resposta do Lance Armstrong contra a acusação:
http://lancearmstrong.com/news-events/lance-armstrong-responds-to-usada-allegation
aqui fica a resposta dele agora com comentários de uma pessoa dentro assunto
AUSTIN, TX -- June 13, 2012 -- I have been notified
(on a Tuesday) that USADA, an organization largely funded by taxpayer dollars
(to be the US Anti doping Agency!!) but governed only by self-written rules
(WADA rules, which you agreed to), intends to again dredge up discredited allegations dating back more than 16 years
(I cant believe they didnt go back to the suspicious testosterone samples of 93) to prevent me from competing as a triathlete and try and strip me of the seven Tour de France victories I earned
(because paying off the UCI is not cheap).
These are the very same charges and the same witnesses that the Justice Department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation.
(and which I spent a fortune getting political lawyers to quash) These charges are baseless,
(even though they never got to court) motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought and paid for by promises of anonymity and immunity
(did Floyd get his 06 Tour back?).
Although USADA alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy extended over more than 16 years, I am the only athlete it has chosen to charge.
(you want to take away Floyds & Tylers results, again?) USADA’s malice, its methods, its star-chamber practices, and its decision to punish first and adjudicate later all are at odds with our ideals of fairness and fair play.
(indeed, USADAs stance on fair play would be very different to yours)
I have never doped,
(ok) and, unlike many of my accusers, I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance,
(except the Classic rider to GT specialist thing) passed more than 500 drug tests (
just like Valverde, Basso, Marion Jones etc) and never failed one
(well, except for corticeroids on 99, oh and the 6 EPO ones, and the one in 2001...).
That USADA ignores this fundamental distinction
(with good reason, as its bogus) and charges me instead of the admitted dopers says far more about USADA, its lack of fairness and this vendetta than it does about my guilt or innocence.
(They havent said you're guilty, just charged you - you should welcome the chance to clear your name....)