Tyler Hamilton
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"Tyler Hamilton" is an American former professional road bicycle racer. He is the only American rider to win one of the Classic cycle races#The .27Monuments.27/Five Monuments of Cycling. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995 with the US Postal Service cycling team. He was a teammate of Lance Armstrong during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tours de France, where Armstrong won the Yellow jersey. Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer Olympics/2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2004, he won a gold medal at the time trial. The first doping test gave a positive result, but because the backup sample was frozen, no doping offence could be proven. After he failed further doping tests at the 2004 Vuelta a EspaƱa, Hamilton was suspended for two years.

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I'm very optimistic.

It caught me completely by surprise.

With regard to my case, the concept has been called a 'sign of the apocalypse' and listed under the 'News of the Weird,'.

Not for a second did I think it was going to turn out this way. The bottom line is an innocent athlete was suspended from competition. You could say it's a victory for USADA (U.S. Anti Doping Agency), but I think it's better to say it's a tragedy for all athletes. I'm innocent.

We don't have the answer to why there was a positive test at the moment, ... If I knew the answer, I'd have it tattooed on my arm. The bottom line, I didn't blood dope.

My chances of racing in this year's Tour de France are slim to none. That's what got me out of bed every morning.

I'm still not at 100 percent since the crash last week.

We expect it will last for about a week.