More Doping "Incredible"
Posted July 24th, 2007 by jmluetke
I cannot bleieve what I just read about Vinokourov!!! What a devastating blow to the tour. With the new UCI rules and signed pack prior to the tour, I was excited to see a "clean" race. This is just awful. We can only hope for the best from here on out.
Bunch O Crap
One more reason why I haven't moved to Europe! They censor things like cleaning up cycling so that it is safe, and make you report how many TV's you own so that they can tax you the appropriate amount. This is where America could be heading if we aren't careful.
If they were going to boycott the Tour, they should have done it when the riders were doping, everyone knew it and nobody did anything about it. Why, now that the UCI decides that they care about the health of their sportsmen, and that they aren't going to tollerate doping or rule breaking to be more specific.
You just can never trust the Media to listen to people until the exact wrong time. I have a great story that kind of goes with this.
I used to be really into aggressive inline skating. I don't know if any of you know what this is but it was the shit in the 90's, anyway.... I begged my mom to buy me some new aggressive inline skates, I told her the exact ones that I wanted and everything for 2 years. I lived in a big city, there were plenty of places to skate, I was getting really good at grinding on my regular roller skates, but to continue getting better I needed the right equipment, but those two Christmases I got underwear and books. I am not complaining, I really enjoyed reading at the time, and I definately needed the underwear.
So anyway, summer comes along and we moved. To the Country. The only cement to skate on for 10 miles was a 20' x 20' parking space in front of my house. I quit skating and took up mountain biking since I could do it in the country on my 8 year old huffy. I begged my mom to get me a new mountain bike for christmas, but guess what I got!!! Those awesome aggressive inline skates with the ABEC 5 bearings and the teflon grind plates.
Hope that was entertaining.
That is too bad....
I think that the race is bigger than any one athlete that is caught doping. The race started with 189 riders, 3 or 4 have been identified and dismissed. The media has it backwards, as usual - the race isn't a dope race and should be covered. The race should be covered and the fact that dopers are expelled should be commended. The athlete getting kicked off should not be covered except to be exposed. The media is assuming that all the participants are dopers, just because a few were busted - were is the justice in that? The media is supposed to cover Who, what, when, where and why - They are not supposed to be manipulating their audience.
It is damaged!!
I am in Frankfurt, Germany. I have travelled during the Tour and the Olympics before and NEVER have I seen such an abscence of coverage. In fact one paper laid here in Germany, three of the the local station coverage has stopped. They are not even letting the fans watch!!!! A German cyclist on the plane was very interested in the results and following it but is agreeable to the no coverage decision and is also self protesting the drug problems in the Tour de France. That is the perspcetive I see here!!! Too bad
I was just watching CNN and
I was just watching CNN and they seem to think that Cycling is over, or at least that is how they are reporting.
It is disheartening to see all mainstream media including the European media covering this story in such a skewed light. I just don't get why they all seem so excited to abandon the sport right when the sport finally decides to take a stand by enforcing the doping rules. What's up with that? No wonder other sports don't do what cycling is doing, the media will only cover it as being corrupt and not letting people decide for themselves whether the sport is corrupt or not.
What is wrong with you people?
The message is not that doping will get you ahead, the message is that doping will bring you shame, and disgrace, and you will get caught. Unless I am missing something.
Good news for cycling!
Now Rasmussen is out, and I can't say that I am dissappointed. I don't think cycling should suffer for this, I think that it can only be beneficial. I think that everyone who likes cycling, will still like cycling and they will be less likely to dope, and less likely to be suspicious about doping.
I for one have already watched the tour for 20 days, and have to say it is pretty exciting to see who will win. I don't know if anyone was hoping for Rasmussen to win, but I wasn't.
I think that most people are all for kicking out people who don't follow the rules. I for one think that cycling is one of the only sports that have their act together, kicking out superstars of the caliber of barry bonds or shawn merriman. If you have rules you must follow them, or change them, if you aren't going to enforce them. I still don't know why doping is illegal, it is kind of like making not wearing seat belts illegal, and still allowing people to drive or letting car companies make cars that go faster than the country's speed limit.
you heard right!!!
Just like I said when we were watching Vinokurov racing up that mountain. "This sure looks like Floyd Landis a year ago." What I don't get is - Why would they dope and then win a stage? They know full well that they are going to be tested. What did it gain Landis and now Vinokurov on world wide coverage of the Tour? Both deny it and say that their injuries created a testosterone imbalance. Something is not right. Is there a buildup of testosterone in one's system to help heal?
This is devastating news.
This is devastating news. Vino was one of those "good guys". He was an athlete that I actually admired and was hoping to win the whole Tour.
With that being said, it's time for all sports to seriously crack down on drug abuse/doping. No suspensions or fines but to banish these people from sport forever. They are wrecking sports and our youth. As a parent, I do not want my son being influenced by this garbage. I want for him and all up and coming athletes to know that their true talent and hard work will get them to the top.
Thank god for athletes like Bobby Julich - he is probably one of the few American athletes that has not been affiliated with this drug garbage!
Huh?
What do you mean Vino, Doping.. where did you hear that?