After reading this editoral by cyclinghereos I now am in despair for cycling:
http://cyclingheroes.tripod.com/cyclingheroes.english/id981.html
Are all parties involved in the running of cycling never going to resolve their pathetic in fighting?
It appears that there are double standards everywhere you look - for a long time riders have been deemed the villians in this farce but it is not that simple to blame a rider who doped or who dopes. Behind them are the doctors, team managers, sponsors, press, TV companies, the race organisors, national associations, all clammering for victories and then there is the so called cycling authority the UCI.
The UCI's unwillingness to take the lead in investigations, with testing and doping from 1998 after the Festina affair and up to now has resulted in them losing all creditability which I dont think they will ever recover from. McQuaid looks more and more embrassed and out of his depth than ever this week.
Cycling will survive of course but as a fragmented sport in certain parts of Europe - everyone involved has missed the boat - greed and the longing for power has ruined all of them and us fans have lost our sport.
http://cyclingheroes.tripod.com/cyclingheroes.english/id981.html
Are all parties involved in the running of cycling never going to resolve their pathetic in fighting?
It appears that there are double standards everywhere you look - for a long time riders have been deemed the villians in this farce but it is not that simple to blame a rider who doped or who dopes. Behind them are the doctors, team managers, sponsors, press, TV companies, the race organisors, national associations, all clammering for victories and then there is the so called cycling authority the UCI.
The UCI's unwillingness to take the lead in investigations, with testing and doping from 1998 after the Festina affair and up to now has resulted in them losing all creditability which I dont think they will ever recover from. McQuaid looks more and more embrassed and out of his depth than ever this week.
Cycling will survive of course but as a fragmented sport in certain parts of Europe - everyone involved has missed the boat - greed and the longing for power has ruined all of them and us fans have lost our sport.