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flyor64 said:My question, meant with no snarkiness whatsoever, is does that feeling apply to all busted cheats? For clarifcation I'm quoting you but not necessarily trying to "target" you. I think there are quite a few that share this feeling so this is more of an open question...
Does he not deserve a second chance once he's served his suspension? Regardless of his endeavors? If he opts to jump back in, find a team (albeit unlikely given his candor), and compete again, will you hold him in such disrepute?
Given the likelihood that the number of busted cheats riding in the peloton today is lower than the number who cheat or have cheated on not been caught, how can we shun Kohl and not the others?
I didn't say that he I wouldn't want him racing because he had spoken out or anything (In case that was how it came across). I don't think anyone who has doped has any place in the sport, regardless of how they handle themselves after they have been caught.
Astarloza, Piti, Landaluze, Di Luca, Bosisio, Pollack, Lhotellerie, Dekker, Colom, Pfannberger, Kohl, Rebellin, Schumacher, Ricco, Piepoli, Mazzoleni, Fofonov, Duenas, Bossoni, Beltran, Vila, Vinokourov, Kashechkin, Mayo, Sinkewitz, Rasmussen, Moreni, Kessler, Landis, Basso, Scarponi, All the OP guys, Millar, all the little guys who doped, etc. etc.
I don't think any of these have any place in cycling (as much as I liked Mayo