i dont dislike dopers, i think they are human.
i was once p!$$ed off before i went thru the 12 steps of AA, aka antidopinganonymous alliterationz.
JV has been walking a tighter line on the tight rope, not too tightly, I think this is some influence, even a subconscious impulse on JV's part.
I have always said, like Hoberman of Penn State, the insight and the true exploration, not found in the mass spec gas chromotagraphy assay. nope.
the greater understanding, will be seen in social psychology, in sociology, and understanding the human in the Type A environment of pro sport. You reckon these cats will willingly forgo their ability to others getting a putatitve illegal advantage, when they can neutralise the advantage (to a degree, or skew the field in their favour?)
When you add in the D-Q epigram "marginal gains aint a pimple on the @rse and rounding error of a comprehensive doping program the like of Ferrari". Then consider, lets say a Lemon 93 VO2max (lets just assume it is not lactate or ramp test or other measurements which are a greater indicator), or Evans DID hypothetically test at 93 as a 17yo. Can the most talented athlete be 5% superior (lets just do with the rule of thumb for the thought experiment, because I know its not that simple), can an individual athlete, be 5% superior, when we know the Olympic sports in swimming and track and field are decided by 0.01% not 5%. 500 times more.
so dont look to WADA or Tygart or Quebec or Pound or Fahey to determine your "truth". <James Patrick Moynihan quote>
use your own brain Empire Crew.
(rule of thumb) no pro sportsmen will willingly sacrifice the advantage to someone taking an advantage by doping when they do not have to, and can match their doping. Red Queen Effect. jumping on the treadmill to keep standing still.
insider v outsider.
I also know, I am not the arbiter and discern(er) of truth. but folks, switch on your grey matter. even Empire Crew, I know this is a grasp, but come on, get real.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen_hypothesis