poshscot said:
i believe everything you say and you clearly know a lot more about the pharmacy industry than i do.
BUT
remember THG not so long ago!!!
WADA had no idea until a whistle blower stuck his neck out.....
i havent made an accusation but cycling is so badly tainted that i have become a terminal cynic.
sorry but i dont believe that any of them are that good naturally, armstrong included.
Not to attack you, but another "Posh-Scot," Mr. David Millar-DID get busted, and seems to be the subject of pity and disappointment, whereas Lance is the object of scorn? I detect a hint of "Euro sour grapes."
While I admit that the American "Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing" can be abrasive, why do Europeans make winning seem so distasteful? Especially when it's a Yank that's winning? I detect a hint of snobbery! Is it because Lance is, to paraphrase, "Overpaid, oversexed, and over there?" As for Lance being "a robot, with no character-" yes, he is VERY methodical in his strategy, but to attack the man as having no character? I suppose that battling cancer may not pass the British muster of a character-building experience...As for Lance destroying the sport, I believe the same was said of Anquetil and Merckx, and yet the sport is still here-this has always been the battle cry of countries that haven't (or, like England, never did) won "Le Grand Boucle" for some time. As for his running down Simeoni and "keeping his opinions to himself," I wouldn't have bothered with that "wannabe," but like it or not, Lance is the current patron-I don't remember a lot of crying on that side of the pond when Bernard Hinault ran the peloton like a tyrant! Or is it because he's European?
(Note: PLEASE take this with a dose of humour! I enjoy the lively argument, but do not want to offend anybody! Not even the Brits!)
I, too, am very cycnical, and was very upset when Millar got snagged. I share your pain with the way sport is being destroyed-every year, I dismiss another sport; It has gotten to the point where I will only casually follow American Pro Football, and all it will take is one more outlandish scandal before I drop that as well-cycling is all to me! However, were Lance involved in doping, I would be crushed, but I would STILL follow cycling, because of the drama involved-and by that, I mean the good stories, like Thomas Voekler retaining the yellow jersey just enough days so that he had one for each teammate; Fabien Cancellara, winning the yellow jersey on the first stage of his first TDF-you know what I mean...And that was just last year! There is a great history to this sport that far outweighs the scandal, more than in other sports.
Thanks for letting me rant...