Lance Armstrong harassed by French newspaper

(2005 Dec blog post)

After Lance Armstrong won the overall championship in the Tour du France (2005) for his 7th consecutive Tour du France overall-championship title, a French newspaper managed, in 2005, to get some old, backup blood samples, from the 1999 Tour de France, analyzed for EPO (blood doping via oxygenation to enhance performance). The analysis indicates that Armstrong MAY have used EPO blood-doping in 1999. HOWEVER ... Armstrong has been harassed by this newspaper for at least 5 years, resulting in his being subject to surprise blood and urine sampling for at least 5 years (2001 - 2005). There has been no indication of a use of performance enhancers in any of these later tests. You can bet that French newspaper would have let the world know if there had been the slightest indication. So ... I say ... Way to go, Lance! Even if you did use EPO back in 1999: I challenge ANYONE to use all the EPO and steroids they want -- and try to win seven consecutive Tours de France. It takes MUCH MORE than drugs to achieve that. What an achievement --- winning SEVEN CONSECUTIVE championships. The harassers at that French newspaper need to wise up and get a life.

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