Selena Roberts and David Epstein of Sports Illustrated have published their story about the allegations that cyclist Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) on his way to seven Tour de France victories. The story is targeted at all those people who still believe in Santa Claus. Roberts and Epstein are here to to you that Santa Claus is a fraud. [Read more…]
Steroids in Cycling
Jan
20
Cyclist Floyd Landis Thinks Cyclists Should Use Steroids
Floyd Landis Shared his thoughts on the state of doping in professional cycling recently with CyclingNews.com. The American cyclist thinks that it is easy to get away with doping for cyclists (even though he was caught using exogenous testosterone during the 2006 Tour de France). Landis believes doping is pervasive in the sport and that, for the most part, anti-doping agencies are light years behind the cyclists who dope. He recently told CyclingNews.com that the only solution is to legalize doping and approach the issue in a rational way. [Read more…]
Jan
15
USPS Pro Cycling Team and Defrauding the Government
The government is seeking to build a case against cyclist Lance Armstrong and/or his teammates for defrauding the U.S. government should they be found guilty of violating anti-doping rules.
Sponsors of the United States Postal Service cycling team included a “morals turpitude and drug clause” in contracts that called for severe penalties for cyclists who violated certain rules. Since the U.S. Postal Service is a government agency, anyone who defrauded the government by using anabolic steroids, erythropoeitin (EPO), or other banned substances or methods such as blood doping, could face serious criminal penalties. [Read more…]
Jan
11
Cyclist Commits Suicide Amidst Steroid / Doping Investigation
Alberto Leon, a former mountain bike racer, was found dead in his home outside of Madrid in what appeared to be a suicide. Leon was one of several people implicated in Operación Galgo (Greyhound). Operación Galgo is the codename for a Spanish doping investigation that uncovered large quantities of anabolic steroids, stored blood bags and medical equipment used for transfusions during raids across the Iberian peninsula last year by La Guardia Civil. [Read more…]
