He had really good doctors and trainers on his side. If you're gonna cheat, you gotta be several steps ahead of the testing. I would guess with the new genetic markers and development of tests similar to what they used in the Olympics the outcome might change.This is interesting in that he didn't fail any drug tests, however the results from those tests, as well as his relationships (especially with Dr. Ferrari) enables the USADA to charge that his results were "consistent" with drug use. It also makes me a little sick to see that a scumbag like Floyd Landis is achieving a benefit to helping to take down Lance.
Would any other nation attach their own athlete 6 years after their last title? Our tax dollars at work!
What I find most interesting is Lance's responses. He says he "never failed any drug test", he never says "I didn't blood dope or take any performance enhancing drugs."
I met Lance and talked to him at their Central California training camp back in 2000, and then again in 2003, he was almost unapproachable in 2003 and you could tell after 3 or 4 tour wins when he was dating Sheryl Crow, he was no longer the same person, and not in a good way.