auscyclefan94 said:
I understand that this sort of topic has come up before but I just wonder with all the doping in cycling, why do you follow the sport? How can you watch the sport when you could make a plausible case to say that it is just based on lies and corruptioin?
Look at your avatar picture. That is why. You believe in what his form of cycling represents. For you it is the closest manifestation of what cycling as a sport is at the current time and what it always has been. Same for most people. Naively most think such a manifestation of cycling is pure. That's where I laugh.
I accept what cycling is and have managed to understand the inner working and machinations of what it is. Is AC a doper? Yes mods that is why this thread is here, ACF94 is upset AC was acquitted. Yes. But he isn't alone and last time I checked there were many reasons people dope. I liked Bassons thinking the other week. The man is insightful. I've taken a similar approach myself for a while now. Are certain doping agencies showing support to their boys/girls when they should be throwing them to the wolves? Yes and no. I think turning on your own simply for bad PR is dispicable. I think what has happened to Ricco is horrible. You may be a *** but being made a scapegoat is disgusting. But that isn't cycling, that is politics.
I will put it this way. The four purest sports IMO are running, swimming, cycling and rowing. Wonder why I think triathlon is amazing? The simple physical mechanics of cycling are remarkable and the parts of the world we live in this sport shows are second to none (except surfing and rock climbing). That is why I watch cycling. Take away the doping and the mechanics of it are universal. They will never change...maybe the engines driving the bikes change, but the road and bikes remain the same no matter how you badge them. Cycling is a wonderful sport and you shouldn't be racking yourself ACF94. I have no doubt if AC did not beat Evans in 2007, your view of him would be much different. Your locus is of loyalty, so something that might hamper your man you look at negatively. The Clen case is the biggest so far to shake this. Is it any of your business or anyone elses to rattle on with another thread like this yet again? Knock yourself out I say, but don't forget to enjoy the racing. I'm pretty sure Issoisso will pop back up when the bigger events start and he was not a happy camper when Vino came back last year. Everyone has their kryptonite. AC is yours.
Mine...is probably jaded goofballs, but I laugh at them. I go to the SBS website to watch them at work and have a laugh. Just like I did with the AC thread here yesterday. BroDeal makes one sane comment and everyone applauds. Good on them, but it was too late. Sad thing is many have been saying the same damn thing for months here in not so many words but the message was the same. Some were laughed at, others took note...often quietly. Then AC is acquitted and those laughing and screaming he was a bad boy had to take note and question a little deeper than they had been to understand the machinations of what was happening. Yes, the $h1t got real for them.
Think of it this way, perhaps zero tolerance will be reworked by WADA and it bloody well should be. I'd love to see a system where the threshold is increased for certain drugs (yes only some) and if you get a set number of positives for any of these (but don't go over threshold) over a set time, then you get a ban. Say a one to two year ban. Make the focus blood doping, epo, HGH and naturally occuring hormonal supplement based drugs (basically add in the roids). Figure this damn BioPassport out and try and get Pellizotti nabbed. People need to be bannable on their BioPassport. Finally FFS, explain the damn thing to the community and lets see some full body haemoglobin testing. Maybe then ACF94 can sleep well at night without thinking his boy has been robbed once again.
Is this in line with the current thread? Yes mods it is. Why? Because all the AC shenanigans are why it was created. It needed to be addressed for me to answer appropriately. I really don't feel like replying to a 600+ comment thread that is dragging up old news again and again. As for the lies and corruption. I know it is there and can think for myself. THe UCI may be calling your bluff, but I know their number and I am not fooled. Hence, I'm not angry. I'll put it this way. Some people are raging at Floyd Landis because of what he's done this last year. I'd ask you this; did you believe him in 2006? I didn't. I did the math. He was lying. Hence his 180 last year was no shock. He said what I already had figured out. Now he admits lying in 2006 and some people get upset because they refused to question. Mu law lecturer said to always question. Approach the impending logic and psyche behind these people rationally...they're gullible and ****ed off they didn't read a bluff (there were many signs). As I said, those people are good for a laugh. Use your brain people or prepare to be let down and conned your entire life. When you do this, you can watch cycling and enjoy it, because the sport is great.