Dear AFLD, you are embarrassing youself
The French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD, is again embarrassing itself and distracting the cycling world from racing and and clean sport. Why? Because Lance is back and he “insulted” the French authority (but apparently not the tester himself).
My take is that although Lance may have violated a rule about staying in sight once a test is requested the tester didn’t object and the guy was from the lab, the whole dust-up is more about trying to discredit Lance again sell more newspapers. His tests were all negative and the only violation was a taking a shower (which the tester didn’t get to watch). AFLD really wants to open hearings against Lance over this? They want to ban him from racing the Tour, or at least piss him off enough to get him to change his mind. Look out though, because the more pissed he gets the better he’ll race.
Read the full story from VeloNews here.
Great work.
I find it kinda amusing that the ad displayed next to the story is that of Lance Armstrong's endorsed FRS. Anyhow, I also find it amusing that the AFLD is reacting like this. The tester did not seem to object to Lance taking a shower. Sure, it might be stipulated in the rules that he cannot go anywhere once he has been informed that the tester will be taking samples, but the guy from the lab permitted him to take a shower. Just shows that there is nothing wrong with that action Lance has taken.
This reminds me of how incompetent the FIA is in handling F1.