Evidently organizers have been keeping mum about it until appeals and secondary tests (if necessary) are completed in an attempt to avoid a backlash similar to those encountered by Amaury Organization every time they announce a positive prematurely at the TdFrance. I'm guessing ToC organizers are also probably consulting with some lawyers to hold on to sponsor contracts (including two more years on the Amgen title sponsorship) and I would bet a PR firm or two.You know, it's funny that there was such a heated dispute last year when they kept a certain someone from competing in their event for reasons that some would say were unsubstantiated. Of course the issue was made even more ridiculous by their "protest", which involved riding the route buried within the caravan behind the peloton before being pulled from the course under threats of arrest. AEG might prove to come out looking like prophets last year in hindsight.
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Update...3 weeks after my post...Tyler Hamilton retires after a positive doping test for steroids that will result in a ban of 8 to 10 years. I kinda feel bad for the guy for all the recent stuff he's going through (divorce, mom with cancer), but I no longer feel bad for him having become a pariah in the peloton and along the US cycling establishment. I did feel bad and felt some redemption for him when he won the US Pro Road Chammpionships last year. But is there any doubt now about what the last 5 years or so of his cycling career have really been about? Honestly?
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