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  1. For two reasons:

    1. Hein Verbruggen trusts him. Form Today's Cycing News

    Verbruggen trusts Armstrong
    UCI President Hein Verbruggen, asked for comment on the latest round of
    doping allegations in the sport, providing a firm stance on both the UCI's
    efforts to curb drug use and added his own conviction that five-time Tour de
    France winner Lance Armstrong is not among the cheats.

    "Most of all, these people are trying to make money," he said of the new
    book targeting Lance Armstrong. "I've seen the results of Armstrong's
    medical controls. I'm told that his medical file is impeccable and I know
    he's not using banned substances. I believe in the results and I trust
    Lance. My opinion isn't going to change.

    "In six years this hasn't stopped, and it's not going to stop," Verbruggen
    said of criticisms linking doping with cycling since the 1998 Festina
    affair, quoted in l'Equipe. "Our problems have always received more press
    than other sports, but that's how it goes. There are always cheaters, I know
    that, but we're fighting against them. We're doing everything we can and we
    can't go beyond that."

    Meanwhile, the UCI has come under fire once more for not having signed the
    World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) World Anti-Doping Code. The UCI remains
    the only Olympic federation which has not signed the code.

    "The UCI is dragging its feet," said French minister of sport Jean-François
    Lamour in an AP interview. "I think that's unfortunate, but I'm sure [the
    UCI] will sign very soon."

    Lamour still expressed hope, despite his current dismay over the state of
    affairs in cycling, that the sport has a cleaner future ahead.

    "I'm convinced there are young riders in the clubs who are training and who
    are practicing the sport clean," he said. "They need our confidence... I
    admire these cyclists who compete in such a hard sport, and I'm sad that the
    Tour de France bears this image." (see article quoting Lamour in Frence
    below)

    2. The Bus Driver trusts him:

    From letters to Velo News

    Nope, no dope
    Dear Sirs,
    As a former U.S. Postal Service cycling team staff member, I worked in 1999,
    2000 and 2001 for the team like soigneur Emma O´Reilly, I have only one word
    for this baseless case of Mr. Walsh: Disgusting.

    To all cycling and Armstrong fans I would like to say: isn't the fact that
    Lance and his teammates passed all doping test prove enough ?

    Enjoy what they are doing!
    GO LANCE!
    GO POSTAL!
    GO BLUE TRAIN !!!

    Let's do it again in July and go for six.

    Thanks,
    Arno Obrie
    Altea, Spain
    (Former bus driver for the U.S. Postal Professional Cycling Team)

    PARIS (AP) - Le ministre français de la Jeunesse et des Sports Jean-François
    Lamour s'est dit "malheureux pour le cyclisme" mercredi, après la
    publication d'un livre mettant en cause l'Américain Lance Armstrong accusé
    de dopage.

    (publicité)

    "Je suis avant tout malheureux pour le cyclisme", a déclaré le ministre lors
    d'un entretien accordé à l'Associated Press.

    "Je n'ai pas encore pris connaissance du livre en question", a précisé M.
    Lamour, en faisant référence à un ouvrage paru mardi en France, intitulé
    "L.A. Confidentiel, les secrets de Lance Armstrong" (Ed. La Martinière), et
    qui expose le témoignage de l'ancienne masseuse du quintuple vainqueur du
    Tour de France, qu'elle accuse de dopage.

    "Ce qui me frappe, autant dans l'affaire Cofidis, où un soigneur était en
    cause, que dans celle-ci, où la masseuse en question était, d'après ce que
    je sais, électricienne avant d'entrer dans le monde cycliste, c'est le
    manque de professionnalisme de tout cela", a estimé le ministre.

    "Le cyclisme est normalement un sport professionnel, mais les révélations
    sur son fonctionnement montrent que ce n'en est pas vraiment un".

    Le ministre espère que l'Union cycliste internationale paraphera d'ailleurs
    avant les Jeux olympiques d'Athènes le Code mondial antidopage. "L'UCI
    traîne les pieds, je trouve cela regrettable, mais je suis sûr qu'elle le
    signera très bientôt", a-t-il souhaité.

    Quant à la question d'arrêter le Tour de France, le ministre se veut
    catégorique: "après mûre réflexion je dirais 'surtout pas!'. Tout simplement
    parce que je suis persuadé qu'il y des jeunes dans les clubs qui
    s'entraînent et qui font le métier proprement. Il faut leur faire
    confiance".

    L'avenir, pour le ministre des Sports, passe par l'internationalisation de
    la lutte contre le dopage. "Si nous sommes en capacité de faire barrière à
    ceux qui traversent les frontières pour fournir des produits, de mettre la
    pression sur ceux qui fraudent avec des sanctions, de développer les réseaux
    de recherche, et de mettre sur pied des contrôles inopinés là où nous le
    voulons, nous pourrons lutter", a-t-il expliqué.

    "Je suis admiratif de ces cyclistes qui pratiquent une discipline
    extrêmement dure, et je suis navré que le Tour de France endosse cette
    image", a encore regretté M. Lamour. AP

  2. B. Lafferty said:

    For two reasons:

    1. Hein Verbruggen trusts him. Form Today's Cycing News

    Verbruggen trusts Armstrong
    UCI President Hein Verbruggen, asked for comment on the latest round of
    doping allegations in the sport, providing a firm stance on both the UCI's
    efforts to curb drug use and added his own conviction that five-time Tour de
    France winner Lance Armstrong is not among the cheats.

    "Most of all, these people are trying to make money," he said of the new
    book targeting Lance Armstrong. "I've seen the results of Armstrong's
    medical controls. I'm told that his medical file is impeccable and I know
    he's not using banned substances. I believe in the results and I trust
    Lance. My opinion isn't going to change.

    "In six years this hasn't stopped, and it's not going to stop," Verbruggen
    said of criticisms linking doping with cycling since the 1998 Festina
    affair, quoted in l'Equipe. "Our problems have always received more press
    than other sports, but that's how it goes. There are always cheaters, I know
    that, but we're fighting against them. We're doing everything we can and we
    can't go beyond that."


    Go to WWW.hamiltoncitycycling.com
    In the brag link there is an article from Stephen Swart.
    Might be worth you looking at.
    Regardless if Lance did, is or may take drugs, I could care less.
    To me he is just another champion that all the wanna, never gunna be's want to cut down. I just hope he can pull off another tour win.
    Cheers
    Ro

  3. Drug use drives the $$ money

    "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    Verbruggen said <snip> " There are always cheaters, I know
    that, but we're fighting against them. We're doing everything we can and


    we

    Quoted message said:

    can't go beyond that."

    What do you mean by "that"? Don't want to hurt revenues?

    Quoted message said:

    Meanwhile, the UCI has come under fire once more for not having signed the
    World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) World Anti-Doping Code. The UCI remains
    the only Olympic federation which has not signed the code.


    "The UCI is dragging its feet," said French minister of sport Jean-François
    Lamour in an AP interview. <snip> , despite his current dismay over the
    state of
    affairs in cycling, .........Lamour knows the sport is dirty.
    "...........I'm sad that the
    Tour de France bears this image."

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