[fortunecookie]

"There are two levels of guys," Andreu said in a story published on the newspaper's Web site Monday night. "You got the guys that cheat and guys that are just trying to survive."

Andreu said he took EPO for a few races and is admitting the use now because he's worried doping is having a negative effect on the sport.

Neither of the teammates ever had a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. Both said they never saw Armstrong take any banned substances.

I'm not surprised to hear more doping stories emerge. I am surprised to hear Andreu mention he did use EPO on a few occasions. But not surprised to hear that Lance was not involved.

[fortunecookie]

Ping.

[mockingbyrd]

same here.

[upchuck]

Similar.

[Bogey78O]

Odds are the sentence clearing Lance will get dropped by the Frogs.

[Bon mots]

A bit of an old story, but amusing, nonetheless...

PARIS, France --

Lance Armstrong's record setting seventh Tour de France victory, along with his entire Tour de France legacy, may be tarnished by what could turn out to be one of the greatest sports scandals of all time. Armstrong is being quizzed by French police after three banned substances were found in his South France hotel room while on vacation after winning the 2005 Tour de France.

The three substances found were toothpaste, deodorant, and soap which have been banned by French authorities for over 75 years.

Armstrong's girlfriend, American rocker Sheryl Crowe, is quoted as saying "We use them every day in America, so we naturally thought they'd be ok throughout Europe."

Along with these three banned substances, French authorities also physically searched Armstrong and found several other interesting items that they had never seen before, including a backbone and a testicle.

[Uncle Hal]

I think all this steroid talk is just the tip of the iceberg. A lot more revelations are coming.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Wow, Frankie Andreu??? I wonder if this will affect his position at OLN...

Thanks for the heads up on this article, fortunecookie.

[luv2ski]

What I don't understand about this is that Andreu said that the reason he is coming clean about it now is that he feels that doping is hurting his sport. Why does admitting use help cycling? It's just piling on IMO. It's also a little ironic that his wife, Betsy, was the person who tried to implicate Lance this summer by saying that she heard him testify to drug use in a private deposition.