Tour de France

[Frank Pembleton]

...or maybe he realizes that his only recourse is through the press.

If your dope tests aren't good enough, then hanging them high with poor reputations with the hope that it affects their pocketbook is fair when you view this battle as a war.

Think of it this way for Armstrong, replacing Discovery Channel and finding another big prestigious sponsor with $15 million in change for a cycling team with a rumoured un-prestigious doping program is next to impossible.

I suspect if Armstrong's team were a publically traded company it would trade at a discount.

-- score one for the anti-dope crowd.