Recent content by Raiko200

I suppose. But, someone throwing urine at a rider? Or, punching them in the kidney? Granted these may be somewhat isolated incidents but given the polarized nature of society these days I expect them to go up in number and severity over time.

Personally, I have no sympathy for the fans running alongside the riders or throwing s*** at them. I've always thought it would be a good idea to have a motorcycle with a five foot sharpened scythe on either side riding in front of the leaders at the mtf's. Any fan gets in the way and...

OK, so Grappe and Coggan have 0 credibility but Ricco is suddenly a pillar of integrity. I see. I understand picking and choosing the "facts" in order to progress your argument but that's really pushing it.

Actually it looked a little mutanty to me. I mean, he crossed the finish line smiling and not even gasping for breath. And that attack on Van Garderen near the end, wow. Not sure about that. If that had been Froome instead of Riblon I think the perspective would have been different.

I will say this. I read Taxus4a's long post on his blog and he did do a very good job detailing Froome's career to this point. A rational person could read it and believe Froome is clean. It's a much better approach to persuasion then the childish insults and attacks on intelligence that are...

I have to admit, if I was Froome at this point in the race and was totally clean...I would rip up the field. I would destroy them if I could. What the heck? I'm already being labelled a doper at worst and extremely suspicious at best. If I do win the TdF most will never believe I was clean so...

Ok, devil's advocate once again... If I were Froome and I was doping with something that allowed me to crush every one in the peleton I certainly wouldn't do it. He can communicate during a race as many have pointed out. It certainly wouldn't be hard to follow a wheel until near the need of a...

Just out of curiosity, will anybody's opinion of Froome change if he cracks on a stage or two and loses the Tour?

Perhaps he can't. It's still intriguing though. If we assume Bolt is clean then the doping products can't always overcome natural ability. His competitors were always gifted as well. They didn't pop out of nowhere. They're all talented but still can't beat Bolt. Generally the argument goes...

Umm...it was pretty darn close. : )

An interesting comparison between Usain Bolt and Froome. Bolt has been handily beating everyone in the field. Sometimes it's not even close. He is unarguably the best in the world. Yet, now we find that his closest competitors are doping. They have failed tests. He has not. Is he using some...

Well, that's my point. It's seems to be that way in everything. Sports, business, politics. I don't think it's going to change. Do you? My best friend in high school didn't make it out of the minors as a pitcher. But, others I know did and they weren't using steroids. You can either hit or...

LONG time reader - first time poster which I guess: Makes me a troll. Makes me a SkyBot. Makes my opinion 100% valueless. Just wanted to get that out of the way. I have to admit that watching Froome brings back flashbacks of Ricco, Landis, Hamilton, Rassmussen etc. Every time I've...