DiLuca positive for EPO (CERA) ?? - Page 6

See, here's the thing: he sort of did. He had an opportunity to redeem cycling's image, and instead he squandered that capital in the name of personal gain. Instead of fighting against doping, we have a guy who actively works to keep the status quo of omerta alive and well, going as far as to chase down a rider who spoke out against him.

You think we'd be talking about nearly a decade of physician-assisted doping if Armstrong hadn't set the bar so very, very high? His cheating was so blatant that it enabled others to follow the course, from peers to junior riders.

But, there are others who remain just as complicit, from Ferrari to Stapleton to Bruyneel to Roll to Verbruggen to..... well, it goes on and on.

Sure, I see that. My point is that doping was rampant in the mid 90's as well (when he wasn't riding the tour). The performance was just as high.

Are you referring to the Festina scandal that happened right before he rode in 99? Are you suggesting that cycling was ready to change at that point, but he kept it from doing so? That's plausible possibly, but while cycling may have been ready to be clean, the riders certainly weren't. They haven't come clean even after more recent scandals. I thought with the implosion that occured in the past couple of years we would have seen things change as well.. but here we have DiLuca getting caught.

I think the doping problem lies in one area only.. the organizations that regulate the sport. Until they get serious about it, the riders certainly won't.