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Old 08-05-2010, 10:19 PM   #6
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Lance is not a fraud. He won under the rules and enforcement in place.

Is it possible or likely that he doped? Most definitely. But what has happened that the most tested athlete of our time, who never failed a test, isn't entitled to any presumptions regarding his innocence but is tried in the arena of public opinion based upon partial leaks of persons who admit lying and cheating themselves?

Is that the standard by which you wish to operate?

The fact is, he must have limited his doping to extremely regimented training periods in order to ensure he'd pass the testing in place. And others who were determined to defeat him pushed themselves past the limits.

But what if, just for an instance, he was entirely clean? How should we feel regarding his behavior and conduct?

To me, it's a witch hunt which has been going on for a long time, and witch hunts grow stale after a while.

Do we re-open Greg Lemond, who was rumored, at least in Reno, to have doped in the 1989 Tour?

Do we chase down Eddie?

Where do we stop?
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