French People Still Bitter for Being Bailed out of Two World Wars

Okay get over it. Lance won your race. Seven times. In a row. He's an arrogant jerk. He abandoned his wife who stood by him while he went through chemo. And he has an advantage because his body doesn;t process pain the same way the rest of us do. But shut the fuck up about doping. I'm sorry you couldn't beat him. I'm sorry a frenchy hasn't won the Tour d' France in like 20 years. But you gotta let it go.

I'm not even really a Lance Armstrong fan, I just think this has gotten to the point of absurdity. The tests that recently 'uncovered' 'proof' of Lance doping in 1999 were not even carried out in a legal way. These are leftover samples frozen for six years. They were in fact anonymous, marked only by a number, and were supposed to be tested that way: why they weren't or how armstrong's name was tied to the samples is unknown. The official testing rules require both and A sample and B sample to confirm results, the A sample for these tests have been long since discarded, having been used in 1999 when they were found to contain no illegal substances. The new tests were done without Armstrongs knowledge or approval, both of which are required in the case of a retest of this nature. There is also the issue of Armstrong not being able to defend himself. He certainly cannot produce another 1999 sample.

Lance was tested countless times on the Tour D'France. In fact some reports state he was tested as much as 4 times more than any other rider. Can anybody say Witch Hunt? Lance certainly has. On Larry King last night he said: ".... if your career is riding on the line, wouldn't you want a B sample? The French have been after [me] forever, and 'whoops!' there's no B sample? The stakes are too high."

He's probably the greatest cyclist of all time. He has dominated his sport in a way that only Michael Jordan can understand. And he doesn't need to cheat. The french just need to get over it.