Polish said:
There is no doubt that Dr Ferrari helped those riders win some of their victories, but there is ZERO evidence to support the Myth that "Doping Transformed Lance into into a 7 Time TdF Winner"
Sweeping the podium at the Fleche for ONE day does not compare to winning the TdF one two three four five six seven times...150 days.
C'mon, Virenque won the King of the Moutains Jersey seven times.
He won Polka Dots BEFORE Ferrari, Polka Dots DURING Ferrari, and Polka Dots AFTER Ferrari.
And what part of Cipo's Illustrious Career was Doctor Ferrari Time?
How many of his record 42 Giro stage wins were won before Ferrari and how many were won after Ferrari?
Hello, evidence of EPIC DOPING TRANSFORMATIONS where are you?
Ok, I will give you Berzin.
He WAS a DONKEY that was transformed into a THOROUGHBRED.
But the Donkey TransFormations are sooo obvious.
But the Myth that "Doping Transformed Lance into into a 7 Time TdF Winner" is just plain laughable. Hardeeharhar.
Lance was AWESOME as an Amateur,
Lance was AWESOME as a Neo-Pro,
Lance was AWESOME before Ferrari,
Lance was AWESOME during Ferrari,
and Lance was AWESOME after he had to break up with Ferrari.
Actually, it's pretty easy to see, if you are unbiased. But I actually think you are being clever & winding people up, because not even the most ardent fan would be so lop-sided.
He wasn't 'awesome', in the true sense of the word, before Ferrari, but he was one of the best at what he did best - one day racing.
Armstrong went from being (pre-Ferrari) a great one day racer who couldn't climb & had shown only moderate ability in time trials, to a guy who out climbed the climbers & out time trialled the time trialists. Cadence doesn't take you from 45kph up to 50kph in time trials. The physicists on this board will tell you how much more power would be required.
Clearly Dr Ferrari transformed him from a one day racer to a 3 week racer.
If you want to believe that it was his training programs, good for you. If I had a cycling hero that transformed so dramatically under Dr Ferrari, I'd like to think that I could put 2 & 2 together.
This is the same sort of transformation that guys like Riis showed when he went onto the good stuff.
I don't think anyone doubts Armstrong has ability on the bike. The same sorts of questions would be asked if Usain Bolt was found to have visited Dr Ferrari, and suddenly stopped winning 100/200m events & started winning 5000/10,000m events. It just wouldn't make sense - logic should tell you that something is up.