Lizzie Armitstead may have been cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over one of her three missed anti-doping tests but the whole thing has been hard to swallow for some of her companions from the world of professional cycling.
"Just shameful", was the curt statement of mutli-discipline world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot when linking on Twitter to the Daily Mail, who broke the story that had been hidden from daylight for an alarming period of time.
Juste honteux... https://t.co/oe0ldXz0Lc
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— PFP (@FERRANDPREVOT) August 2, 2016
Armitstead, the current road world champion, was suspended by UK Anti-Doping on July 11 after missing a third out-of-competition test in the space of 12 months but escaped a ban when CAS ruled there was no wrongdoing on her part for the first – in August last year.
As we have expanded upon in this separate article, the case raises more questions than answers, and many of them were hit upon by fellow riders who shared their instant reactions on social media.
"1st test understandable but I'd be hyper aware about missing 2nd. If I missed 2nd there is no chance I'd miss 3rd???" wrote the experienced Canadian mountain biker Geoff Kabush to which the American Katie Compton replied: “Agreed. I've messed up my whereabouts 3x in 13 years. Twice in 1 year will stress you out enough to not miss a 3rd!”
— Katie Compton (@KatieFnCompton) August 1, 2016
— Ottilie Quince (@OttilieQ) August 1, 2016
— Jenny Copnall (@JennyCopnall) August 2, 2016
— Valentina Scandolara (@ValeScandolara) August 2, 2016
— Chloe Hosking (@chloe_hosking) August 2, 2016
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