As a person who has met and chatted with Floyd and an avid cyclist and a follower of cycling I can assure you that Floyd is not a doper nor is he a hacker. A real honest investigation into this whole affair will reveal the dark side of the French organization that runs the Tour de France. Their level of corruption internally makes the doping scandal in cycling (and in sports in general) pale in comparison.
Floyd is an unfortunate victim of a witch hunt that falsely accused a honest and hard working cyclist who refused to cave in to the game playing by the French.
The real dispute between Floyd and the French began a number of years ago with a rightful claim for back pay that he was entitled to as a result of his team going out of business. He had paid all the insurance premiums that the French organization required by contract in order to cover such an eventuality but the French refused to pay him his rightful claim which resulted in Floyd nearly going bankrupt at the time.
Because of his repeated efforts to get what was his, the French branded him as a trouble maker. Truth be known, Floyd is indeed a gruff and honestly opinionated person who does not compromise his morals just to get ahead. In fact, I would wager that he would rather lose his cycling legs than cross the line and cheat in order to get ahead. It simply is not in him!
Just my 2? worth . . .
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