Frankly, I believe Armstrong over the French
as the French can't stand the fact that he won.
Is it possible that he took enhancements? Of course, that race is too demanding.
However, in light of his extensive testing, I just don't believe it. Now testing samples from 1999?
Note what Pena said,
Victor Hugo Pena, Armstrong’s former U.S. Postal Service teammate, said the French were bad losers who could never accept his supremacy on the Tour.
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“What Lance achieved nobody can take away,” Pena, who helped Armstrong to three of his seven Tour victories, told Colombia’s Caracol radio Tuesday. Pena said Armstrong was so closely watched during the Tour that it would have been impossible for him to use performance-enhancing drugs.
“Not only did the sports laboratories constantly test him, but video cameras were set up in his room and police agents constantly monitored Lance’s movements and who was visiting him and even his phone conversations,” Pena said.
I don't buy the L'Equipe story.
Va-t-en faire ... aux francais
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