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Drongo

I think that's unfair on oncearunner: he has changed his views as time has gone on and more dominoes fall. I don't pretend to understand all of his posts, but I don't regard him as a doping apologist.

Hombre hates doping (and Rabobank); but he is just unable to countenance certain teams or riders as dopers. It's not apologism, which must be in some way conscious, it's just a pair of blinkers.

As for the others... let's just say I have a different view from them.

If you really want to see a doping apologist, try searching goldenear's posts. He is/was a recreational steroid user/bodybuilder type, and cheerfully recommended them. Caused a bit of a stir.

Campybob (a member of CF, I think) is one who has said something along the lines of, 'I don't care if they dope, let 'em if they want to.' He normally just tries to make fun of people who argue against 'doperz' (or WADA), and can be quite funny:
http://www.dailypelotonforums.com/m...ndpost&p=101548
However, he came out of his shell a bit recently:
http://www.dailypelotonforums.com/m...ndpost&p=106432
http://www.dailypelotonforums.com/m...ndpost&p=106474

confusedfan

quirk of the DP forum software - if someone else *reads* your original post before you post the next one, they should show up separately. It's only if you post in rapid succession, before anyone else has a chance to read anything, where some computer programmer probably figured "oh, you must have meant to put all of that into one post, we'll combine that for you" even though it ends up being annoying.

message = wait a minute or two before your 2nd post if you can last that long

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TheDarkLord

And we have the allies here at CF against doping. Hey, we could have a new axis and allies game.

Bro Deal

Somebody should post this quote from cyclingnews to the paceline.

He shows a strong personality when he talks about his sport. He doesn't have any good word to say about the presence of his supposed-to-be idol Lance Armstrong at the Tour of Korea last year. "He disappointed me," Park said. "He was always late at interviews, he showed up on a mountain bike at a criterium with shorts, a t-shirt and normal shoes. We couldn't get a chance to talk to him, but he received a lot of appearance money. That's not what Korean cycling needed."

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thunder

hombre is a bigot nationalist. Similar to Campybob, sans humour

Crankyfeet

What a selfish prick. That is the classic... "I want to make sure everyone knows I didn't come here to compete". Problem is... in protecting your own face... you effectively give the middle finger to everybody.

Lance...please make it apparent to those that are offering to pay you the fee that you are only turning up to wave to the crowd a bit and coast around in a t-shirt and running shoes. Please don't mislead them for the big fee, thinking that you can screw them a bit knowing you'll never be back again to have to worry about charging them for another appearance.

We could do with better ambassadors of the sport. Unfortunately, sport selects the guy who can get to the finish line first by whatever means. Whether they are dickheads or not is just pot luck.

Post edit - Mind you, the reason he did turn up in non-competition mode was because he knew there were going to be twenty Parks there, all wanting to beat him when he wasn't even trying and acting like they knocked out the World Champ.

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Frigo's Luggage

Vader posted a link to the article. Surprisingly, there is not much comment on the Korean cycling scene.

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TheDarkLord

Not surprising given his egomaniacal behavior recently (especially the recent bar incident). I know other individuals who are respected in the community, but show themselves to be first order a-holes when invited (along with the mandatory huge monetary charges) to address the community.

Bro Deal

I see that. Zero replies.

Lots of replies to Astana not getting an invite to MSR and TA.

Good old Arielena:

Well, they can't say now our Giro non-invite was because we weren't going to send anyone serious about winning. There go those noses. They keep growing everyday. Do these people know what idiots they look like to the cycling world?

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

TheDarkLord

Hahaha! ROTFLMAO! Oh, the irony of it all. Yes, all one has to do to know what idiots look like is to look at these very people, especially Arielena!!!

thunder

I just changed ISP I think I can go sockpuppet

C'dale Girl

What happened to that being too much trouble?

Bro Deal

I'm going through a proxy. I don't know if I can muster the subtlety like some people around here.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Frigo's Luggage

A couple of them have been admiring Vader's Last Days of Disco signature. They don't see the irony.

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