Lance Investigation Closed - No Charges

[meltingfeather]

Inquiry ends... no charges.

i personally think it was a huge waste of time and money. i wish they had gotten a statement from Novitzky.

let the calamity ensue...

[Caffeine Powered]

Regardless of the investigation, I'll always think of LA as a doper.

[ArmySlowRdr]

That is SOLELY the criminal probe. The various cycling agencies stated immediately after the announcement that they will press for all evidence and carry on this farce.

[John Kuhl]

When you are on top, someone always wants
to bring you down.

[Cormac]

The man is super human, is that so hard to believe?

[Moozh]

I think there was credibility to the charge but honestly just didnt/dont care. Doping in sports at worst should result in a ban I simply dont comprehend why the masses seem to firmly believe someone should be incarcerated. Then again, I dont take pro sport like its a religion or in any way believe the egomaniacs that are pro athletes warrent being tasked with the duty of role-model which they arguably did not sign up for.

.Name-shame-ban and shun then get on with the game.

Lot of wasted time and money!

[heyyall]

I'm happy the government has closed the books on this. It has nothing to do with Lance being innocent or not, though I must confess that I don't know what law was considered to be broken to warrant such an investigation.

Now the FDA may be able to focus some efforts on more rigorous inspections of drug manufacturers to improve the safety of the products that are needed by millions of Americans.

[the_owl]

Originally Posted by John Kuhl

When you are on top, someone always wants
to bring you down.

this ^^

[YaMon]

Do you realize how much money they spent sending the investigators to Eurpoe and back ?? And for what ?? Meanwhile no one is looking for those bankers and wallstreet arses that caused billions in damage.....go figure.What a country.

[redmr2_man]

we all know he doped.

he just doped under the legal limit.

[carverboy]

Originally Posted by YaMon

Do you realize how much money they spent sending the investigators to Eurpoe and back ?? And for what ?? Meanwhile no one is looking for those bankers and wallstreet arses that caused billions in damage.....go figure.What a country.

my thoughts exactly!

[Sheepo5669]

I feel that he could be clean and the "haters are just hatin"

but the other side of me thinks all these pros are cheating.

I wont go speculating any deeper

[Mr. D]

great for armstrong, I am sure more money will be wasted..

[BUSTELO]

How can a rider compete that does not cheat by doping? very sad.I no longer am interested in any sport that condones drug abuse.

[muzzanic]

I have never before seen a sport that tries so hard to shoot itself in the foot.

[LenzRider]

A few years ago I did Vision Quest


I brought along 6 cans of Red Bull, its 56 miles/11k feet of elevation. Without the Red Bull
I would have never made it. Maybe something stronger? Nah. Too bad Lance didn't feel the same way,

[bamwa1]

Flattery gets you nowhere. Bribery gets you everywhere. Never getting caught, priceless.

[zenmster]

If Lance had really been guilty the DoJ would have been all over it. And the testimony of two cheaters against him? That's rich...real real rich.


I'm very glad for LA -

[Scott O]

Originally Posted by YaMon

Do you realize how much money they spent sending the investigators to Eurpoe and back ?? And for what ??

Hmmm. Maybe some fine French wines, some stinky cheeses, and some high class Parisian hookers?

[AZ.MTNS]

Omerta, that is all.

[zenmster]

Does anyone seriously think LA was guilty given how technology/science is so advanced. They would have caught him years ago unless he was using something completely extra specially differently designed just for him PEDs.

[AZ.MTNS]

Originally Posted by zenmster

Does anyone seriously think LA was guilty given how technology/science is so advanced. They would have caught him years ago unless he was using something completely extra specially differently designed just for him PEDs.

The feds were investigating the money, they don't give a rats ass if he doped or not.

[BUSTELO]

Originally Posted by zenmster

Does anyone seriously think LA was guilty given how technology/science is so advanced. They would have caught him years ago unless he was using something completely extra specially differently designed just for him PEDs.

do you seriously think dopers can not stay one step ahead of testing procedures? .Top tier athletes have full time lab geeks that come up with new ways to cheat

[highdelll]

I say let them all 'dope' - There. Done.

Are extra Calories a performance booster?
How about Amino Acids?
Water?

[zenmster]

yea but eventually cheaters get caught...they may not get punished as they should (ala Barry Bonds that jerk) but they get caught sooner or later.