in cycling the doping is administered on a team level by team doctors, this is wholly unlike baseball
Hindsight is 20/20 but Armstrong should have admitted to a little off season "injury" doping in the end. It probably would have stopped this little witch hunt by the USADA
I think this has more to do with the USDA trying to punish the UCI for its lax attitude to doping, I also suspect Lance is counting on the UCI refusing to honour the USDA's findings.