BANNED FOR LIFE: Lance Armstrong To Be Stripped Of Tour De France Titles Over Doping Charges

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108. Yes, he did fail an official test.

He tested positive for corticosteroid in an official test. He then produced a backdated prescription for a medical use exemption. This was a violation of protocol, but for some reason they let him slide. In other news, Lance Armstrong donated $125,000 to UCI over the course of his career.

Also, it wasn't a journalist who went back and tested for EPO. It was a lab. There was no "sketchy chain of custody", whatever that means, the samples were in test-tubes, in possession of the lab. All the journalist did was get hold of the test results, and the register that matched the samples (which were labeled with codes) to names of riders.

Finally, it's not true that his only accusers are admitted dopers. They also include a masseuse, an assistant, three-time Tour de France champion Greg Lemond, just to name a few. And George Hincapie, who never tested positive for anything, was set to testify against Lance.