Originally Posted by bellweatherman
The multiple events for which EPO was detected in Lance Armstrong's urine are:
Tour Prologue
stage 1 (Montaigu - Challans)
stage 9 (Le Grand Bornand - Sestrières, where he beat Alex Zülle by 31 seconds)
stage 10 (Sestrières-L'Alpe d'Huez), 12 (Saint-Galmier - Saint Flour)
stage 14 (Casters - Saint Gaudens)
Nice research (but your missing one of the six). I am, however, wondering why his stages 8,11,12,13,15,16,17,18,19,20 urine sample weren't positive as well- I mean, if there was no test at the time, and he tested positive in the Prologue and stages 1,9,10, and 14 was he stopping and starting EPO usage? There is something wrong here- we, and I can only hope this includes L'Equipe, don't have anywhere near a complete story here. The interspersed chronology of the positive and negative tests needs to be explained.
I can see if the lab added EPO traces to random urine samples to validate their tests the lab would be reluctant to admit this for fear of being sued by Armstrong and further diminish their own respectability.
I don't see this being solved in any real way nor really changing anyone's mind.