Ray William Johnson
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The timing and everything just seemed unbelievable.
In
fact it seemed so unbelievable that two months later every national and international governing body decides to test him for performance enhancing drugs and boom he tests positive and so they strip him of his title and they suspend him for two years
So then two years go by, and it's now 2008, and by now Floyd's suspension has been fully lifted, and he really wants to get back into professional cycling.
However, because his reputation is so damaged at this point, no team wants to sign him.
So in 2009, Floyd reaches out to his old teammate Lance, hoping that Lance can help secure him a contract, or at least help him make a comeback.
Now, it's around this time that Lance has actually become bored with retirement and he decides to return to cycling.
And of course, because of all the drugs he's taking, he's still really good at it.
Like he does the Tour de France again in 2009 and he finishes third, which is really good.
So Floyd reaches out to Lance and he's like, hey, can you help a brother get back in the game?
But Lance refuses to help.
And this really pisses Floyd off.
And so he decides that if Lance won't support him, he's gonna bring him down with him.
So Floyd goes to the media and he starts doing interviews.
And he publicly accuses Lance and several other teammates of doping.
And this story blows the up, and it becomes a huge scandal.
So huge, in fact, that the US government has to get involved, and they launch a criminal investigation.
But then, two years later, for whatever reason, the government actually drops the criminal charges against Lance.
I guess they just didn't have enough evidence to prosecute him in criminal court.
So it looks like Lance might actually get away with everything.