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John Eustice, a two-time U.S. professional cycling champion, said the group is wrong to assert that it would strip Armstrong of honors such as the Tour de France titles. The tour owner would decide that, he said.
“It’s a private enterprise and a private race,” he said.
He said people who go into arbitration “have no chance to win.”
Armstrong’s move isn’t an admission of guilt. It’s a reaction to an agency’s “unmitigated power with complete overreach” that is cowing other sports agencies.
“They feel that they have this world authority to do whatever they want,” he said. “He’s Moby Dick. They finally got Moby Dick.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/23/sport/lance-armstrong-investigation/index.html
Eustice’s defense of Floyd
Floyd Landis is innocent and we are witnessing a terrible injustice
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/opinion/16iht-edeustice.2505327.html
Eustice is such an idiot.
John Eustice is an anagram for On The Juices – just saying
A fun read from The Best of John Eustice Defending Doping.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/24752_ESPN-expert–firmly-standing-up–for-Landis.html
Not to quibble but the article is wrong, Eustice is not in the Hall of Fame.
There is a brutal strength and an innocent honesty about him,†Eustice said.
Unlike other riders who have been caught for doping, Landis showed none of the red flags.
“You can always connect the dots,†Eustice said of other riders who have been caught. They train in out-of-the-way mountain areas where doping control regulators have trouble locating them. They fail or have dubious prior tests and are associated with others who have been in similar trouble.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/24752_ESPN-expert–firmly-standing-up–for-Landis.html#ixzz26BKQE8OU
Eustice on ESPN Radio – Attacks WADA
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8299383
I view Clemens the same way I do Barry Bonds: a no-doubt Hall of Famer, and whatever he may have used should be viewed as a product of his era.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/28774/yes-i-want-to-see-roger-clemens-pitch
Eustice is wrong in his statement on ESPN. FIFA has signed the WADA code. All international federations representing Olympic sports are required to sign the WADA code. By calling for pulling out of WADA,Eustice is calling for the withdrawal of cycling from the Olympics and for legalizing doping.
John, stop. You are embarrassing yourself.