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April 18, 2005
strange days ahead
whoa! is all i can say today about the news for american cycling. tyler is busted & gets a 2yr suspension. then to top it off lance announced today he's retiring on 7/23/05, the day after the the tour de france.
the big shocker of course is tyler's news. i mean c'mon....WTF? i'm @ a loss for words. part of me says i hope he feels the guilt every time he gets on the saddle to ride. another part of me feels like asking the question about the true nature of the testing practices that are established.
however, the latter of the 2 is losing at the moment.
as for lance, thanks for all the years of sportsmanship & i'm looking forward to the tour this year.
Posted by Single Fin at April 18, 2005 05:13 PM
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dopers are the same no matter if they are from here or not, pressure got the best of him and he folded, cheated, and got caught. i've ridden with him a few times and yeah, he's a super nice guy, but he cheated and got caught, no different from any other great cyclist, they all cheated at one point, he just was unlucky enough to get caught when the tests and testing methods were one step ahead of him.
Posted by: Tim Faia at April 18, 2005 08:25 PM
That only begs the question, will anything stick to Lance before he hangs it up.... Bjarne Riis made it out of the peleton before getting caught, and Johan almost did, but not quite.
Such a pure simple sport, until ego/pressure/greed gets into it. Makes you doubt them all.
ja
Posted by: ja at April 18, 2005 09:28 PM
agreed. god damn dopers. hamilton, hondo, perez etc...
the ban should be for life not 2 years.
Posted by: single fin at April 19, 2005 12:13 AM