Would you watch?

[Corbon]

EAST Germany wenn ich bitten darf!

List could go on, Carl Lewis was tested positive durng the '88 US trials but protected by the USATF, Linford Christie was tested positive before as well. If you want to rewrite history books, Calvin Smith (the bronze medal winner) should've been awarded gold at the 100m in Seoul.

Yes the Tour De France has become a Tour de Farce. Too many top cyclists involved, also Pantani (who ironically went on strike at the TDF '98 but got caught later on), Bjarne Riis, etc. Even oldie Eddie Mercks later admitted to taking enhancers. Indurain seems to have been clean throughout his career.

[SlicerITST]

EAST Germany wenn ich bitten darf!

List could go on, Carl Lewis was tested positive durng the '88 US trials but protected by the USATF, Linford Christie was tested positive before as well. If you want to rewrite history books, Calvin Smith (the bronze medal winner) should've been awarded gold at the 100m in Seoul.

Yes the Tour De France has become a Tour de Farce. Too many top cyclists involved, also Pantani (who ironically went on strike at the TDF '98 but got caught later on), Bjarne Riis, etc. Even oldie Eddie Mercks later admitted to taking enhancers. Indurain seems to have been clean throughout his career.

Merckx has been suspended for doping in his career. He now avidly avoids talking about it to not hurt the atmosphere surrounding him in Belgium (he has the status Pantani has in Italy and Armstrong in USA). And it wasnt without reason that Indurain stopped in 1996 right before they began measuring hematocrit values (high is a sign of EPO).

You can't find this "level" of doping in any other sport.

Ive said this before and will say it again. The number of cases in cycling is always seen as a sign the sport is dirtier as other sports. Sounds weird to me somehow. I see it as a sign that other sports choose not to test or punish properly.

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EAST Germany wenn ich bitten darf!
Ive said this before and will say it again. The number of cases in cycling is always seen as a sign the sport is dirtier as other sports. Sounds weird to me somehow. I see it as a sign that other sports choose not to test or punish properly.

Well, even in cycling "they" choose not to test or punish properly. I mean, UCI protected Armstrong for years.
But despite that, cycling is full of famous cases of doping, also involving great champions.

[Corbon]

I mean everyone can run and ride a bike, many people can swim (though mastering the different styles is another thing). The only way to become better in these activities is to become fitter (by any means) and after reaching your natural peak fitness the only way to become better is to take PED's. In sports like tennis and Football there's at least a high amount of skill involved but of course it's very beneficial to be physically fitter than your opponent.

[ICEMAN_9588]

Yes absolutely, the physical part is 90% in cycling (but not in swimming, every style has its technique, and it's very difficoult to improve it).

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That is the number of out of competition blood tests the ITF has performed this season. Compared to the 3300 the UCI has done. Not so strange then that you catch more cyclists doped then tennis players....