Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that Lance Armstrong doped. The validated and accepted test for EPO was applied retrospectively to urine samples he gave in the 1999 Tour and 6 of them returned a positive test. The science of this cannot be disputed.

My only issue with this is this;

Why is it that every single time a rider gets busted on the Tour the journos know well ahead of it being made official to the ASO?

I would have very grave doubts over the accuracy of the information and data that comes out of the French Anti-Doping Labs - the LNDD.