Bizarre interview with FL - Page 12

Don't know the name of the law specifically - but it was the law which allowed the French Gendarmerie to take several riders away for questioning during last years Tour de France : (Italian cyclist - name escapes me - was filmed being led away by the French police).

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.

It's more than a fraud, doping is unhealthy, so encourage it, it's like wounded someone or to put the live in jeopardy (?).

A (machine translation) excerpt from http://www.santesport.gouv.fr/conten...iciels/loi.asp

This is the law in France?

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"Bait in 08" --nns1400

Yes, it's a part of the law.

Thanks.

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"Bait in 08" --nns1400

I think you've got to go there this July helmut for your research...

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De rien.

Now if you have to bring with you on Tour de France a shoe box for some of your pro cycling friends, you know why you will open that box!

I think all thise sports fraud stuff is bogus. Every country already has laws against regular run of the mill fraud, and that is exactly what doping in sport is. The athletes are defrauding sponsors, race organizers, companies they have personal endorement contracts with, people stupid enough to contribute to defense funds, etc. Just charge them with regular criminal fraud.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/feb08/feb08news
US closer to signing anti-doping treaty

The United States took one step closer to signing a treaty intended to help fight doping in sport when President Bush asked the Senate to ratify the International Convention Against Doping in Sport on Thursday. The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)-backed agreement, which was drawn up under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has already been ratified by more than 70 other nations.

The UNESCO treaty formalizes global anti-doping rules under the WADA code, getting around issues which prevented some governments, such as the United States, from being legally bound by documents of non-governmental organizations such as WADA.

The White House statement noted that the treaty was in agreement with existing US laws and policies, but the aim was to "solidify our Nation's place as a leader in the worldwide effort to rid athletics of cheating through chemistry."

The latest WADA code, which will go into effect on January 1, 2009, restricts the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to selecting host cities only in countries which have ratified the UNESCO treaty.

The accord, which was due to go into effect last year, could aid in the punishment of those who aid the athletes in procuring or using the doping products and to punish physicians based on their involvement in doping practices.

A wonderful success of Floyd's campaign. A real winner or whiner!

This is where the real breakthrough will occur IMO.

An analogy IMO would be that the fight against smoking didn't make any inroads until they switched to non-smokers as their target.

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