Originally Posted by
BummBull
It's your, not you're, smart guy.
You don't think having Ferrari and the best resources didn't set him apart from his other doping competitors? There are different levels of PEDs, and I'm sure having the best resources help him get the best stuff.
All of the bashers? Look at how many people Lance has bashed and ruined their lives.
This is great for the sport, it's putting another hamper to dopers and allowing clean riders an opportunity. Not everyone was doping like Greg Lemond, and dopers took him out of competition.
You crack me up with the line, "again, he never tested positive, that's fact." What you're telling me is that it's okay to cheat as long as you don't get caught. Or, you're telling me that the current drug testing is so accurate that it would catch all of the dopers.
I apologize for using "shut up", but it's just so ludicrous to bring up about Lance never testing positive. Why do you even say that? It's like you're trying to lose all of the credibility that you have.
when I say he never failed a test, that is all I'm saying, not what you imagine I really mean. go back and read some of my posts from earlier and maybe my position will make sense, or you can keep attacking the straw man with faulty reasoning. I am not saying cheating is ok so long as you don't get caught, nor am I saying that since he never failed a test, bc testing is so accurate that means he never doped. I understand there are ways to mask what's being tested, as well as bribes, collusion etc. should I type that again?
he never failed a test. deal with it. he did have a prolonged near-death experience with cancer that profoundly changed him. those are facts. your expert speculation about "better Drs, different levels of PEDs", is just that, speculation. or maybe you know from experience, whatever.
the recent article in Bicycling about the amateur masters level doper that wanted to "experiment" with PEDs, told USA Cycling about it, and is now promoting his book about it? disgusting drivel in my opinion. reminds me of the sick fascination with vampire movies.
it is what it is, practically the entire peloton was doping then, using EPO, steroids and transfusions, according to Hamilton (who also has a book to sell). but still Lance prevailed. that's my point. for lack of a better phrase, hate the game, not the player(s).