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Indeed, I am very surprised that cycling would want to have "blank" years in their record books. To basically say "yep, our sport was so riddled with drug-taking in that period that we can't find anyone worthy of being called the CHAMPION for SEVEN YEARS" is quite astonishing. It really is...

Or he remains on the pedestal because there is nothing in this. m Is there any more than we've seen from the French asking questions about our Olympic cycling team, or the quiet little mutterings that are going on about Wiggins dominant victory in this years Tour. If Wiggins wins another 6...

Does that apply to EVER race Ben Johnson ever ran? It comes with an * ? Or just the 1988 Olympics? What about Contador, does he get the 2010 Tour back from Andy Schlek, but with an * ?

What about it? What's your answer to your question then, Lynford Christie, or are you stripping him of medals because of subsequent failures? This is my point really, an athlete fails a test during or immediately after a competition, and they get stripped of it. 2010, Andy Schleck is the...

Carl Lewis (I think) because Ben Johnson failed a drug test in Seoul. It's NOT exactly the same now is it?

Yes, that's why I typed it.

Does it really though? He WON 7 Tours, he did, whatever "record books" may say, they are not going to be blank for those years, and nor will teh Tour be awarded to the runners-up. Didn't Schumacher have a load of race wins "stripped" from his record after a crash with Villeneuve in teh 90's...