[Ready4Freddy]

hiya, Vision. Sorry, i’ll make sure to ping you on these, too.

yeah, as soon as I heard the rumblings about a GJ I had a bad feeling, if only for the fact that Fed prosecutors can get you on damn near anything even if you’re clean.

OTOH, the whole house-o’-cards may be fixin’ to come tumbling down.

[Vision]

It's in God's hands now. Lance has said he will go to his grave denying the allegations.

[leilani]

Is this the first time they've convened a Grand Jury for this? What I find rather curious is they're investigating doping activity on the US Postal team which dissolved in 2004. Is the statute of limitations for this 7 years or something? Is that why they're putting the pedal to the metal on it now, marshalling so many resources for it & leaking to the press all this stuff to pressure other riders?

I long ago prepared myself for the possibility Lance would get nailed. He's innocent until proven guilty but I'm not naive. I've just always kinda compartmentalized it by rationalizing that if everybody's been doping like everybody keeps saying (& now confessing), then all that means is he won 7 times by riding on a level playing field 7 times.

I'd be more surprised - and disappointed - about Big George for some reason, though. Don't have any idea why it would be different for him, it just is.

Sprinter & green jersey winner Petacchi, incidentally, invoked the Italian version of the 5th amendment the other day during a meeting with prosecutors there who are investigating him for doping.