angelo_caduto86
07-30-2002, 12:49 AM
starting a new thread
the issue of Lance Armstrong and drugs not withstanding...
Even though Cycling is the most tested sport, I always think it is the one sport where people are always trying to get an edge. When I read that the third place finisher in the Tour de France's Wife was found with doping paraphenelia I already confirmed in my mind that Raimondas Rumsas was a doper. Now maybe he isn't, but during the time trial I wondered how did he improve (during the tour) to be half a minute ahead of Lance, until a mechanical. AND on the last day he was jumping to break aways several times.
When it comes to drugs and performance I almost always think they go hand in hand. (I don't think Barry Bonds could hit the boomers he does with out some assistance.) The money in sports is too great an incentive.
The one good thing about cycling is they WANT to end drug usage, I don't see the other sports being so insistant in stopping the usage
the issue of Lance Armstrong and drugs not withstanding...
Even though Cycling is the most tested sport, I always think it is the one sport where people are always trying to get an edge. When I read that the third place finisher in the Tour de France's Wife was found with doping paraphenelia I already confirmed in my mind that Raimondas Rumsas was a doper. Now maybe he isn't, but during the time trial I wondered how did he improve (during the tour) to be half a minute ahead of Lance, until a mechanical. AND on the last day he was jumping to break aways several times.
When it comes to drugs and performance I almost always think they go hand in hand. (I don't think Barry Bonds could hit the boomers he does with out some assistance.) The money in sports is too great an incentive.
The one good thing about cycling is they WANT to end drug usage, I don't see the other sports being so insistant in stopping the usage