Great, this is fantastic. The greatest example of ignoring your own protocols will finally come to an end. The farce and tragedy that is the theft of Floyds '06 victory will be complete.
Now, don't fuck it up - I'm no Floyd apologist. Did he dope? I tend to think no, but if you gave me conclusive proof that he did, I wouldn't fall down from the shock. But two things - the lab that did the tests *didn't follow their own rules*. No matter how much you hate Floyd, and there are a lot of people that do, you are being disingenuous if you deny me this point. I'm not going in to how they didn't. It's been covered ad-infinitum. If you really don't know, and want to, go here. Everything you need to know is there, and you can even buy it in book form now, apparently.
Reason number two: Living in a world where Oscar Periero is a Tour champion is offensive to me. He's a nice rider, but...come on.
Coincidence that it happens the week before the Tour starts? Sure. Probably.
There is an obnoxious commercial running on Vs, the tv network that broadcasts the Tour in the US, entitled Take Back the Tour. In it, they show Floyd being awarded his yellow jersey...but they show it in reverse, as though they were taking it back, as well as a few other riders...including David Millar! Anti-doping crusader David Millar is vilified in this commercial. Funny. I'd love to see that commercial have it's legs taken out from under it by CAS naming Floyd the '06 Tour champ.
This is the first time, in quite some time, that I've looked forward to a Monday.
See youse there... ;-)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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