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Bob Schwartz
Guest
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> You guys seem to be arguing from a basis of "fairness" and "what is
> right". None of those trite concepts is in play. This is politics and
> power with the doping issue being dramatized and used merely as a
> lever to accomplish other objectives.
Exactly so, well put.
> Already the race has lost something for me and my fandom. Yeah, I'll
> still watch the TV coverage at night after my training ride but I
> won't be glued to the internet waiting for minute by minute updates
> this year to find out whose wheel Cadel sucked to the top of each
> mountain top finish.
Do people remember when Cipo was World Champion and the Tour
told him to shove off. Much like Astana, Cipo had earned that.
IIRC there were stages of that year's Giro where he was
leading one of the secondary jersey competitions and wore his
WC jersey rather than the one the race sponsors had paid to
have someone wear. So in addition to repeatedly being a pain
in the ass to the Tour organizers over the years he was
showing that he was willing to dump on a race sponsor also.
So the Tour told him to shove off. And the Tour never missed
him. Just as the Tour will not miss Astana.
Bob Schwartz
> You guys seem to be arguing from a basis of "fairness" and "what is
> right". None of those trite concepts is in play. This is politics and
> power with the doping issue being dramatized and used merely as a
> lever to accomplish other objectives.
Exactly so, well put.
> Already the race has lost something for me and my fandom. Yeah, I'll
> still watch the TV coverage at night after my training ride but I
> won't be glued to the internet waiting for minute by minute updates
> this year to find out whose wheel Cadel sucked to the top of each
> mountain top finish.
Do people remember when Cipo was World Champion and the Tour
told him to shove off. Much like Astana, Cipo had earned that.
IIRC there were stages of that year's Giro where he was
leading one of the secondary jersey competitions and wore his
WC jersey rather than the one the race sponsors had paid to
have someone wear. So in addition to repeatedly being a pain
in the ass to the Tour organizers over the years he was
showing that he was willing to dump on a race sponsor also.
So the Tour told him to shove off. And the Tour never missed
him. Just as the Tour will not miss Astana.
Bob Schwartz