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The whole thing is just disappointing.
Just start at the top... Fuck the USADA.
Full statement here ---> http://www.adventure-journal.com/ful...ong-statement/
It's pretty evident that the real issue are USADA trying to muscle their way into regulating sport. They saw an easy in in prosecuting an old, nonsense case against Armstrong.
USADA have an 8 year statue of limitations yet they are pursuing chages 17 years old against him?
UCI and USA Cycling have both said that USADA does not have jurisdiction in this case.
UCI has stated that any bans, stripping of titles, etc by USADA are made without proper authority and that under no circumstances should anyone participate in USADA's improper proceedings.
USADA has said that there should be a single set of rules applicable to all... they just wont rest until it's THEIR set of rules that everyone bends to. They refuse to respect the worldwide governance of UCI.
So Hincapie, Vande Velde, Zabriskie, Landis, Hamilton, et al are willing to tesitfy... but do you think that is because they have an axe to grind with the man they helped push to those titles? Or because they suddenly, after a decade, had a change of heart? Or do you maybe think that USADA has plans for them also but has arranged up to a 75% reduction in "sentencing" for anyone who provides "substantial assistance" in doping cases.
Lastly, USADA is funded by taxpayers. I want no part of this witch hunt... give me my fucking money back.
Fuck them. I don't care if Lance doped. I really don't.
But I hate what they are doing to him and what they are doing to the sport in general.
Just start at the top... Fuck the USADA.
“There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’ For me, that time is now…Today I turn the page. I will no longer address this issue, regardless of the circumstances.”
If I thought for one moment that by participating in USADA’s process, I could confront these allegations in a fair setting and – once and for all – put these charges to rest, I would jump at the chance. But I refuse to participate in a process that is so one-sided and unfair. Regardless of what Travis Tygart says, there is zero physical evidence to support his outlandish and heinous claims. The only physical evidence here is the hundreds of controls I have passed with flying colors. I made myself available around the clock and around the world. In-competition. Out of competition. Blood. Urine. Whatever they asked for I provided. What is the point of all this testing if, in the end, USADA will not stand by it?
It's pretty evident that the real issue are USADA trying to muscle their way into regulating sport. They saw an easy in in prosecuting an old, nonsense case against Armstrong.
USADA have an 8 year statue of limitations yet they are pursuing chages 17 years old against him?
UCI and USA Cycling have both said that USADA does not have jurisdiction in this case.
UCI has stated that any bans, stripping of titles, etc by USADA are made without proper authority and that under no circumstances should anyone participate in USADA's improper proceedings.
USADA has said that there should be a single set of rules applicable to all... they just wont rest until it's THEIR set of rules that everyone bends to. They refuse to respect the worldwide governance of UCI.
So Hincapie, Vande Velde, Zabriskie, Landis, Hamilton, et al are willing to tesitfy... but do you think that is because they have an axe to grind with the man they helped push to those titles? Or because they suddenly, after a decade, had a change of heart? Or do you maybe think that USADA has plans for them also but has arranged up to a 75% reduction in "sentencing" for anyone who provides "substantial assistance" in doping cases.
Lastly, USADA is funded by taxpayers. I want no part of this witch hunt... give me my fucking money back.
Fuck them. I don't care if Lance doped. I really don't.
But I hate what they are doing to him and what they are doing to the sport in general.
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