George de Randich
Sorry, I personally have no knowledge of any but, I'm passing this on to my
local dealer!1
George de Randich,
Longview, Washington.
-------Original Message-------
From: Jeff Tedder
Date: 06/02/06 09:11:57
To: George de Randich; obra@list.obra.org; oregonyankee@comcast.net
Subject: Looking for a wheel set
Need to locate a nice set of 32 spoke 9 speed Shimano compatible wheels for
A friend.
Thanks,
Jeff
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From: "George de Randich"
To: ;
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Armstrong cleared
> Thank God the man's honor has been confirmed
> George
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: oregonyankee@comcast.net
> Date: 05/31/06 07:49:34
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Armstrong cleared
>
> Report Exonorates Armstrong of Doping
> May 31 9:23 AM US/Eastern
>
>
> By ARTHUR MAX
> Associated Press Writer
>
> AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
>
> Dutch investigators cleared Lance Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour de
> France on Wednesday, and blamed anti-doping authorities for misconduct in
> dealing with the American cyclist.
> A 132-page report recommended convening a tribunal to discuss possible
> legal
> and ethical violations by the World Anti-Doping Agency and to consider
> appropriate sanctions to remedy the violations."
>
> The French sports daily L'Equipe reported in August that six of
> Armstrong's
> urine samples from 1999, when he won the first of his record
> seven-straight
> Tour titles, came back positive for the endurance-boosting hormone EPO
> when
> they were re tested in 2004.
> Armstrong has repeatedly denied using banned substances.
> The International Cycling Union appointed Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman last
> October to investigate the handling of urine tests from the 1999 Tour by
> the
> French national anti-doping laboratory, known by its French acronym LNDD.
> Vrijman said Wednesday his report "exonerates Lance Armstrong completely
> with respect to alleged use of doping in the 1999 Tour de France."
> The report also said the UCI had not damaged Armstrong by releasing doping
> control forms to the French newspaper.
> The report said WADA and the LNDD may have "behaved in ways that are
> completely inconsistent with the rules and regulations of international
> anti-doping control testing," and may also have been against the law.
> Vrijman, who headed the Dutch anti-doping agency for 10 years and later
> defended athletes accused of doping, worked on the report with Adriaan van
> der Veen, a scientist with the Dutch Metrology Laboratory.
> EPO, or erythropoietin, is a synthetic hormone that boosts the oxygen-
> carrying capacity of the blood.
> Testing for EPO only began in 2001.
> Armstrong had challenged the validity of testing samples frozen six years
> ago, and how they were handled.
> Vrijman said a further investigation was needed regarding the leaking of
> the
> results to the French paper.
> He said a tribunal should be created to "provide a fair hearing" to the
> people and organizations suspected of misconduct and to decide on
> sanctions
> if warranted.
> World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound accused former ICU president
> Hein
> Verbruggen of leaking documents about the alleged positive tests to a
> reporter from L'Equipe. Pound also questioned the union's willingness to
> fully investigate the allegations.
> The anti-doping lab at Chatenay-Malabry has been accused of violating
> confidentiality regulations.
> Mario Zorzoli, the doctor who gave copies of Armstrong's doping control
> forms to L'Equipe, was suspended by the UCI for one month earlier this
> year.
> He has since been reinstated.
> The full report was sent to the UCI, the LNDD, the French sports ministry,
> WADA and Armstrong's lawyer. The International Olympic Committee also had
> requested a copy.
> The accusations against Armstrong raised questions about how frozen
> samples,
> routinely held for eight years, should be used.
> IOC president Jacques Rogge has said he was willing to have urine samples
> checked retroactively, but with clear procedures that would have to be set
> up by WADA.
>
>
>
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