skipped some pages but pretty much got the feeling that LA is pretty much hated here and at numerous other forums after the latest revelations .
so i will be one of the very few to fight his defense :-
firstly are all you haters naive enough to think LA was the only one taking performance enhancing drugs , as much as i love this sport {and i do passionately} almost every single rider out there are on the same . the tests they take are all arranged weeks in advance and all riders are given fair warning of when they are giving them enough time to clean there system so there results will come back clean , unfortunately for LA and others before him traces have still been found resulting in career ending repercussions .
LA was not random tested as there is no such thing in cycling and if there was the sport would end tomorrow and even tho the powers that be have now crucified the biggest name in pro cycling it has only been done to clear the stigma of drug taking away from the sport and make it look as if nobody is expendable . basically this is all bull **** as there is not a chance in hell these revelations would have come out when LA was at the top of the tree . there is very few people in any sport that was bigger than the sport itself but for 2 to 3 years this man was . fact !!
i am yet to see very many pro riders saying anything negative about the LA situation ,, i wonder why ? COS THERE ALL ****ING GUILTY !!!! some slip through the net and the odd few dont and unlucky for LA maybe he rode his luck a little too much .
as said above i love the sport with a passion but i fully accept its a notorious drug fuelled sport , it always has been and always will be !!
this man should be able to keep his legendary status , hes done no more wrong than any other rider out there .
imho , he is the best thats ever lived !!
go ahead and flame away all you like , but if u think the next 25 winners of the tour de france are clean then you need your head tested , just because they are clean at the time of testing after 3 weeks notice of the test happening does not mean they are clean .
wise up people !!!