Tour de Juice?

Lance Armstrong said he believes last year's Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, did not dope but will likely lose his arbitration case against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

The seven-time Tour de France champ made the comment Tuesday at an Aspen Ideas Festival health forum discussion that former CBS anchor Bob Schieffer moderated.

The first thought that pops into my mind - besides what a nice town to have a health forum discussion - is...how the heck does Armstrong know whether Landis juiced? C'mon. Give me a break. Granted Armstrong and Landis were one-time teammates, but that's like Jeff Kent saying he doesn't believe Barry Bonds used steroids. (Not that Jeff Kent would ever say that...) There's no merit to such a statment.

It is a free country and Armstrong can say anything he wants. My guess is that he's just sick and tired of anti-doping agencies knocking on his door and thinks they are now going on a witch hunt with Landis.

But I just have to say, who knew that cycling - men in tight shorts riding bikes - would be such a breeding ground for sketchy behavior. Bikes, right? Not even motor bikes. Like the 10-speed I had as a kid only a few thousand more dollars.

Again, give me a break.

Frankly, the only reason people outside of France knew anything about their precious race is because Armstrong got a winning streak going post-cancer.

In fact the only time you hear about the sport is when Armstrong wins a race or someone gets busted for doping. Since Lance retired, we only hear about the latter.