musings of a neurotic mind

yesterday was a kind of busy day because i had to run some errands in town. so i really meant to blog about this newsitem that caught my attention yesterday but i did not get around doing so for various reasons…

it’s about the upcoming Tour de France (TdF), the one and only sports event pursue fanatically each year. well, tv5 had this newsitem yesterday titled “Cyclisme : l´enquête est ouverte concernant Lance Armstrong”. the french media seems to be sort of preoccupied with investigations about alleged doping accussations of Lance. it is - after all - “their” TdF and along comes an american who wins the competition six times in a row and sets a new record. what i want to say is that they have every right to be suspicious of him. what bothers me however is the way it is done. i feel it is almost a witchhunt; they are so sure that he has to be using some banned substances and as a result they are looking for some kind of proof. i am not qualified to make any statements about that assumption but i think the anti-doping controlls are pretty thourough in cycling and especially at the TdF. if he were using something illegal to enhance his performance they should have discovered it by now. instead they are basing their investigations on statements published in a book called “L.A. Confidentiel : Les secrets de Lance Armstrong” and on some remarks of a former masseur of him. after all i guess it’s just perfect timing since Lance has announced that he will compete in the TdF 2005 a week ago…

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