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Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

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The last thing they (the UCI) want is CO dosing to come out, there’s no way the public will approve of that ***. Imagine young riders doing that and severely damaging themselves or dying. The public outcry would be insane.
 
thats what they learned from festina and armstrong years, UCI - perhaps to their own shock or amusement - learnt that public actually doesnt care about doping at all, in fact catching armstrong and making cycling clean was a mistake

...so they pivoted to what other big sports do, dont bust biggest stars of the sport, keep appearances going, the value keeps growing - if im not mistaken the biggest star in past few years banned for doping might actually be Fernando Tatis, in NBA deandre ayton, i dont remember an NHL player being banned ever and NFL slaps a couple of games for mediocre players...i dont follow soccer much but i cant imagine its different there

its a clear recipe for success

Exactly, the vast majority of the public could not care about the dopers. As you mentioned, most USA-based pro sports basically have an open policy for doping, which actually makes the games more entertaining
 
Anyone whom believes Pog is clean is new to cycling.
Its starting to become Armstrong like levels.

Hopefully in the future there are either less or free enhancements, so that we can get a larger pool of contenders that will fight to the end.

The numbers Pog pull are insane. Pantani would have lost minuttes to him today.
 
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