from The Adventure Blog
Reading this story on Outside Online earlier had me shaking my head and thinking "life really is stranger than fiction." It has been a really odd couple of months in the ongoing story of whether or not Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs in his historic wins in the Tour de France. We all know the rumors and allegations have been swirling around for years and that Lance has been the subject of an on going investigation by a federal grand jury. Things came to a head a month back when Tyler ...
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from The Adventure Blog
As widely reported last week, Tyler Hamilton was on the CBS news show 60 Minutes over the weekend, where he recounted tales of performance enhancing drug use by Lance Armstrong and other members of the U.S. Postal Team which dominated the Tour de France a decade ago. If you missed the report, and want to catch-up, a transcript and several videos are available by clicking here . During the interview, Hamilton talked about the use of EPO, testosterone, and even blood transfusions that he, and his teammates,
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from Climber's Blog
Well, that was certainly an eventful few days on the Lance Armstrong news beat. The 2009 Leadville 100 champion and multi-time winner of some race in France was accused of conspiring with cycling officials to cover up a positive drug test during the 2001 Tour of Switzerland, of injecting EPO and supplying it to U.S. [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
In an interview for 60 Minutes that is set to air on Sunday, retired professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton says that he witnessed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong use EPO to preparation for the race in 1999, the year that Armstrong won his first Tour. Hamilton further alleges that the doping continued for the next two seasons as well, which was the length of his contract on the U.S. Postal Team. According to this story at ESPN.com , Hamilton is quoted as saying:"I saw (EPO) in his ...
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from The Adventure Blog
The New York Times is reporting today that after four years of denials cyclist Floyd Landis has admitted that he used performance enhancing drugs throughout his career. The 2006 Tour de France winner, who was later stripped of that title, reportedly sent e-mails to top cycling officials in the U.S. and Europe detailing his use of the drugs, while also naming other top U.S. riders who he says were doping as well. The officials who spoke to the Times didn't with to have their names published, but did say ...
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