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Aug 2012
8:28pm, 24 Aug 2012
18,127 posts
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idio
IMO it's been a complete farce and a witch hunt. USADA even broke their own 8 year rule and gone back 17. If you're going to clamp down then go for all the cheaters no just one. To me USADA has just come over as thugs.
Would have been good to see LA do the Ironman.
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Aug 2012
8:29pm, 24 Aug 2012
13,724 posts
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JohnnyO
Yes. I guess USADA will ban him and WADA will uphold it.
I think this is a long way from over though. I doubt Lance has just given up. I don't know what he will do, but I doubt he just goes and sits by the fire and says its all over.
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Aug 2012
8:31pm, 24 Aug 2012
18,128 posts
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idio
LA said he's given up on the legal battle and is going to concentrate on his five children and his charity.
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Aug 2012
8:32pm, 24 Aug 2012
3,697 posts
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2 Flat Feet
A slight tangent but...
Lance claims he is not taking this further as he wants to protect his family and has had enough of fighting. However, if you read the actual statement his lawyers gave to USADA, it mentions none of that, claims that Lance is not taking it further because of the jurisdictional issues, and, completely at odds with Lance's own statement, states that any attempt to ban him or strip him of his titles will lead to court challenges.
So contrary to what he says, he fully intends to fight on, just not in relation to the evidence.
Sorry but that stinks.
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Aug 2012
8:34pm, 24 Aug 2012
889 posts
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Pestomum
Who was it tweeted that it is a witch hunt, but there is actually a witch?
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Aug 2012
8:37pm, 24 Aug 2012
22,258 posts
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Old Croc
could be only the lawyers who win this one? (again)
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Aug 2012
8:43pm, 24 Aug 2012
17,431 posts
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SPR
They didn't break the statute of limitations as they can't legally break it, however there are conditions where the statute of limitations no longer apply.
USADA is US so will only go after US cyclists, it is up to other national doping agencies to go after their dopers.
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Aug 2012
9:14pm, 24 Aug 2012
13,725 posts
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JohnnyO
So the man himself has just tweeted that he is looking forward to his race tomorrow.
Does this ban apply to everything?
If he were for instance to turn up at the Luton Marathon would they have to turn him away?
Is it only things that bring prize money which is pretty much everything, even if the money just consists of a £20 voucher for "Berts Running Shop and Slaughterhouse")
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Aug 2012
9:20pm, 24 Aug 2012
17,957 posts
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eL Bee!
Contador has a running shop and slaughterhouse? Who knew!! 
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Aug 2012
9:22pm, 24 Aug 2012
4,621 posts
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Bazoaxe
and maybe it was his own slaughterhouse that infected the beef he ate that caused him to fail a drug test
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