>> This thread has dealt with Heras, Bruyneel and Basso. Where do the
>> Americans
>> come into it?
>>
>
> The mainstream US media won't pay as much attention without an
> American at the top of the sport. It would be nice to have their
> attention focused somewhere else. The only thing they report on re:
> cycling are the scandals. So no news would be good news IMO.
Ah, I see. So those creating the scandals, by leaking information, bear no
responsibility? Probably not, because they're not American.
It's not as if American media is doing any real investigative reporting
that's turning up anything new. Most assuredly they are NOT. All they're
doing is reporting whatever L'Equipe or David Walsh or whomever have to say.
> Astana will have a big bullseye on their jerseys. WADA will be
> hounding these guys all year. They will dope, and without Lance's
> extreme paranoia they will be caught, and then everything will be
> linked back to Lance (with or without proof). You read it here first.
Just because I read it here first doesn't mean I understand it. And if I
don't understand it, it's tough to validate it.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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> On Oct 13, 5:25 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> >> > > Let's hope this is a bad rumor. If Astana signs Heras they will
>> >> > > lose
>> >> > > any credibility and hopefully will be kept out of the TDF. If they
>> >> > > insist on signing Heras then Bruyneel must resign if he hopes to
>> >> > > maintain any credibility. Signing Heras would be a repeat of the
>> >> > > Basso fiasco.
>>
>> >> Maybe he's suggesting what the Stuttgart people did, that people be
>> >> banned because they belong to an era where doping is prevalent.
>>
>> >> -ilan
>>
>> > The 'optics' of this will look so bad to the regular media. I hope a
>> > couple of years pass without an american at the pinnacle of the sport
>> > so that cycling gets a chance to flush this **** out.
>>
>> This thread has dealt with Heras, Bruyneel and Basso. Where do the
>> Americans
>> come into it?
>>
>
> The mainstream US media won't pay as much attention without an
> American at the top of the sport. It would be nice to have their
> attention focused somewhere else. The only thing they report on re:
> cycling are the scandals. So no news would be good news IMO.
>
> Astana will have a big bullseye on their jerseys. WADA will be
> hounding these guys all year. They will dope, and without Lance's
> extreme paranoia they will be caught, and then everything will be
> linked back to Lance (with or without proof). You read it here first.
>
>