What if Leipheimer wins the Tour?

[Adamastor]

Well, "De Telegraaf" is right and the 4 U.S. riders in the Tour are supposed to be banned by the end of the season.

Leipheimer wins this year's Tour. I don't think A.S.O. would accept him as a winner !

Comments welcome (and please, although I want him sanctioned, don't bring in Armstrong straight away please, there are numerous threads elsewhere for him).

 

[slowoldman]

Well, "De Telegraaf" is right and the 4 U.S. riders in the Tour are supposed to be banned by the end of the season.

Leipheimer wins this year's Tour. I don't think A.S.O. would accept him as a winner !

Comments welcome (and please, although I want him sanctioned, don't bring in Armstrong straight away please, there are numerous threads elsewhere for him).

I don't think there is any worry of that actually happening.

 

[Catwhoorg]

I think its just not a likely enough proposition to worry about it.

 

[Berzin]

I never had him anywhere near the top 10, so no worries about this happening.

 

[lostintime]

The day the Earth stops rotating .... he'll win the tour

 

[Dr. Maserati]

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No

 

[Adamastor]

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No

Like - thanks for the good mood

 

[Caruut]

I'd say he has a about as much just as Vaughters does of winning the Tour.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Like - thanks for the good mood

Sorry, couldnt resist. I like LL, but his day is gone.

To sortof answer your question - I expect ASO to say little at the moment about any of the named riders (or JV), certainly nothing beyond "we have to wait for the process..." yada yada.

JV has said on twitter that no suspension have (yet!) been handed out.
While some of these riders may be outside SOL - I still think that they should all face some consequences if they doped - they knew what they were **** and knew they could be sanctioned.

 

[Dr.Sahl]

Well, "De Telegraaf" is right and the 4 U.S. riders in the Tour are supposed to be banned by the end of the season.

Well.... the bold would be right if we had a source.... besides its pretty dumb discussion, since Leipheimer would never win the tour.