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How USADA believes in Levi, Danielson and VDV?

Feb 27, 2010
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First of all, my english skills aren't so good as I would like, but I hope be able to express my idea.

Have many things I can't accept on Danielson, Vande Velde and Leipheimer testimony and I can't understand how USADA can accept it.

Vaughters says (in this forum) these guys doped on former teams (USP, CSC or Liberty Seguros) but not on Garmin. Must we believe on that? He spoke about doping practices that wasn't detectable when they rode on USP... and still isn't.

It's supposed Tom Danielson just had doped on USP, but look is best results on USP and Garmin:
USP: 1st Tour Georgia 2005, 7th Vuelta España 2005, 1st Tour of Austria 2006, 2nd Tour of Georgia 2006, 6th Vuelta España 2006.
Garmin: 9th Vuelta España 2010, 3er Tour of California 2011, 9th Tour de France 2011, 3er Tour of California 2012.

Isn't it too small difference between rode "clean" and "doped"?

The same to Vande Velde and Leipheimer.

VDV says he doped between 4 June 2004 and 31 April 2006, when he had not significant results. He says he’s "clean" after that, when he was 4th and 8th on Tour de France, directly from Neverland. Is it normal a rider rode better "clean" than doped?

And Leipheimer says he doped still (and during) Tour 2006 and on Tour 2007. First of more, we all know that doping isn't the Asterix's magic potion and its effects aren't immediate. I can believe he just doped on this dates. He had good results still 2006 but also after that. He was 2nd on Vuelta España 2008, for exemple. I think he is lying to safe his US National title (2007) and his 3 Tours of California (2007, 08 and 09, the record).


As summary:
I can't believe on those men and I think USADA not believe too, but accept his lies as "thank you for give us Lance Armstrong". I think the 6 moth suspension it's a joke to everyone.


What you think about it? Danielson, VDV and Leipheimer rode clean after USP or not?

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