Steroids have been used in so many sports to enhance the performance of an athlete. By taking steroids you can gain a tremendous competitive edge over you rivals and therefore, in professional sports, generate a much bigger paycheck for performing at a very high level. The monetary reward, not to mention the fame that professional athletes receive when they are doing very well makes the opportunity of using anabolic steroids much more enticing.
Cyclists are no exception to this assumption. Lance Armstrong, seven time consecutive Tour de France winner has fallen under great scrutiny for allegations claiming he used performance enhancing drugs to compete at such a high level. Floyd Landis, a former team mate of Armstrong’s accused Lance Armstrong in 2010 of using drugs. Landis also admitted that he used drugs as well in order to perform better. Landis first admitted using drugs in e-mails to cycling officials accusing several other athletes, including Armstrong, were using as well.
Lance Armstrong announced his retirement from cycling at the end of the 2005 Tour de France. However, in 2009 he returned to competitive cycling and placed third in the Tour de France. He later announced his retirement again on February 16, 2011. For most of the second phase of his career he was under heavy scrutiny for doping. Lance Armstrong continues to deny the allegations against him for the use of performance enhancing drugs. His attorney, Mark Fabian has released many statements saying that Lance has passed nearly 500 tests over his 20 years of competition.
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