It is alleged that Kayle Leogrande of Rock Racing filed suit in LA County Superior Court charging that USADA planned to test his "B" urine sample after his "A" sample from a 2007 late summer race tested negative for performance-enhancing drugs.
Speaking with Associated Press, USADA general counsel Bill Bock called the anonymous lawsuit "utterly frivolous and morally bankrupt," adding, "What are they seeking to hide?"
Utterly frivolous & morally bankrupt? I'd be careful what you choose to utter, those words may come back to haunt you Mr. General Counsel.
My question to Mr. Bock would be, what are you trying to prove? The "A" sample already proved negative, even if the "B" sample came back positive what then, there is no "C" sample? And you need two to tango; just like Lance's "B" sample from the 1999 TdF sample being tested years after the fact - even the UCI and Dick Pound at the WADA after all was said & done ultimately agreed that despite whatever personal suspicions they may have there was officially nothing that could be done.
Mr. Leogrande may be guilty as sin for taking drugs or may be clean as an angel on a sugar high; but the USADA cannot try to prove anything in an illicit fashion - they must use appropriate protocol or the whole process is in shambles - which some may say it already is.
Upon further review - as far as I can tell WADA's Dick Pound stuck to his guns in Lance's apparent 6 positive EPO results from the 1999 Tdf (ironically by the same lab that Floyd had trouble with in his case), though the UCI told him what to do with it, ending their statement that, "It is essential that WADA act swiftly and definitively to establish that conduct of this type will not be tolerated."
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I rode with some guys in Vegas at who said that it was pretty well known throughout So-Cal racing that Kayle liked to race hopped amphetamines. Word was he tested positive at Crit Nats as well when he won the jersey the year before, but that the B sample was lost or something.
This guy races at a professional level & probably earns the majority of his income in this manner (when he's not doing his art of tatooing folks). I think he expects USA Cycling & the USADA to act in a professional manner as well instead of leaking their suspicions or trying to circumvent the established process.
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