Haggis Fax wrote:
2. He never tested positive. His statements are very clear on this. Over 500 tests and no positive test. Note that he has never said 'I never doped' just that 'I never tested positive'.
I think you might want to read that statement right to the end
Like OQR above, I am slightly biased, as my avatar suggests, but I find it very difficult to believe that after so many negative tests that he can have been doping.
This to me just seems like a huge witch hunt, and as you rightly say, I'm not sure what they are hoping to achieve. As Armstrong has previously said, many of the testimonies are borne out of spite and shouldn't hold too much weight.
If he is found to be guilty of doping, then it wouldn't tarnish his achievements for me, as many of his competitors were involved in doping also. What it would do is tarnish his reputation given his continued denials over such a long period of time. Which is exactly what makes me think that it isn't true. It's a huge, huge risk for him to his reputation by denying any perceived guilt, rather than just coming clean. Maybe he's in too deep, but I suspect if the allegations were true he'd have just come clean by now, a la Landis.
There are doubts, of course there are, but I still believe he hasn't doped. What will be most interesting though, will be if Hincapie ever releases an autobiography...
