Berzin said:
Leipheimer presents a convenient target. I'm not impressed that a bunch of former/current pros are "up in arms" over his participation in this event, because if it were Armstrong they'd either try to cozy up to him or they would keep their negative feelings to themselves.
And I'll bet you there will be as many if not more doped riders at the start line for this event than at the Tour. There may not be any blood transfusions going on, but plenty of pretty much everything else.
Do you and Parrulo just make stuff up to make yourselves feel better? You think there are a lot of riders on EPO, Aicar, GW1516, etc. at this race?
I mean, really. Will there be some who are doping? Probably. Will there be age groupers who dope. Yep, I'm sure some do. But comparing this to the Tour is just plain silly.
Although the point you raise about Armstrong may be true. I don't know about the others, but I'd tell Lance to go F himself just as soon, if not sooner, than I'd tell Levi.