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Like many cycling fans, when I heard in June that the United States Anti-Doping Agency would be charging
Lance Armstrong
and five of his associates with a
list of offenses
that includes drug trafficking, use, and administration, from 1998 all the way through 2010, my first thought was, "Here we go again."
I didn't wonder if I would finally find out if Armstrong had doped—though I do wonder if there is any cyclist left on earth who doesn't understand the decision has long been rendered. The judgment of Lance Armstrong was not rendered during the SCA arbitration in 2004, when the guaranteer of a contracted $5 million bonus for winning the Tour sought to prove that because he doped he should forfeit the money, nor did it come during the federal investigation that was closed without charges this past February, nor will it arise from USADA. The trial of Armstrong has been held in public and by the public since he first faced questions about cheating during the 1999 Tour, and at some point between then and now society delivered its maddening outcome: The jury is hung.
Honest Lance vs. Lying Lance
You believe or you don't, and anything USADA says or decides will change that for few.
Through nearly two decades of various degrees of intensity and proximity as a fan, chronicler, antagonist, and friend of Armstrong, I granted him at times my full belief and at other times at least the possibility that he had raced clean; in 2011, I became convinced beyond any doubt that he had doped.
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in this magazine more than a year ago, and detailed why, to much clamor and at least one public hope that I would burn in hell. Inciting nearly as much vitriol from his critics, I also said and still believe he was the greatest Tour de France champion of my era, a skilled bike racer with insane focus and a genetic gift that revealed itself when he was still in his teens, and that generations from now he will be revered as one of cycling's complex but astounding legends.
10 Doping Allegations Against Armstrong
The jousting and revelations that have followed seem pointless to me. Who—on either side of Armstrong's innocence—still needs more proof to justify their belief? What misdeed could be nefarious enough to sicken those who still support him? What punishment or fate, short of a tear-drenched confession that Armstrong will never give, could be dire enough to satisfy his persecutors? But it wasn't until USADA announced its intention to charge Armstrong that I fully comprehended just how pointless it all has become—and that, curiously, this utter pointlessness creates a most concrete fact: There is no justice to be had.
Some confusing aspects are open to fair debate, such as the idea that his downfall is central to a cleaner sport. Or that he is the subject of a witch hunt not only because he doped, like so many others who did and are left in at least relative peace, but because of his high profile and because he made bitter enemies ("Just so mean," one of his most fervent critics said to me). Or if the courtroom chaos—which pitted USADA against the UCI and included a judge so dismissive of an Armstrong filing as to sound insulted—is desperation or just another manifestation of Armstrong's win-at-all-costs nature. (Or both.) But there are, also, simple questions that lead to nowhere but lunacy, that have no legitimate or sane answer.
For instance, there's this: What would happen to the jerseys?
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Thu, 2012-08-30 18:46
I think for Lance to say he is tired of the fight is crap. He is an athlete and born competitor. He lives for the fight, hence why he put so many years of pain into winning. I think that he quit because if he is found guilty, then he loses more than if he quits. There are too many people who have attested to seeing him dope, which is quite a bit of smoke, and where there is smoke ... Personally, I don't care one way or the other about the pro's. They are great, and I know that I am not built to climb 5000 feet with an average of 135 bmp. I admire what they can do, but they do not make me a better rider I think that they should just open up the field to have different classes of racers, kind of like car racing, have unlimited (drugs/doping/nanobots when available) and then natually aspirated, that way riders can choose thier path, and the fans can choose who to admire more. By doing this, they would save a lot of time, and money, which could be put toward the riders of tomorrow. The only downside is the drama would be gone, and people would not have as much to gossip about.
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Thu, 2012-08-30 18:16
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Thu, 2012-08-30 17:55
It seems to me that Lance was tested so often that he probably could have gotten a prescription for Epogen to use just to keep his PCV within the normal human range...
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Hanta Virus
Wed, 2012-09-19 15:35
The EPO test is run from urine, not blood. And very rarely is blood collected from athletes. 95% of the time it's just urine.
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Thu, 2012-08-30 18:04
Bill, you answer your own question in your column, unwittingly. It doesn't matter if you believe Lance Armstrong dopes or not. I do not, but I'm also not closed-minded enough to think that the evidence leaves a very strong suggestion that he did. Just, as here's the key, like everyone else in the sport. When you consider that many if not most of the people who finished second to Lance (I'm trying to recall the exception) have either been shown or accused or withdrawn from races because of the taint of PEDs, the fact that Armstrong doped or didn't becomes irrelevant. See, the playing field was level all along. If he doped, then he beat the pants off others who doped right alongside him, and the relative grandeur of his accomplishments remains. If he did not dope, then his achievements become even more remarkable and yet, they remain the same achievements. We all ought to grow up a little, and honestly admit we will never be free of doping in any sport, and just let people use the stuff. Yes, there ought to be strong advice given not to, right down to showing the autopsies of athletes like Lyle Alzado, who died a horrible death from a brain tumor after a short and nasty life. If an athlete is willing to sacrifice 50 or 60 years of his mortality for the chance that he might hold a record that could be broken within a year, or a jersey that will just be another of dozens, then so be it.
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Marshall DeRosa
Thu, 2012-08-30 17:42
This witchhunt against Lance must stop before it sours cycling enthusiasts not against Lance, but against the sport. Consider the fundamental legal maxims of ex post facto laws, the statute of limitations, and due process. The governing bodies keep hounding Lance with the latest technological tools in their prosecutorial arsenals. Lance was tested over 500 times and overcame the doping charges. The anti-Lance factions had their opportunities and failed to prove their suspicions. And who is to say that if Lance were to be stripped of his victories that the newly declared winners were clean? Moreover, what if five or ten years from now technological developments vindicate Lance? Face it, the campaign against Lance is primarily ad hominem. Lance was certainly the greatest American cyclist of all time (sorry crybaby LeMond), if not the greatest cyclist ever. Get over that fact and let Lance and the sport of cycling move on.
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Dan Tully
Thu, 2012-08-30 18:56
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Thu, 2012-08-30 17:32
I really enjoy cycling, like others have posted here I watch the Tour de France, Giro, USA Pro Challenge, etc... but I want to see the pros form, their hard work and the teamwork. I enjoy it. I think all athletes that are in a sport to make money, will find an edge, that's just the sad truth. What I want to know is does time heal wounds? It seems like Eddy Merckx is regarded as one of the greats, he's before my time but what I've read and seen of him he was amazing! However according to this aritcle
He was caught cheating..yet 40+ years later he's at the tour every year congratulating the stage winners and it apart of the great history of cycling. Why is Armstrong getting the LIFETIME ban? Why is he being hammered for the same things many others have done in the past? In the end you can take his "titles on paper" away but you can't take away my memories of watching him win 7 in a row, watching him "mountain bike" (2003) to avoid a crash in the tour, the "Look", his memorable climbs, his attacks on alpe d'huez,....you can keep your "updated record books" I have my memories. Thanks for the ride Lance, it was a GREAT ONE!
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Thu, 2012-08-30 16:50
Here is what frustrates me - why the double standard for Lance? I have my opinion as to whether he, or a lot of other athletes, have doped or not. Here is my issue - The standard of proof for doping in any sport I know of is a positive test for a banned substance; why is Lance held to a different standard? And what does anyone gain by the relentless use of resources to prosecute and/or defend this case?
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Hanta Virus
Tue, 2012-09-18 23:34
Read the WADA Code...it allows for non-anayltical evidence to be used at trial. Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, and other athletes were all found guilty and disqualified from the Olympics because of such non-analytical evidence. So were cyclists such as Phil Zajicek and Kirk O'Bee. So your "frustration" seems to be based on your ignorance of the WADA Code and numerous precedents.
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Thu, 2012-08-30 15:13
In light of 2011 wouldn't it be more appropriate if quote marks or italics had been used when Strickland refers to himself as a
of Lance? Was he ever
a friend? I don't see how that can be...
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Thu, 2012-08-30 15:01
That was a very well written and conceived article that missed the point entirely. The sport of cycling is in great shape, but the pro side is just like all pro sides. If you ride because you love it then that's all there is. My only interest in watching the pros is to study their form and the human side of the races. What's the difference to riders if Armstrong's jerseys hang in his closet or someone else's? It only hurts the money.
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Thu, 2012-08-30 14:49
Here's my question. If they are convinced Armstrong was doping all these years and he never tested positive, doesn't this indicate a flaw in their testing procedures? And wouldn't all the riders who tested positive, who claimed they were innocent have legal recourse against USADA due to that fact?
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Hanta Virus
Tue, 2012-09-18 23:24
Fortunately for USADA, the WADA Code allows for athletes to be charged and convicted without a positive test. So the question you pose is irrelevant and, quite frankly, stupid. You do know there is no test for blood doping and micro-dosing EPO, both of which Lance used, correct? Six (6) of Lance's Tour de France samples from 1999 also tested positive for EPO. Google it.
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Tue, 2012-08-28 17:26
let see it took two years for a result on contdador .cas is not till november for johan and company ..the usada is bulling everyone and not playing by established rules of its own making .This is the wild west lets just not reguard any testing and get a lynch mob together and say some tax dollars ..
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Sat, 2012-08-25 22:39
Well put Bill. Being an elite requires tremendous sacrifice and incredible intensity of effort. So you push all the limits, pass all the tests, win all the prizes, then usada looks back and says hmmm...you found loopholes, we don't like the way you played. Really? Fingerlakes.
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Sat, 2012-08-25 02:29
Thanks Bill. Well tempered,written, said.
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Sat, 2012-08-25 02:05
I do not condone doping or cheating in any sport. What I do question is Mr. Tygart's report that this was not a witch hunt. I believe it was more of a big game hunt. The search for the elusive aging big cat, that was walking away from it all. Yes I know he was still competing in Tri's (although he did not fail any of their tests either), but lets face it, he was done with pro cycling events. I can't help what good could have been done with all the money spent on this trophy hunt. Perhaps on educational programs, better testing processes and procedures for CURRENT pro and ametuer athletes. Not a trophy hunt? C'mon man! Are we going after Carl Lewis next?
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Sat, 2012-08-25 01:46
There will always be a group of people whose life goal is to tear down those who they could never be.
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Sat, 2012-08-25 00:43
USADA has certainly done an injustice to the sport of cycling as well as mismanaging taxpayer funds in this charade. Nothing was served in this attempt to dislodge a true champion of the sport, who rode and complied with established rules and testing throughout his career. Surely UCI and US Cycling will band together to fight this travesty of fair play.
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Dan Tully
Thu, 2012-08-30 19:03
lets hope.....
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Pat Mattson
Fri, 2012-08-24 17:45
It's the end of the story. Now, a new book and new people. I will say that it was a "Good damn Greek tragedy" no one survives. USADA lost a lot of good will and Mr Armstrong lost supporters. I think now that it has been played out, supporters of Mr Armstrong will see to that the 5 or so riders, who are not receiving the same or equitable punishment will be outed. USADA and the WDA in the "quest for truth" will be found to be the 21st century Spanish Inquisitors. It's one thing to find cheaters in the present and not allow them to continue in the future, but it's a shame to look to the past and drag what was past into the present to shame someone that isn't relevant in the sport. The End.
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Fri, 2012-08-24 16:30
Travis Tygart, USADA, WADA, and Amaury Sports can easily end all the accusations that this was a witch hunt by applying uniform Justice. All TdF winners who have been found to dope or accused of doping lose their jerseys, too. So that means Anquetil and Hinault would lose all 5 of their yellow jerseys. I personally don't have the gall to suggest Eddy loses his 5 jerseys. So that would mean the only 5 time winners of the TdF left are Miguel Indurain - and I would also include Eddy. Oh, and Richard Virenque loses all 7 of his KOM titles. Until we hear calls from USADA, WADA, and Amaury to strip all of the above, then this is a witch hunt.
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Hanta Virus
Wed, 2012-09-19 15:58
The fact that you think Miguel Indurain wasn't doped to the gills tells me you are not lucid. Indurain was a massive doper. Massive.
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Fri, 2012-08-24 15:42
So, all those blood and urine tests, taken by so many. The time, effort, resources, expense, all for naught? All meaningless? Don't constitute proof of anything? Yet we continue to do them... It seems like "It means nothing if you pass them, it only means something if you fail..." Sadly, Lance will die under a cloud. This issue will never be resolved, ever, to everyone's satisfaction. People will believe what they will and there will never be an end to it unless there would be a confession. That wont happen. Choose your reason according to your own beliefs.
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Fri, 2012-08-24 01:38
Quite frankly since Lance is now and has been retired from the sport, it is a waste of resources and serves no purpose to even pursue this matter. It will not ever be resolved because there is no way to absolutely prove or disprove anything in this case. If it were, where was the USADA when Lance was actively competing? It is highly unlikely that anything new has turned up since his retirement (the US government gave up on their case). I am not saying that Lance didn't dope, but I will point out that he passed an awful lot of in competition tests. People will believe what they choose to believe in this case, but the reality is that neither side will ever have irrefutable proof that supports their stance.
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Hanta Virus
Tue, 2012-09-18 23:41
If there was ever justification in WADA's history for going after a retired athlete, it was Lance Armstrong. Why? Because he's the biggest fraud in sport history. Would you prefer USADA go after some no-name Cat. 3 rider who tests positive after winning $50 in a crit because his supplement was contaminated? By the way, Lance wasn't retired and was still likely blood doping in the sport of triathlon, since USADA claimed his Tour samples from '09 and '10 were consistent with blood doping.
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D. Cruz 547
Thu, 2012-08-23 23:53
Curious, Not sure if Bodybuilding is an Olympic Sport...but if it is. Why all the focus on Lance and not on Arnold Schwarzenegger ??
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mtb Dad
Thu, 2012-08-23 18:30
I think the yellow jerseys should remain unawarded. A just reminder that few riders, certainly none of the contenders then, spoke up against the doping. Also a reminder that the UCI failed, completely, in its mandate to run the sport. Which is a bigger question than any the author raised. Why did he miss that? Surely for the sake of our kids, the question of how this happened and how to stop it, is the most important question of all.
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Thu, 2012-08-23 17:02
Is this one of the greatest conspiracies/cover-ups in all of sport? Or are we all caught up in the intrigues of one of the more Machiavellian minds in our time. Is Lance a liar/cheater/crook or an intense/game playing master of mind games and misdirection? If you've gone to the trouble and expense of hiring your greatest competitors to support you - mightent you contrive, cagoole, conflict, and con said "teammates" into thinking that you and you alone have found a way to utterly game the system, "you might as well help me, you have no chance of beating me." I'm just saying...a comment here, a staged observation of an apparently illegal action there, an admission to just one person with no one else nearby...positively Machiavellian. I have not doubt whatsoever that Lance would not only test positive for, but freeing admit, and endorse just exactly that.
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