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Glad to see born-again-reformist Hendo is on the case. Does he think no one remembers his apologist days? "It's sad because there are people out there thinking cycling is dirty," said Greg Henderson, who finished second to Haedo. "There might be a tiny, tiny part that is dirty. The rest of us...

You're really comparing the political capital of Lance in 2012 vs today? Umm..OK....

Wow, hadn't looked in The Clinic in forever and I wanted to see if people were still doping, and I ran across this gem. Unreal. First, there's no ambiguity or discussion. This is cheating, end of story. Why the commissaire didn't enforce the actual rules, I have no idea. Abbott should have...

It's probably worth noting the originator of that quote--Phil Zacijek. Not that I don't think Horner was jacked on Saturn, but context is important. Phil was trying to avoid the wrath of Decanio so he was eager to sell out the biggest fish, who at the time was Horner. Honestly I don't even...

Compare his form in Utah vs. Nibali in Poland. There's zero comparison--he was way more fit. You should be asking that question about Nibali. Regardless of what Horner said, he was training for quite a while prior to Utah. He began training for the Vuelta at the end of June...

Do you even believe the nonsense you wrote above? That's really all they had on Lance? really??? It's time to get over it. The whole "witch hunt" thing has grown really tired...

If you actually believe that the information on rider #15 was enough to constitute "evidence", you simply do not understand the meaning of the word. Sure, they could depose him, but he's under no obligation to admit any wrong-doing, he can simply say nothing. Given the fact that there was no...

If you mean De Gendt then I agree...they're probably pretty similar riders. De Greef is a flat land TT guy. There's a lot of doubt in my eyes. If there were no Horner in the Vuelta, the Nibali would have won, putting out almost identically ridiculous power numbers as Horner. It's not like...

It gets annoying to try to answer questions like this when the question is phrases in these terms. I'm not a "defender" of Horner. I think he's as doped now as he ever was. I also know why he left Europe though, and explained it above. It's not a big secret. And, as I mentioned before, the path...

? maybe you just didn't read my post. He had limited opportunity to get big results. When he got the opportunity, he got them.

I get where you're coming from on this one. Thing is, I also think context is important--and the context in which the article is framed was mentioned at the beginning: Horner is the last man standing among top US riders who got results during that top-fueled era. Now, at 42 he's still riding at...

And yet again another massive fail from Cyclingnews' "journalists" in not pointing out this massively overlooked detail... When someone makes that big an attempt to obfuscate the truth, the actual details need to be included. Why let a statement like that go unchallenged?

The people making that claim have a very limited understanding of both Horner's career and how pro cycling actually works. Horner has gotten results his entire career, from the very beginning, from his very first year as a pro, and from his first year in Europe. He underperformed in Europe his...

A couple of things: -the Bend Bulletin wrote plenty of articles about Horner and the Vuelta that went into details about the race, the rest of which had no mention of the "d" word. -I don't think the "wrong hotel" thing is as clear cut as it seems. I think it's entirely possible they changed...

Not really. The rules are very clear on prohibited categories of drugs and/or methods (existing a future). This 'ambiguity' to which you refer really isn't there.