May 31, 2006

Armstrong Exonerated

Does this finally settle matter for the Euro-trash who have maligned one of the greatest athletes of our era?

Dutch investigators cleared Lance Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour de France on Wednesday, and blamed anti-doping authorities for misconduct in dealing with the American cyclist.

A 132-page report recommended convening a tribunal to discuss possible legal and ethical violations by the World Anti-Doping Agency and to consider ''appropriate sanctions to remedy the violations.''

The French sports daily L'Equipe reported in August that six of Armstrong's urine samples from 1999, when he won the first of his record seven-straight Tour titles, came back positive for the endurance-boosting hormone EPO when they were retested in 2004.

Armstrong has repeatedly denied using banned substances.

The International Cycling Union appointed Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman last October to investigate the handling of urine tests from the 1999 Tour by the French national anti-doping laboratory, known by its French acronym LNDD.

Vrijman said Wednesday his report ''exonerates Lance Armstrong completely with respect to alleged use of doping in the 1999 Tour de France.''

Now we know that Armstrong accomplished his feats without artificial enhancement.

We also know that a bunch of flaccid Frenchies have again shown their national character -- No Courage, No Class.

And we confirm this simple truth -- we grow 'em bigger and better in Texas.

Posted by: Greg at 04:16 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 The World Anti-Doping Agency (the group that seems to be the culprit here) is based in Canada and its chairman is named Richard Pound - don't know his nationality but it seems unlikely to be French. So I'm not sure where your rant about France or "euro-trash" comes from.

Posted by: John at Wed May 31 05:22:19 2006 (xSiCf)

2 The allegations were originally made by the French, who could not accept that a gauche American -- a Texan, no less -- could shatter their records and defeat the pride of their nation.

They have been making such charges for years, well before the alleged retesting of the earlier samples.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed May 31 06:21:55 2006 (9z7Cm)

3 Given that no one from France has won it in over 20 years, this seems like an unlikely theory. As for the French anti-American thing - well, have you spent much time in France? My experience has been that they are pretty fond of us, and our culture.

Posted by: John at Wed May 31 08:56:56 2006 (xSiCf)

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