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So I'm still trying to understand this. My only thought to make this ok is that Armitstead is a 'lone wolf', she doesn't have a full time coach and she doesn't have the full time/any support from British Cycling. If she isolated herself to train for her goals then maybe she didn't have the support network around her to make sure the admin was addressed when she fell short as an individual. It looks like UKAD doesn't disclose whereabouts failures until it's 3 strikes. So there is a possibility Armitstead was single mindedly burrying her head in the sand and as soon as it got to 3 strikes other parties like B.C. and her team Boels heard of this. That's why she then got the support of B.C. and CAS found her first whereabouts failure annulled. I honestly don't think B.C. or CAS would've put their reputations on the line if they didn't believe Armitstead was innocent. If they did then the repercussions will destroy the sport.