Best Excuses When Caught Doping?

Triathlon Forum
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What are your favorite excuses that cyclists have come up with when either caught or admitted to doping.

I’ll start:

The best two so far are:

(1) Floyd: “My immediate reaction to look for the bottle”
(2) Basso: “It was only attempted doping”

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Rumsas in 2002: ‘The stuff in the trunk was for my mother in law’
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Nothing tops Tyler’s evil twin.

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I personally like Tyler’s other excuse of him being a Chimera…A CHIMERA! It’s like he’s Manimal or something like that.

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Frank Vandenbroucke: “It’s for my dog.” (In reference to a refrigerator full of EPO).

Gilberto Simoni: “My dentist gave it to me.” (I guess in Italy, cocaine helps with fillings?)

Some Italian rider I forgot, “It’s from candy I ate from Venezuela.” (Cocaine is everywhere!)

Richard Virenque: “Non! N’est ce pas possible!” (Proud member of the 1998 All Time All Doped All Star Team).

Alexander Vinokourov: “The doctors say there was too much blood in my thighs.” (And evidently none in his brain).

Hurricane Bob

  • There are plenty more… *
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Clinton: “but I didn’t inhale”.

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*“Some Italian rider I forgot, “It’s from candy I ate from Venezuela.” (Cocaine is everywhere!)” *

Damn, I can’t remember who it was either, but he said it was candy that his grandmother gave him. Throwing your own grandmother under the bus trumps the shit out of making up some silly story about a vanishing twin.

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These cats should take a page from one of the best, most often used NFL player excuses, “It was my cousins drugs”.

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*“Some Italian rider I forgot, “It’s from candy I ate from Venezuela.” (Cocaine is everywhere!)” *

Damn, I can’t remember who it was either, but he said it was candy that his grandmother gave him. Throwing your own grandmother under the bus trumps the shit out of making up some silly story about a vanishing twin.
this was simoni…

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I like this one the best:

“This must have been in a home remedy given to me by my mother in law, which she gave me to increase my libido”.

Anyone?
Hint: Team Telekom in 1999?

This one is a close second::
“I accidentially took the diet pills that were for my pregnant wife. My daughter mixed them up when playing with them and my vitamin supplements”
What a family man!
1997
Hint: He did well on the track too.

And then there is the infamous “toothpaste manipulation”…which I only mention for hint #3: All athtletes mentioned were of THAT nationality.