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Originally Posted by Trevor98
This case has very little to do with whether Landis was doping. It was about whether USADA can prove Landis was doping.
Whether you believe Landis is a doper is your belief and you can believe anything you want about it. I would just caution you that perhaps the test results from last year are a bit weak and shouldn't be that convincing either way.
Landis' doping doesn't mean USADA gets to throw out their own rules. Even the guilty deserve a fair hearing.
I certainly agree that the USADA and other agencies are guilty of selectively following their own standards and screwing things up. No argument there. But. aside from the case specific evidence (or lack thereof) the amount of confessions etc. and data coming out of the pro peleton of the last few decades leads me to believe Flandis, Armstrong and others are dopers. Sad. I really liked Flandis.
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Armstrong never got caught cheating.
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