Wow, Gerard Vroomen pulls no punches..
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If you figure both Basso and Schleck were riding his bikes when all that happened he's bound to be a bit ticked off - especially as he's trying to proclaim the advantages of the bike while all the time the riders are using the advantages gain from blood doping.
Despite that it's about the only slightly common sense thing posted on doping and how bad the whole system is with regards to how positive dope tests are handled, media representation and the like but until someone comes up with something better it is what it is.
I'd spend a bit more time reading velonews and cyclingnews if they had a "doping filter" that removed all the stories that featured "he said/ she said" rubbish about it all and stopped at "Rider X has produced a positive test confirmed by B sample. Rider will appeal and CAS will issue a final ruling in 4.6 years"
Despite that it's about the only slightly common sense thing posted on doping and how bad the whole system is with regards to how positive dope tests are handled, media representation and the like but until someone comes up with something better it is what it is.
I'd spend a bit more time reading velonews and cyclingnews if they had a "doping filter" that removed all the stories that featured "he said/ she said" rubbish about it all and stopped at "Rider X has produced a positive test confirmed by B sample. Rider will appeal and CAS will issue a final ruling in 4.6 years"
My initial thoughts:
- Always easy to talk like a tough guy when you're (now) on the outside looking in.
- Went into this thing (pro cycling) a little naive, Gerard??
- Hits the nail on the head with reporting being soft on the riders. Well, you can't bite the hand that feeds you, right? How you gonna get anybody to talk to you today if last week you were throwin' someone under the bus?
- National federations protecting their riders? Suprise, suprise. What'd you expect? But it's very true that you got 'foxes guarding the henhouse'.
At the end of the day, Gerard, you personally profited (mightily) from the entire hypocrisy. It's all about the Benjamins (Franklin that is; his face is on the US $100 bill) baby...
- Always easy to talk like a tough guy when you're (now) on the outside looking in.
- Went into this thing (pro cycling) a little naive, Gerard??
- Hits the nail on the head with reporting being soft on the riders. Well, you can't bite the hand that feeds you, right? How you gonna get anybody to talk to you today if last week you were throwin' someone under the bus?
- National federations protecting their riders? Suprise, suprise. What'd you expect? But it's very true that you got 'foxes guarding the henhouse'.
At the end of the day, Gerard, you personally profited (mightily) from the entire hypocrisy. It's all about the Benjamins (Franklin that is; his face is on the US $100 bill) baby...
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