Say it isin't so Tyler!



Well, hard to believe, but it looks like Armstrong's old buddy and all-around-American-good-guy Tyler Hamilton may have indulged in borrowing somebody's blood to improve his performance. I remember when LaLasse Viren won the 5000/10000 at the '72 olympics (hate to admit watching that live...) and the ensuring blood doping scandal. The only guys I've ever seen "admit" to doping are the guys who got caught like David Millar. But this transfusion thing, wow, it's like "I really need an edge, I've given my life to this sport...but my image cannot allow me getting caught...I don't care how risky it is..I've got to win by any means without getting caught":

"Only the most desperate athlete would consider a homologous transfusion," Ashenden says. "The guy who has lost all sense of morality and care for their well-being."

This San Diego Union article has a good summary too..

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