Tom Kunich <
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> "JohnB" <
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> > Simon wrote:
> > >
> > > Sad, just sad.
> > >
> > > Is it just me, or when he says 'bigger names', is it
> > > pointed?
> > >
> > >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/-
> > > 3516584.stm
> >
> > Cycling is well and truly tarnished and this kind of
> > stuff just makes it
> worse.
> > I question Gaumont's motives. Is he just another *****
> > Voet - caught and now wants to make the most of his new
> > found status? When will the T-shirt and film be
> > released? I suspect that the 'bigger names' remark may
> > even have been deliberately planted by Gaumont or his
> > publicity agent to keep the story in the
> headlines.
> > He admits to lying and cheating through his career, so
> > why should now be any different?
> >
> > This is putting me off watching professional racing as
> > we now have no idea who is clean or not. This is having
> > a devastating on what was once a tremendous sport, as I
> > know of youngsters who are now being pulled out of the
> > competitive side because of the links to drugs and the
> > perceptions around cycle racing.
> >
> > Until a 'positive' means a life ban then the problem
> > will not disappear.
>
> Gaumont is seriously trying to make amends in my opinion.
> But so what?
Some
> of the stuff he says is pure unadulaterate myth. You can
> easily tell the difference between a rub-on cream and an
> injection because the quantities
in
> the blood are hugely different.
Then why can riders attribute a positive result to the use
of a rub-on cream and get away with it?
>
> Blood packing may not be detectable but I covered that
> earlier. Just
because
> your hematocrit is high doesn't mean you're getting a
> performance boost.