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creekster · 09-07-2005, 12:37 AM

Let's just say that LA's samples from 99 tested positive for EPO. By '01 there was an EPO testing protocol in place and being used. He has been tested for EPO both in and out of competition ever since. He has never failed any of those tests. So even if he was positive in '99, he still kicked their butts for 5 years while testing negative undser the sanme test they are now applying retroactively. This certainly doens't make drug use in '99 acceptable, but it certainly doens't seem to taint the validity of his victory, either.

09-07-2005, 12:37 AM	#3
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	This is the precise flaw with L'equipe's intended inference Let's just say that LA's samples from 99 tested positive for EPO. By '01 there was an EPO testing protocol in place and being used. He has been tested for EPO both in and out of competition ever since. He has never failed any of those tests. So even if he was positive in '99, he still kicked their butts for 5 years while testing negative undser the sanme test they are now applying retroactively. This certainly doens't make drug use in '99 acceptable, but it certainly doens't seem to taint the validity of his victory, either.