Nope. His immoral behaviour; in cycling, in life, and under the guise of helping cancer is what bugs me.4827north wrote:I guess the part that we all loathe about him is that he 'just won't admit it'.
Same as Marion Jones. Remove the doubt for the fanboys. Reduce the chances of it happening again.What benefit would it do for cycling or humanity for Lance to admit he doped?
That would help. Show that the UCI was negligent, if not worse. Time to take anything anti-doping away from the sport federations. But he still didn't have to be as enthusiastic a bully as he was.They cheated for one reason - a reason that David Millar pointedly said... Fear. Fear that if he didn't cheat, his career would be over. If/when LA 'confesses' likely is that fear is the same reason.
Oddly enough, according to studies (sorry, I don't have my resources in front of me), the 'performance enhancements' that these elite level athletes use does very little to improve their 'edge'. Maybe 2 to 3% at best.
That's a lot. But the evidence is the oxygen vector doping (hemassist, epo, blood transfusions) give even more. Up to 15% http://www.sportsscientists.com/2007/06 ... ok-at.html
edit: found a better one: http://www.sportsscientists.com/2007/11 ... e-who.html
And the main finding was that EPO use improved time to exhaustion by an enormous 54% within 4 weeks!
What does boost their 'edge' is the confidence that is restored since now the playing field is re-levelled; now they 'have a shot'. No fear. Only guilt.
So if I cheat on my taxes, it takes away my fear and that's ok?
No, but he was a lot less enthusiastic about promoting it, denying it, and forcing others to do it. And he's made a real effort to encourage dope free sport. Can you see Lance doing that?Do you think David Millar would have confessed if he hadn't been caught?
It's not a witch hunt if it really is a bad witch.the witch hunt
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Got it. Being a TS'r speaks louder than trek labels anyway.just because I ride a Trek, or heck even wear a yellow band on my wrist, doesn't mean I am an LA disciple.
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Bigger truth here than we generally acknowledgea creature we created... a hero we wanted
You forgot thisLet's talk trash about that little shit for a bit. But leave the Schlecks alone, and leave Motor powered Fabian alone. And Jens Voigt. They're sacred.
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