The mind boggles. On the same day, these two bits of news flash out into the blogosphere. Armstrong case dismissed. Contador suspended and loses Tour and Giro titles. Tough stuff indeed. Well, at least the drawn out uncertainty is over finally. In the ned though, Contador may have lost his titles, but he still got to ride for almost two years, and will be able to ride again in August, in time for this year's Vuelta. A silver lining in that cloud. The additional cloud for him though is the fine that he might have to pay. Maybe that will take another two years though.. but it is hefty, 2.4 million Euros.
Armstrong on the other hand managed to cling to his legacy, as no doubt the case against him was goingto be another long drawn out affair that would have kept everyone in court from here to kingdom come... So not exactly a clean bill of health, but as close as he's ever going to get. To the eternal question of whether he doped or not.. I cannot offer an answer. My gut feeling says yes, and analysing his victories and seeing most of his competitors go down on doping charges "suggests" that he too may have doped...
Ok, let's move on now, time for cycling to concern itself with cycling! Go out and ride..
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