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[email protected] (Skuyte Hamrell) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I believe Lance Armstrong is clean. But I understand why people
> suspect him:
>
> 1) He is so much better than everybody else.
During 3 weeks in July....
> 2) Not one bad day in 6 years of Tour de France racing.
What? I count at least 3 last year. Atleast 1 in 2001
> 3) Connections to alleged dope doctor Ferrari.
Yes being loosely connected to a guy who has been allegedly connected
to doping is really solid proof.
> 4) He is the best in cycling, a tradidionally dope-infested sport.
Traditionally a dope infested sport? What about football, what about
baseball, what about hockey....
> 5) Recent track&field doping scandals have proven that Americans can
> be just as big cheaters as anyone.
As to the old ass scandals that involved Americans! You need BALCO to
make you think that americans cheat? 7% of all baseball players failed
an announced and scheduled drug test!!!!!
> 6) Anti-American sentiments the last couple of years.
The last couple of years?
> 7) Some surprisingly ungentlemanly behaviour from the gentleman LA,
> like chasing Simeoni in this year's tour, or cutting across a field
> after Beloki's accident last year.
Yes, having the skill and luck to avoid another racer who crashed sure
is unsportsmenly of him! Dang must be on drugs....Are people really
this stupid?
>
> But, as I said, I think Armstrong is clean. He is just extremely
> talented, and has an extremely professional attitude to what he is
> doing. And he is the most dope-tested athlete there is today.
Again I need a farm house....
> I believe Lance Armstrong is clean. But I understand why people
> suspect him:
>
> 1) He is so much better than everybody else.
During 3 weeks in July....
> 2) Not one bad day in 6 years of Tour de France racing.
What? I count at least 3 last year. Atleast 1 in 2001
> 3) Connections to alleged dope doctor Ferrari.
Yes being loosely connected to a guy who has been allegedly connected
to doping is really solid proof.
> 4) He is the best in cycling, a tradidionally dope-infested sport.
Traditionally a dope infested sport? What about football, what about
baseball, what about hockey....
> 5) Recent track&field doping scandals have proven that Americans can
> be just as big cheaters as anyone.
As to the old ass scandals that involved Americans! You need BALCO to
make you think that americans cheat? 7% of all baseball players failed
an announced and scheduled drug test!!!!!
> 6) Anti-American sentiments the last couple of years.
The last couple of years?
> 7) Some surprisingly ungentlemanly behaviour from the gentleman LA,
> like chasing Simeoni in this year's tour, or cutting across a field
> after Beloki's accident last year.
Yes, having the skill and luck to avoid another racer who crashed sure
is unsportsmenly of him! Dang must be on drugs....Are people really
this stupid?
>
> But, as I said, I think Armstrong is clean. He is just extremely
> talented, and has an extremely professional attitude to what he is
> doing. And he is the most dope-tested athlete there is today.
Again I need a farm house....