Let's review:
1) Levi was made to win by the underwriters BECAUSE an American had to win an American sponsored event---preferably a Californian.
2) Levi was gifted 66 seconds on Stage 1 to help him win.
3) No EPO testing was ever performed. In fact, no drug testing of any kind appears to have been budgeted for pursuant to the idiotic remarks of Sean Pettyjohn.
4) Levi was gitfed abother 2-3 minutes on Stage 7 when Stuey O'Grady escaped AND George Hincapie fell off his bike. TIME-OUTs are reserved for football, not cycling. Can you image calling time out in a local bike race because your teammate fell or had a puncture????? Only in 'made-for-TV-commercial-sport.
5) CSC quit attacking Levi on Stage 8 and handed him his EPO cash prize.
What a terrific Pharmaceutical joke the Amgen EP Tour of California was.
1) Levi was made to win by the underwriters BECAUSE an American had to win an American sponsored event---preferably a Californian.
2) Levi was gifted 66 seconds on Stage 1 to help him win.
3) No EPO testing was ever performed. In fact, no drug testing of any kind appears to have been budgeted for pursuant to the idiotic remarks of Sean Pettyjohn.
4) Levi was gitfed abother 2-3 minutes on Stage 7 when Stuey O'Grady escaped AND George Hincapie fell off his bike. TIME-OUTs are reserved for football, not cycling. Can you image calling time out in a local bike race because your teammate fell or had a puncture????? Only in 'made-for-TV-commercial-sport.
5) CSC quit attacking Levi on Stage 8 and handed him his EPO cash prize.
What a terrific Pharmaceutical joke the Amgen EP Tour of California was.