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131313 said:There are so many logical fallacies in your comments that I don't know if you're actually being serious or joking. Regardless, a couple of things:
-a lot of riders don't actually want to dope. Many are doing it because think everyone else is, so there's simply no other choice.
-very, very few riders have any idea about the dangerous health aspects of doping. Of course, neither do a lot of the doctors. Hint: EPO is more dangerous than orange juice. The riders are acting as human guinea pigs, and the people profiting are the doctors. Do you have any idea of the long-term affects of therapeutic EPO use in individuals with healthy immune systems? Of course you don't, because no one knows. Of course, when some retired riders start getting red cell aplasia in their early 40's, we'll know a little more. Same goes for long-term manipulations of hormones.
I'm sorry, but the average professional bike racer simply isn't equipped to decide what medications are and are not safe. Sometimes you have to rely on some "suits".
-just because bike racing is dangerous, it doesn't mean it's OK to throw on some more unnecessary risk
-just because the sport has a legacy of doping, it doesn't mean that I don't have the right to clean and fair competition. Suggesting I go 'start my own race series' is ridiculous.
-it is my business if another rider is engaged in a banned, potentially dangerous process which gives him a competitive advantage over me. It's also my business if he chooses to get into a car and drive to the top of the climbs.
-not everyone is doing it, so the playing field is, indeed, not level
What I want is pretty simple. I want my peers to follows the rules to which they agreed, and which I choose to follow.
Brilliant Post. +1