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No news flash! Lance Armstrong back in Tour!
[SIZE=-1]Los Angeles Times, CA [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The race certainly needs something after years of doping scandals (seven more riders caught last year, including the third-place finisher). It always will remain a part of French culture, but its competitive legitimacy has been severely compromised - not the least by revelations that ex post facto testing (with no punitive consequences) found Armstrong had used the banned blood booster EPO in his 1999 victory.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Armstrong maintains he is coming back to get more publicity for his fight against cancer, a commitment that is unquestionable and laudable.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And he knows few would pay much attention to what happens in the other events on his 2009 schedule, including the Tour Down Under, the Tour of California and the Tour of Italy [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Los Angeles Times, CA [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The race certainly needs something after years of doping scandals (seven more riders caught last year, including the third-place finisher). It always will remain a part of French culture, but its competitive legitimacy has been severely compromised - not the least by revelations that ex post facto testing (with no punitive consequences) found Armstrong had used the banned blood booster EPO in his 1999 victory.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Armstrong maintains he is coming back to get more publicity for his fight against cancer, a commitment that is unquestionable and laudable.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And he knows few would pay much attention to what happens in the other events on his 2009 schedule, including the Tour Down Under, the Tour of California and the Tour of Italy [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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