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

[DanTex]

113. Mis-labelling? Cross-contamination? LOL.

Is there any evidence of that, or are you just tossing out whatever excuse you can think of? I mean, yeah, anytime anyone tests positive for anything, they talk about cross-contamination and mis-labeling and try and come up with any other excuse they can think of, but there's zero evidence for any of that. No less than 6 of Lance's samples tested positive for EPO. And the pattern was entirely consistent with what an EPO regimen would look like. If you're actually interested, here's an interview with sports doctor Michael Ashendon who analyzes the evidence and explains why the evidence is so damning.

http://velocitynation.com/content/interviews/2009/michael-ashenden/

Also, you don't seem to understand that the official protocol is that you need to provide your prescriptions before, not after you test positive. Otherwise, it is to easy to get a backdated prescription, just like Lance did. Oh, and there's no such thing as a "minimal flag". Alberto Contador got suspended for an infinitesmal amount of clenbuterol. If you have testing rules, you have to follow them -- it's hard enough to catch dopers with all the countermeasures they use, if you start letting people slide because they come up with a note from their mom, then nobody will every get caught.

At the end of the day, Lance doped, he tested positive, and now, finally, he got caught and sanctioned. It took a while, and it seemed like he was going to get away with it, but he didn't. Good for the sport.