Best performance enhancer of all?  As Samuel Johnson (according to Boswell) said,  "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."  Why not accept the explanation that Armstrong was a different person mentally after surviving near-fatal cancer (or was that just a cover)--not to mention the frequently cited effect of significant weight reduction on his ability as a stage racer?  Just too good to be true?  How does cancer "conceal" EPO use, anyway--by reducing hemoglobin to normal levels?

Bill Bahnfleth

At 01:43 PM 8/23/2005, Dan Kaplan wrote:
It's been suggested several times on the list that his cancer was the
perfect opportunity to "conceal" the best performance enhancer of them all
-- EPO -- used in cancer patients.  The Discovery special about him having
a heart twice the size of average people is a much more appealing sell,
though.

Dan

--- "Martin J. Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He didn't do it natuarlly. He got cancer and that turned him into the
> rider he is today.
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> From: "Ricky Quintana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tue, August 23, 2005 12:01 PM
> To: t-and-f@darkwing.uoregon.edu
> Subject: t-and-f: Is anyone innocent?
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>
http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=ap-armstrong-doping&prov=ap&type=lgns
>
> The image that has always stuck in my mind is Lance Armstrong being
> caught
> and annihilated in a time trial by Miguel Indurain(not sure what year,
> but
> it was prior to his string of wins and his bout with cancer). Similar to
>
> what Armstrong did to Ulrich this year.
>
> I just can't believe that Armstrong could get to his status naturally
> after
> watching that time trial.
>
> I suggest anyone decrying their innocence submit a blood sample that
> would
> be frozen until more accurate testing is available.
>
> I wonder how many takers there would be.
>
> Ricky
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