haha Lance Armstrong won again

**El Capitano Gatisto** · 09-01-2005, 07:19 PM

As I said, the people carrying out his tests might not actually have been French, and they didn't know they were working on Lance Armstrong's samples.

He's trying to play upon a stereotype and making xenophobic remarks to try and defend himself, which is the wrong thing to do. I don't take it personally, but I find it idiotic that he would impugn another person's ability to do their job correctly in the way he has.

Not to mention, far, far more French people supported Armstrong and see him as a hero, and have contacted L'Equip in support of him, saying that they should drop this story or should not have printed it.

Armstrong had revealed his own code and medical certificates previously as part of some court case so they were there for the newspaper to compare against those tested in the study of the B samples from 1999. That's how I understand it.

09-01-2005, 07:19 PM	#38
El Capitano Gatisto World Class Raconteur Posts: 29,478	As I said, the people carrying out his tests might not actually have been French, and they didn't know they were working on Lance Armstrong's samples. He's trying to play upon a stereotype and making xenophobic remarks to try and defend himself, which is the wrong thing to do. I don't take it personally, but I find it idiotic that he would impugn another person's ability to do their job correctly in the way he has. Not to mention, far, far more French people supported Armstrong and see him as a hero, and have contacted L'Equip in support of him, saying that they should drop this story or should not have printed it. Armstrong had revealed his own code and medical certificates previously as part of some court case so they were there for the newspaper to compare against those tested in the study of the B samples from 1999. That's how I understand it.