Crossposting from Devlin's thread:

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Yes. USADA worked with european and canadian agencies. I dont know if Canada handed out a suspension or just let USADA do it and is honoring it. Length of suspension hasnt been announced but all the active guys are suspended.

moot point now. Wonder why he also retired this year?

so because he "cooperated" he gets off???
I don't understand.
was the USADA statement saying if LA admitted to doping it would not have been a lifetime ban? Is Hincapie getting a ban? the others on the list?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/...eive-bans-from-usada

Makes you wonder about the non-listed postal riders. Did they decline to testify, were not involved, too small to worry about, followed the code?

Cyclingnews is reporting they were banned. It's more like an "amnesty" program. 6-months and they could be back by early next season:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/...eive-bans-from-usada

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Sounds like a complete joke of a suspension. USADA is only giving credence to LA's claims of a witch hunt by handing out suspensions to those who testified that amount to nothing more then a slap on the wrist.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

agreed

Lance was offered the same opportunity and declined it.

Yes if lance had cooperated, it's likely he would have lost the last 2 tours, and received a ban of less than lifetime. all the others received a ban, those who retired would received a ban if they un-retired.

I don't think you call a six month suspension in the off season a slap on the wrist. What a joke! Clean up cycling indeed.

Well, there's Kevin Livingston

So it's official, Lance is now banned from LIFE.

Armstrong had the opportunity to cooperate. He had that opportunity as late as July or August. He decided to take his chances by suing in federal court. He lost. Bad decision on his part. You cannot blame the USADA for Armstrong refusing to take the deal that everyone else took.

I disagree. You can't encourage cooperation without providing for a carrot to want to come forward for.

Francois wrote:

Lance was offered the same opportunity and declined it.

You have zero knowledge if that is true. Stop pulling a pick6 and making a statement based on assumption. USADA only said that LA was given the chance to cooperate but there was no definite statement of what penalty he would have received.

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I can't believe I making a post in one of these threads, but I've been following Michael Barry for a long time (we have to cheer for our fellow canucks). I'm not surprised that he would deny accusations when Floyd pointed fingers at him a couple of years ago. But in light of his confession, this article sends a very different message.

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“It’s our word against his word,” Armstrong said. “I like our word. We like our credibility.”
... It's unfortunate to see that the term credibility is synonymous with "lies and public perception"

http://www.thestar.com/...claims-he-used-drugs

Travis Tygart announced this a while back.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

You disagree Ben because for you it's really all about LA and not the big picture. All these suspensions do is demonstrate that it's perfectly ok to use banned substances that would normally result in at least a 2 year ban but if you are willing to turn on a bigger fish then its all good.

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Tygart was quoted as saying flat out that the punishment would not have been the same, and he wouldnt have lost all his titles. thats been in multiple reports. Its an assumption, but one can deduce a lifetime ban wouldnt have been included.

That's rather funny...

The other side is that up until now, George Hincapie was a beloved cyclist who could do no wrong.

Now, he's an admitted doper who was forced to publicly admit that he did cheat and that he did willingly agree to talk about others doping.

If USADA punishes George like they are punishing LA, then what motivation does he have to come clean and speak about his experience? If George loses everything, he just refuses to talk and becomes an ally of LA and he never agrees to tell his story.

How do you think George feels this morning? His image has always been one of squeaky clean good guy who always helped Lance win. Now, he's an admitted doper who was willing to tell USADA everything he knew, including about LA.

I imagine it's not a good day to be any of those guys. Do you think George is lying?

If George didn't dope, why would he publicly admit to it?

Agreed as well.