[Lx]

1) Why would someone do doping knowing that he would be tested, it doesn't male sense.

2) I don't trust France to treat an American winner of their race fairly.

3) If he was doping, strip him of his title.

[Hildy]

That's why this story makes no sense..THEY KNOW they'll be tested...THEY KNOW Americans are under more scrutiny. I'm leary of this...but...who knows?

[jdm]

"1) Why would someone do doping knowing that he would be tested, it doesn't male sense."

I'll don my flame suit: I've only seen him interviewed once....and he didn't seem all too bright.

[GovernmentShrinker]

At this level of sports, doping is very sophisticated, and athletes who are doing it are using highly skilled professionals to advise them on methods which will evade detection. But the tests are getting more sophisticated too, and also the athletes sometimes get arrogant and sloppy after getting away with it for a long time.

[Stone Mountain]

Why would someone do doping knowing that he would be tested, it doesn't male sense.

You would think this would be a good argument, but no, atheletes dope up all the time. Look at Ulmrich and Basso - they knew they would be tested and they are at the top of their profession. It happens - all the time.

[discostu]

Why does any athlete take the drugs when they know they're going to be tested? A bunch of guys have been busted in numerous sports recently for various drugs, performance enhancing and otherwise. The simple answer is they thought they were going to beat the test, either they were convinced that what they took wouldn't be detected or they took something they were sold as a "masking agent" that was supposed to clean up their sample. Then they failed the test and found out your average blackmarketeer is slightly less trustworthy than a used car salesman.