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I think there are many ways for cycling teams to prove their riders are clean. It should all be based on the assumption that you are guilty until proven innocent. Did you disappear out of reach of doping tests for whatever reason while preparing for a GT? Doping. Refusing to release your...

The Dutch competition is simply not lucrative enough to keep all its best players. The Netherlands has several very good players, but they play in foreign countries. Also note that Frank de Boer, current Ajax coach, was tested positive for nandrolone while playing for Barcelona. One...

What was wrong with the system of setting a limit to your hct and otherwise leaving blood doping unchecked? The danger of blood doping is having absurdly thick blood, but it's easy to restrain that with testing. This way the riders can all boost their blood a little, and it will be a ridiculous...

The "he was the best cheater, he still deserved his victories, go Lance!" argument falls apart quickly when you realize that those who argue this never come to terms with the fact that he was caught and lost his victories. If it's all about this cowboy mentality then you can't complain if his...

Before Lance people were victims of cancer, it took him to stand up to cancer, look it squarely in the eye and say: "you don't mess, with an American". :rolleyes: I'm not all that informed about charities I have to say, but I want to ask a question: is it really relevant for a comparatively...

It worries me a lot. If, hypothetically, Armstrong's guilt would have been less evident and he had slightly more political support, I could easily see Tygart having to pay for his insolence in persecuting Lance the American hero. I've seen too many cases in the news of people being fired for...

An old link, but in case someone hasn't seen it yet. (link) It's really the comments that are relevant, I've always thought wired.com would attract more intelligent people, but half of them literally behave like they were bought and paid for by Armstrong.