doping/cycling

[rosie]

I see that doping is hitting the cycling headlines yet again! I thought this was all in the past and was just getting back into the sport again.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jun/09/berhard-kohl-cycling-drugs-tour-de-france

Whats Kohl trying to say, that everyone is still at it by way of mitigation, is he boasting or is it really still a problem, in which case it is very sad.

I can't get my head round the science of cheating and how far people will go in order to get an advantage and ultimately what price they end up paying ie premature death caused by doping, blood transfusions Etc.

More sad times.

 

[Carri Bee Un]

They should just run two competitions at the same time. One for the ones who want to use drugs and one for those that don't. If you don't mind screwing your body over to go faster on a bicycle then go for it then just drug test the ones who are supposed to be clean :yes: and if you fall off there should be bears chasing :yes: and random electric shocks through the seat.

 

[Alan D]

Frankly the whole sport of road race cycling is nothing but a joke. I can't even be bothered to watch the Tour de France because, in my head, whoever wins a stage or the overall race is just a drug user. Probably doesn't apply to all, but the sport has such an appalling reputation that I can't be bothered with it.

At one stage in my life I had a lot of sponsorship connections with the "Milk Race", which was an annual event in the UK. I had tremendous admiration for the competitors who seemed unbelievably fit and dedicated sportsmen. Maybe I was just fooled and they were nothing but drug addicts.

 

[davebee]

Very sad for cycling. Every time someone puts in a momentous climb or sprint the immediate reaction is to question whether they are clean. I am sure that some are clean, but I am equally sure that many are dirty.

 

[Boston Bee]

More of the same

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 16) -- Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton received an eight-year ban from cycling Tuesday, all but ending his drug-tainted career after he admitted to taking a steroid.