Right oh.
So all the discussion about T&R seems to have centered around a certain Texan's involvement or not. Interesting as that is, there are tons of other stories from the last 20 years that could be better told if the process is successful, for example:
- Miguel Indurain's career
- 1999 'tour of redemption' - leaving aside USPS, how dirty was the rest of it?
- Classicmano Luigi, and all the other untold(confirmed) stories from Fuentes (could they get Fuentes to appear for example?)
- Contador at the 2007/09 tours, and the 2010 Clen positive leak/cover up - just what the hell was going on there behind the scenes.
- Denis Menchov and Frank Schleck!
And so on. The cynic in me says there's no incentive for the older guys to get involved as it's a lot of hassle for not much pay back (other than an even more tarnished legacy), and there's no incentive for the guys still racing to say anything either for even more obvious reasons.
But, you know, I'm hopeful that at least some more of the bigger picture will emerge. So, since it looks like something will happen in the new year, what's people's predictions:
- how 'successful' will T&R be?
- what, and how much will be revealed?
- will it just become another tiresome chapter in the Lance Armstrong show, and allow everyone else to hide in his shadow?
- will the sport look any different come the 2014/15 seasons as a result?
So all the discussion about T&R seems to have centered around a certain Texan's involvement or not. Interesting as that is, there are tons of other stories from the last 20 years that could be better told if the process is successful, for example:
- Miguel Indurain's career
- 1999 'tour of redemption' - leaving aside USPS, how dirty was the rest of it?
- Classicmano Luigi, and all the other untold(confirmed) stories from Fuentes (could they get Fuentes to appear for example?)
- Contador at the 2007/09 tours, and the 2010 Clen positive leak/cover up - just what the hell was going on there behind the scenes.
- Denis Menchov and Frank Schleck!
And so on. The cynic in me says there's no incentive for the older guys to get involved as it's a lot of hassle for not much pay back (other than an even more tarnished legacy), and there's no incentive for the guys still racing to say anything either for even more obvious reasons.
But, you know, I'm hopeful that at least some more of the bigger picture will emerge. So, since it looks like something will happen in the new year, what's people's predictions:
- how 'successful' will T&R be?
- what, and how much will be revealed?
- will it just become another tiresome chapter in the Lance Armstrong show, and allow everyone else to hide in his shadow?
- will the sport look any different come the 2014/15 seasons as a result?