Lance Armstrong facing new allegations
Lance Armstrong today faces fresh charges from L'Equipe that he tested positive for EPO in 1999. At the time there were no tests for such substance abuse. But urine samples taken back then were kept and retested by a doping lab in Paris recently.
To be honest, I couldn't really care less about Le Tour de France. It makes no sense to be entertained by a sporting event where the playing field (and I'm not talking about the mountains) is so lopsided in favour of cheats. Who cares if some guy wins the race seven times when every man, woman and David Walsh on this planet knows that a glycoprotein hormone or some other performance-enhancing drug has entirely influenced the result?
This isn't the first time Armstrong has been linked with drug taking. Emma O'Reilly, a former masseur used by Armstrong, has claimed that in 1998 he asked her to dispose of used syringes and asked her for makeup to cover the needle marks on his arms.
A former Motorola teammate of his has also claimed that Armstrong inappropriately took drugs. Kiwi Steven Swart said that many of his teammates, including Armstrong, took EPO in order to keep up with the European members of the peleton. Interestingly, Armstrong has been spending time with George W. Bush recently, even taking time out to go cycling with him. Would it be inconceivable that Armstrong is looking for some sort of entry to the political realm via the grace and backing of George W?
They say that power corrupts, but what would happen if you already had a flagitious past?
Published by Colm.
To be honest, I couldn't really care less about Le Tour de France. It makes no sense to be entertained by a sporting event where the playing field (and I'm not talking about the mountains) is so lopsided in favour of cheats. Who cares if some guy wins the race seven times when every man, woman and David Walsh on this planet knows that a glycoprotein hormone or some other performance-enhancing drug has entirely influenced the result?
This isn't the first time Armstrong has been linked with drug taking. Emma O'Reilly, a former masseur used by Armstrong, has claimed that in 1998 he asked her to dispose of used syringes and asked her for makeup to cover the needle marks on his arms.
A former Motorola teammate of his has also claimed that Armstrong inappropriately took drugs. Kiwi Steven Swart said that many of his teammates, including Armstrong, took EPO in order to keep up with the European members of the peleton. Interestingly, Armstrong has been spending time with George W. Bush recently, even taking time out to go cycling with him. Would it be inconceivable that Armstrong is looking for some sort of entry to the political realm via the grace and backing of George W?
They say that power corrupts, but what would happen if you already had a flagitious past?
Published by Colm.
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