Who cares. They will pay, maybe not as much as you'd like - but that is the way things work. Look how long it took to sanction Contadope and all the rest. So quit your whining and let it play out. Oh you are so principled. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lance is a fraud, deal with it. How does your principles tolerate that. COGNITIVE DISCONNECT! The fact that anyone would contemplate attending a Lance sponsored series is disgusting. Why would you want to support a bully and a PO$ and have him pollute your sport. Nuts!

Dan Empfield can you look in the mirror, where is your article on the front page that USADA is a farce, and the "reasoned decision" is a pile of $hit? I can't find the article, you must have drafted one up? No?

Oh captain principled. You are obfuscating the USADA reasoned decision on Lance. Your efforts are very obvious and kind of pathetic. You don't have anything so you go after the messengers. Kind of pathetic.

Yes, a "rational way", how many devious and deplorable things are made palatable. That is how we got ourselves in this whole mess. There was nobody with principle. You need rational, principled people.

Not people speaking from both sides of their face in a "rational way" to obfuscate.

And that's my only objection. Which to me I think becomes louder with the names/suspensions being identified now with active cases still ongoing. That's the head scratcher that I'm not understanding now.

Getting tied up in knots about how Lance went down and not getting to the issues about Lance and what he was up to, discussing the real enablers and corrupters of the sport. Talking up the Lance Tri series in a rational way, almost making it sound palatable. Sounds like a closet fan to me. It is a process, first join the crowd with the indignation, then slowly bend folks the other way through obfuscation and rationalization. Next thing you know we will sign-up with him for the Lance Tri series! Am I close?

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered, but are there any charges against Kristin Armstrong for her complicity (at minimum)...maybe even direct involvement in the USPS doping program? It certainly seemed like she was part of the aiding/abetting...

Don't know if this article has been cited or WADA's stance on this but here's an intersting article on their take on it. He says the "didnt fail a test" isnt really a valid case for any athlete with the evidence of so many past dopers never failing a test (cites M. Jones).

http://espn.go.com/...nce-armstrong-doping

World Anti-Doping Agency director-general David Howman said Lance Armstrong pursued what appears to be a systematic doping program for a decade "probably with the knowledge" of people who were charged with detecting drug cheats.
Howman told New Zealand's LiveSport Radio on Friday that Armstrong's repeated claim he never has tested positive for a banned substance could no longer be regarded as proof of his innocence.
"What seems to have happened in this particular scenario is that it went on for many years under the noses of those who were supposed to be detecting it and at times probably with their knowledge," Howman told the New Zealand program from WADA's headquarters in Montreal.

You're supposed to follow the WADA code, but as an example UCI admits to still having passport violations for 2010 that havent been prosecuted.

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Tear down the entire pro cycling circuit and start over. Wasnt there some cycling series that was being pushed by Vaughters or something like that?

A bit of history from the web:

The Tour de France scandal highlighted the need for an independent international agency, which would set unified standards for anti-doping work and coordinate the efforts of sports organizations and public authorities. The IOC took the initiative and convened the First World Conference on Doping in Sport in Lausanne in February 1999. Following the proposal of the Conference, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was established on November 10, 1999.

Afterwards, in the US

In October 1999, the USOC created the USADA to begin operation in October 2000. USADA's status and alleged independence from the USOC contrasts the norm in the United States in which most professional sport organizations (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) manage the anti-doping aspects of their sports. As a result of USADA's ongoing multi-year contracts with the USOC and the sport national governing bodies (USA Track & Field, USA Cycling, USA Swimming, US Soccer, etc.) the agency is responsible for managing the anti-doping programs including testing and results management for each sport's athletes and events throughout the year. Despite its name and status as the country's official anti doping organization, USADA is a private organization and not subject to government oversight.

USADA is responsible for implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code in the United States.

In France, the USADA equivalent is AFLD.

USADA is responsible and they have banned Armstrong. I think in theory USOC has to enforce the ban. Just like the canadian cycling federation said they were going to uphold the ban on Barry.

UCI said they may appeal to CAS but I don't think they will - it is bad for them and I hope the leadership is renewed to say the least. Armstrong has said he is done fighting but is still pushing hard on the PR campaign.