Lance Armstrong Fails a Dope Test.

nathanbloke
nathanbloke Posts: 28
edited October 2008 in Pro race
Everyone seems to forget that he tested positive for cortisode (or something like that) and then produced a prescription and applied for a historical excemption certificate during the 1999 Tour. For someone who was so meticulous in his preparation, covering all bases, measuring all his meals, planning for every eventually, do you think he'd make such a "Christine Ougohouro" when it came to a medicine that is also a performance enhancing drug? A drug that is/was widespread in cycling.

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  • Turtle Travel
    Turtle Travel Posts: 2
    This forum is infested with Armstrong threads. Did you have to make a new one?
  • leguape
    leguape Posts: 986
    So did Merckx. He cried to the King of Belgium to get let off his one at the Giro. He still doesn't seem to think he did anything wrong and it's all a terrible mistake. Is this getting anyone anywhere?
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  • guv001
    guv001 Posts: 688
    I'm all for slating anyone but this thread is really a bit late by probably 9 years or so.
  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    A similar situation occurred with Miguel Indurain at one point as well, and lets not forget the problems with "Team GB"
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    nathanbloke wrote:
    Everyone seems to forget that he tested positive for cortisode (or something like that) and then produced a prescription and applied for a historical excemption certificate during the 1999 Tour. For someone who was so meticulous in his preparation, covering all bases, measuring all his meals, planning for every eventually, do you think he'd make such a "Christine Ougohouro" when it came to a medicine that is also a performance enhancing drug? A drug that is/was widespread in cycling.


    The most vociferous detractors haven't forgotten it and always bring it up. What they have forgotten is that it wasn't a failed test - the traces amounts were well within the legal limits and consistent with a skin cream - four other riders had the same. The odd thing was that he felt he needed to get the back-dated TUE.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/jul99/jul22.shtml

    (PS I'm no Lance fanboy - a sceptic in fact. But I like the facts to be presented correctly)
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    What are you trying to say here nathan ?

    That he wasnt meticulous ? So by my thinking - he couldnt have doped because doping has to be pretty well organised.

    Yeah 9 years is a bit of a late story.
  • beancounter
    beancounter Posts: 369
    nathanbloke wrote:
    Everyone seems to forget that he tested positive for cortisode (or something like that) and then produced a prescription and applied for a historical excemption certificate during the 1999 Tour. For someone who was so meticulous in his preparation, covering all bases, measuring all his meals, planning for every eventually, do you think he'd make such a "Christine Ougohouro" when it came to a medicine that is also a performance enhancing drug? A drug that is/was widespread in cycling.

    FFS. Get a life.

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