There would be no reason to continue with this blog if people would come to their senses and stop doping! Alas, this will never happen. The first look at cycling sport feeds today does not cover racing but reveals that former Gerlosteiner rider Bernard Kohl has accused his former team manager Stefan Matschiner of providing him with blood doping products, steroids, and rEPO-CERA. Bernard Kohl tested positive for rEPO during the 2008 Tour de France after winning the King of the Mountain jersey. He was doping long before that, but never detected, of course. Every time this happens, another revealing story of dopers who cheat to gain an unfair advantage, it feels like a mule kick in the gut, makes you want to puke.
TBV come back.....racejunkie.
Amen sister! But raising awareness of the folly of the anti-doping crusade is time consuming and frustrating process where repeated efforts will drain you of your sanity. After all the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
A Myth
Floyd Landis is banned from racing as a UCI Professional Team Racer for four years. Not so! Floyd Landis is eligible to race in the 2010 Tour de France if he is employed by a UCI Pro Tour Team. However, since the Tour de France is owned by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and with the history of ASO banning teams of past winners Marco Pantani and Alberto Contador don't count on any change. The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result! Ivan Basso, well that is another matter, team Liquigas saw to that! Yes! Ivan Basso Italian cycling hero and past doper will win a Tour de France, while Floyd Landis will cool his heals in some trivial United States domestic race. Makes you want to puke! Sorry Floyd but you know better than to trust ASO in anything that makes sense. Floyd you have been branded as a doper by a vindictive group of people who will hate you forever for challenging their system and raising awareness of the problems inherent in the WADA monopoly. You should have done what Ivan Basso did, lay down and grovel, then you would have been given an opportunity to participate again. As it is you are Persona non Grata and you will remain so forever.
But, never an Ivan Basso victory in the Tour, please! As Franz Kafka said..."justice!"
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Will Doping in Cycling Ever End? Non!
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TBV might not be back, but Rant and I are. I've posted your link in my "News&Views"@Rant.
Paul(a.k.a. strbuk)
ASO's arrogance and overblown sense of self-importance get's on my nerves no end. Then again, just about everything French does.
But they seem the lesser evil when compared to UCI in that no matter how flawed and unfair their system may be, they've made a significant positive difference in changing the culture of doping within cycling.
Their motives and methods may not be pure, but regardless of those shortcomings I believe they absotively do want to put an end to doping within their sport.
I dislike them and would love to see reform in their policies. But I think that without them things would be much worse.
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