Without Floyd (starting with his positive test, not just his later revelations) none of the current movements towards improving the sport would be possible. That is absolutely true. Without Floyd, the Giro win would not have happened, because the pressure to change and implement things like bio-passport would not have been there. Puerto too. That was a huge impetus as well.
Hog: No, I don't do what's best for JV, I do what's best for the 120 people employed by Slipstream. That happens to coincide exactly with what is best for anti-doping (in my opinion, debatable, I know..) Again, you may not like the way I go about this, but over time, I think you'll find they are very efficacious at moving towards a cleaner sport. And btw - internal anti-doping is still in place, just not with Catlin, thanks.
Zin: You are absolutely spot on on all of your analysis. Sport may not perfectly clean, but it is clean enough that the talented athlete can win.
In the mid-late 1990's that was very rarely true. Your thoughts on pre-o2 vector doping are correct too. There was non-effective doping going on, but was it fundamentally changing race results? No.
Again, bravo on well stated and logically sound arguments that show a great degree of understanding and perhaps very good insider knowledge.
Hog: No, I don't do what's best for JV, I do what's best for the 120 people employed by Slipstream. That happens to coincide exactly with what is best for anti-doping (in my opinion, debatable, I know..) Again, you may not like the way I go about this, but over time, I think you'll find they are very efficacious at moving towards a cleaner sport. And btw - internal anti-doping is still in place, just not with Catlin, thanks.
Zin: You are absolutely spot on on all of your analysis. Sport may not perfectly clean, but it is clean enough that the talented athlete can win.
In the mid-late 1990's that was very rarely true. Your thoughts on pre-o2 vector doping are correct too. There was non-effective doping going on, but was it fundamentally changing race results? No.
Again, bravo on well stated and logically sound arguments that show a great degree of understanding and perhaps very good insider knowledge.