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Bernad Hinault said the strongest rider doesn't always win. I'm not going to throw myself into the gauntlet over who was the strongest, but it really does not matter if, among the strongest, one is more savy. That is proverbial bike racing. This means that Evenepoel has to be even more astute...

Cycling and doping are endemic, for which it sells more in the mass media to report it. This is the fault of the Gianettis of the sport, which has been a historical constant (especially since EPO hit the field). As a friend once asked, why would anyone want to do this dreadful sport? By this he...

Armstrong was placed under fire and brought the necessary pressure to bear to break Lemond's livelyhood. No need to be sorry about the prolepsis, as I already got that, but interests are an inevitable condition of socio-economic factors. On the hill one can only be knocked down. It must be seen...

So, we agree. Trek's actions coming after the Ferrari remarks, confirms Armstrong was behind it.

Oh no? Trek extinguished their collaboration with Lemond as a result. I don't doubt that Lemond was motivated by the loss on his return of investment for his bike line by Armstrong's success. However, the vile way in which Armstrong attempted to destroy him and others, let's us know who is the...

As already stated, Gianetti doesn't have to know anything, but knows who does from expirence and then build upon it. He is, after all, in charge, like Bruyneel, like Riis.

Actually they know, but refrain to not lose the only graces they have left.

We are moving from the Information Age to the “Conceptual Age,” where creativity, innovation, empathy, and big-picture thinking are increasingly highjacked by the preponderance of profit and commmercial interests. This has naturally conditioned journalism in this specific regard. It's either...

Not my logic, but it did. The point here, is how does Pogi get a free pass? I suspect it revolves around exhaustion on the part of journalists realizing that another major doping scandal will lead to insolvency.

It's sounds like biblical lore and pagan prisca theologia. All we need are myths, like Orpheus singing the chastity of the mind, philosophy and Mosaic wisdom, alchemy and kabbalah, interpreted as being encoded with learned magic to hoodwink the masses. It works in the pharma driven world.

Right, but since then? Unimmaginable feats, and all to be explained by "natural talent," because he won the Tour young. No suspicion riding for Gianetti, no raised eyebrows? No questions? Mind you, it isn't just Lemond, but apparently the entire cycling journalistic world. It's baffling. None...

So he should have raged against the machine, gone full montey, denounced evereything? On what evidence at the time? Look, what triggered his beef with Armstrong, was the Ferrari connection. Until Lemond knew about that he was a fan. Go look at the pictures. Had anybody linked Indurain to...

If by complexity you mean Lemond was aware of EPO doping at the time and selectively chose not to react until Armstrong, then probably yes. The moral metric, however, ultimately lies in whether or not Lemond took EPO and failed. The irony in vindicating Bruyneel-Armstrong would be better than a...

Yea, and they ate gelato on the roads of the Giro, forgetting the Gavia stage, which would never take place today. They were chumps back then. Or Stephen Roache colapsing after chasing Delgado in the 87 Tour. Rough ride, but now they have science and drugs to fix that. It's a completely...

We are talking about the same thing. Where I deviate from your point of view has to do with credibility.