Originally Posted by Trevor98
He allegedly admitted to his doctor that he used PEDs 10 years ago and other people came forward within the last year to relay this information? Isn't that hearsay and rumor mongering? If this doctor violated his ethics and discussed a patient's records why should we believe him? If "friends" are discussing their memories of PED use timing then we must apply our own value on the reliability of their memories. I am having some short term memory problems now, but I could have never told you what I had been told ten prior- could you?
As for the timing and the credibility,
I think they likely "came forward" because they were subpeona'd to do so, and sworn under oath to tell the truth. It's one thing to not volunteer to break the code of silence. It's another to lie under oath. I think Andreu never set out to throw Armstrong under the bus, but also wasn't going to lie under oath. To my knowledge the Andreus' didn't do a kiss and tell piece in the media. As for remembering 10 years ago, the question is whether it's the typle of event that would make an impression. If my friend and teamate was laying in a hospital bed potentially dying of cancer, and made a statement on such an inflammatory issue, that aslo had potential repercussions on me, and my professional career, I think I'd remember it.
Andreu road how many tours with Armstrong? Do you really think that he doesn't know the answer to the question of whether Armstrong doped.