They're all cheats. They're all dopers. That's the position of David Walsh , the author From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France . In his latest screed, he claims that Alberto Contador, the winner of this year's Tour de France must be a cheat. Why? He climbed the Col d'Aubisque faster than Lance Armstrong did. Hmmm. Interesting logic. Let me start off by saying that, yes, there were definitely cheaters in this year's Tour. Some of them got caught, and others probably got away with it. Walsh previously stated that Lance was doping throughout his seven Tour wins. With all of the testing that stage winners and race leaders undergo. That would make Lance the luckiest man in the world. So... let's look at some of his possible thought patterns. Lance cheated and Contador cheated. Contador was faster. Contador must have had better drugs than Lance did. Or... It's been two years now since Lance won the Tour an...
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