Making progress in drug testing?

As drug testing equipment becomes better, maybe they will go back to test armstrong's samples to see what he used all those years.

I think Rico's team pulled out so that they could be invited back again next year. Look what happened to Astana this year. New team, new manager but because of last year's dopers, they weren't invited this year. That sucks for Levi, who is instead doing a Tour around Oregon (which I was there to watch). Aa for Lance, yes, he took some drugs. But... some are legal for cancer recovery. As one who has been through a lot of surgeries myself (none cancer but one was a cancer scare) I have been on drugs that many might consider doping. But they were all for medical reasons, just like some if not all of Lance's. Dana, meeting those Slipstream guys was... well.. I was speechless. My dad volunteers for the Tour of Cali and the Tour de Georgia so he's met a lot of these guys but I was a newbie. Tyler Farrar, after the Georgia Tour went to the hospital room of a kid who has cancer and presented him the jersey from the Tour. How cool is that. The kid is a cycling fan and his dad is big into tris and Tyler heard about this kid and made a trip to see him. My dad knows the kid which is how I know about the visit. I love the Garmin guys and I think with Columbia, they can help put cycling back where it belongs - drug free. Dana, as being one of the fan's of the month for Garmin, I got argyle socks, baseball type cards with their stats and pictures and.... best of all.... new, not available to the public yet, Garmin/Chipotle hat. I love that hat and can't wait to get them the sign it next June when they come here for the race. Did you go to any of the Tour of Penn to see them?

Yeah, Lance always made me wonder......but I think a lot of his newness did come from his cancer treatments.....nothing like being able to use all of the stuff you aren't supposed to.....still....would never want to go through that myself........ After reflecting on this, I've decided I don't really care if Lance was doping. Pro cyclists seem to universally dope. So the playing field was level and he still won the tour seven times. So of all the cyclist-dopers, he was still the best cyclist. He must have lost his medical exemption to use the drugs once his cancer treatment was done?

After reflecting on this, I've decided I don't really care if Lance was doping. Pro cyclists seem to universally dope. So the playing field was level and he still won the tour seven times. So of all the cyclist-dopers, he was still the best cyclist. I'm with you on this one. In case anybody has not read it yet, read Lance's autobiography, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. I gave this book to a swimming friend who was diagnosed with *** cancer two years ago. She said it was the most inspirational book she has ever read and it has motivated her to train in swimming and compete in masters meets, even while she is battling cancer. The book has given many hope!

I'm with you on this one. In case anybody has not read it yet, read Lance's autobiography, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. I gave this book to a swimming friend who was diagnosed with *** cancer two years ago. She said it was the most inspirational book she has ever read and it has motivated her to train in swimming and compete in masters meets, even while she is battling cancer. The book has given many hope! I have been fortunate to not suffer any sort of major illnesses or injuries in my life and I still found this book very inspirational. He does say at one point in the book that after surviving cancer, the thought of putting any sort of performance enhancing drug in his body was revolting. I want desperately to believe him and have chosen to ignore the underwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary. Although the evidence against Lance is more than what exists to say that Dara is cheating.