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Local Atlanta Newspaper The average American sports fan has turned on Armstrong and just wants him to go away. From the editorial pages of the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Shocker It will be a shocker if Sky defies circumstantial evidence and proves to be clean.

After 20 years of doping scandals ruling the sport, it is more appropriate that the teams/racers prove to us that their results are untainted.

Classy Rider I saw Mercier race a few times here in the US. He always looked smooth even compared to the other pros in the pack. Props to him for making the right but difficult decision to not dope thus ending his pro cycling career...

+1. LA was a kingpin doper and should suffer the consequences. Barry, CVV, Levi, Danielson,...the whole lot of them are PUNKS. They doped, shed alligator tears, claimed they were "bullied", and now will rest up with a 6 month suspension. Throw them all out of cycling. No amnesty and only...

Office chatter This morning I was pulled into a watercooler convo about LA. In the sports crazy office where I work they consider me the "cyclist dude who rides a lot". After giving a cliff notes version, without any personal commentary, of the LA/PED bust the below were the responses: *...

Adam Myerson is putting some good perspective on twitter: http://exit17.net/2012/09/06/story-time-with-adammyerson/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+exit17+%28exit17%29

It's happening.... The omertà in the US Pro cycling community is unraveling and a generation of US dopers are being exposed. Some popular, genuinely nice fellows are being named but that's part of the cleansing. Best they admit all to the authorities and leave the sport. For those real...

Aye, one would be hard pressed to find a Lance fanboy at this point. That doper was long overdue and justice will finally be served. I suspect that "the clinic" will die off now the magnificent battle fought and beast slain. Meanwhile, the Premier League and NFL fans could give a rats...

The PED addled USPS teams dominated their TDF's with a united front. All riders had 1 mission...support LA. The most entertaining aspect of TDF'12 was watching Sky obliterate the competition as they sorted out the quagmire of Froome being obviously stronger than Wiggy all the while throwing a...

Spot on, S_SoCal! I'd forgotten that commercial and overlooked how eerily relevant it is to Wiggo's recent outburst. I predict he accepts the USADA sanctions, publicly bemoans them as unjustice/mean-spirited, and starts his own MTB race series to support LAF.

Bravo, Cavalier, for penning the letter. Wiggins, Armstrong,....any other other "pro" cyclist who does not beg for the fans forgiveness due to the doping transgressions of their colleagues/predecessors can go to h@ll. We make the sport a career option for them. If the bike racing game closed...

Of Wiggins' reaction to doubters....to quote a great wordsmith, "the lady doth protest too much, methinks".

True but it took a nutter like Decanio to break the omertà in the US peloton.

Wonder what Matt Decanio thinks of today's finish? Wasn't his concerns about the doping habits of Micheal Rogers' during the 2002 Tour de Beauce the beginning of the end for the young whistleblower? Decanio seemed like such a fringe element back then but all he claimed now appears likely or...