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green iguana, I'm thinking (even aside from the growing consensus outside of cycling circles that the T/E ratio test the UCI has been using to try to disqualify FL & others before him is dispositive of nothing let alone that any athlete cheated,and they are beginning to look like malevolent fools to the rest of the sentient world) their malfeasance against the Astana riders could well bankrupt them; if those guys don't have a slamdunk case for massive real+punitive damages against the UCI for depriving them of projected earnings, I'll eat my hat, I don't care who signed what where beforehand that they had a right to pull 'em out on mere "suspicion". I don't think UCI in its current incarnation can survive this if only because they're not going to be able to find an insurance underwriter to back them after all this is said & done. Too many eyebrows have been raised across the globe & there's no way this organization is going to survive the intense scrutiny from outside cycling it's invited upon itself. Maybe all of this is good for cycling after all.(I just wish Arlene Landis didn't have to be put through what she's been put through to get cycling fixed though.)

I hope you're right. The legal system is certainly different in Europe, but I don't know to what extent. The UCI has come under attack before and they've always shown a bit of resiliency... I do like your insurance angle tho'.

I personally hold the media in the lowest possible regard these days. When you look at what they have done with the leaks on the surveillance of terrorist's phone calls and bank accounts and now this.
There is NO excuse for leaking this before the 2nd sample was even tested much less having a chance to defend himself. It's like a feeding frenzy anymore! Look at the Duke LAX case! The kids pictures were on the cover of Newsweek. Two of them weren't even in the house during the supposed rape and the other has no ties to it either (as in, evidence!). We can blog all we want and it does help but the truth of the matter is that we have created a horrible 24/7 monster that must feed itself with smut to survive. It is disgusting.