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> "Kurgan Gringioni"
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> > You're right, all bike racers have morphine in the fridge and
prescription,
> > performance-enhancing drugs for the family pet. There is no difference between VdB and other
> > bike racers.
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> Well, nobody has ever looked into Armstrong's refrigerator, nor has he been subject to random,
> un-announced and un-scheduled drug tests (like German riders, for example).
Actually, the US Postal bus was searched un-announced during the tour last year.
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> VDB "invited" the police to his house by driving under the influence of alcohol. It would be very
> interesting if the TdF riders were ever subject to the same scrutiny that Giro riders are (yeah, I
> know that sounds strange given 1998, but nobody was raided in their hotels then).
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> Along those lines, what is the French media saying about Rumsas? His wife was found with quite a
> few proscribed drugs in her car. She had an "reason", a sick mother (apparently very sick ;-).
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> Armstsrong's team was found with quite a few proscribed drugs in their possesion. They had a
> reason - a sick "non-cycling" member.
I don't think we will ever see a yellow jersey winner being caught with doping during his winning
tour. After he reaches Paris, he is clean. It would be too disastrous if the final result had to be
amended because of doping. Or worse - what if Armstrong did not test positive, but his team doctor
carried a big load of an EPO-like drug? Everyone would consider the whole tour to have been a farce,
because nobody trusts the result anymore, but the jersey could not be taken away from Armstrong.
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> Strange how the **** flies.... and how it lands.