Thread: Say it ain't so Lance

Originally Posted by nessmuck

I think they should have the drug Olympics ....just think...how fast he 100 m would be and the 105 pound weight lifter putting 500 lbs over his head.. WOW ..You have to admit...it was fun watching Sosa,Bonds,Macguire hit those mammoth homers !!!

If they had a Drug Olympics, I da*n sure know a few of my relatives would be medal contenders.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

If they had a Drug Olympics, I da*n sure know a few of my relatives would be medal contenders.

On some level this subject becomes funny...in a very sad way though.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4090

I've always thought this was the case. One doesn't get his track record in a clean way if everyone else is doing worse while on performance enhancers.
Call me cynic, but I've never believed that any of the pro top are clean. Not just Lance. All of the ones who get results.

In a way, this is inherent to the sport. I'm sure that all sports have their issues, but at least in many other sports, there is a big factor of strategy, tactics, technical skills, etc. With bicycle races, there is none of this. Any strategy is taken care of by the team leaders. All the cyclist has to do is pedal inhumanly fast for hundreds of miles. Any performance enhancers will have a direct advantage over the competition. These guys just go beyond what a normal human being is capable of, regardless of training.

I don't think he has admitted to it yet. I'm still holding out hope that he tells Oprah that she took drugs to loose weight.

Originally Posted by Bruno

All the cyclist has to do is pedal inhumanly fast for hundreds of miles.

Other then a time trial race, witch is a speed race short distance, but in most tours race is full of stategy, tactics skills, endurance, wit, teams tactics and stategy plays a large part of their success or failure. Its not about jumping on the bike and go as fast as you can till the finish line thats been proven many times to fail. But ultimaltely it doesnt justify to make yourself better with performance enhancers.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Other then a time trial race, witch is a speed race short distance, but in most tours race is full of stategy, tactics skills, endurance, wit, teams tactics and stategy plays a large part of their success or failure. Its not about jumping on the bike and go as fast as you can till the finish line thats been proven many times to fail. But ultimaltely it doesnt justify to make yourself better with performance enhancers.

Yes, but the runners all have earpieces. It is the team leadership who knows exactly where all teams are, and what strategy should be followed. There is strategy etc involved, it is just that the cyclist himself does not have to do that anymore in the big races.

Interesting read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/sp...20130115&_r=1&