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Originally Posted by Eomer  A huge, recent red flag for me was his defense of Floyd Landis. I don't know why he felt the need to publicly comment on him, but he did, and stank of "maybe if I say something nice about Floyd now, he won't tell everyone that we doped together when he inevitably goes down and I can pretend to be all outraged and disapointed." |
I don't think it's that way. Lance Amstrong has been very vocal about the issue. Basically, he thinks cycling is fine as it is. He never said clearly that he supported illegal drugs using, but he knows that 95% (or 100) of the pros take drugs, and that nothing is ever going to change that fact. And that trying too hard to fight it is hurting the whole sport. He's been criticizing every guy who tried to speak against doping and more specifically about the guys who tried to spill some real beans. And Lance A. has (or used to have) a lot of influence.
I like to believe it's somewhat honest. The 2nd guy who was tested positive, just after Vinokourov, admitted to using testosterone. The same morning, he was with 40 other Tour de France participants, sitting on the floor, refusing to start the race, to protest against Vinokourov and doping and cheating in general. 12 hours later, he was sleeping in jail.