BLeP wrote:
The problem is that the same people that say the Lance can't be clean if he beat dopers don't want to hear the same said about Lemond.
I buy into your argument. If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it's likely a duck.
I think Lemond is quite different, actually.
First, if he doped, he would be best off to just remain quiet in retirement and not raise the issue (this is what just about every other former TdF winner does) rather than bring attention to himself with his anti-doping stance. He would have to have a set of really big stones to have doped and then speak out the way he does.
Second, as many enemies as Lemond has made over the years, whether during his career or after by those who view his stance as "attacking the sport" (if you don't think this is prevalent, just look at the Simeoni affair), NO ONE has ever come out and said, "Lemond doped." The USADA had 10 (not one, not two, but ten) former teammates who said Lance did.
I would really like to see the evidence in order to come to a conclusion re: Lance (I'll admit I am leaning in one direction, but I still would like to see the evidence), but the Lance situation is NOT the same as Lemond.
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