Originally Posted by
cincipeddler
He may or may not be doping, but lets not kid ourselves that it is irrational to have question marks.......i have never seen anybody blow away the field with an acceleration like that ever, certainly no clean rider.
Time will tell, and you are right, he should be innocent until proven guilty and if we don't believe it, maybe we shouldn't watch.
Suspicion is natural, after all the history. And it may be justified. But today's was a long way short of the most dramatic acceleration ever. Read about Merckx in the Pyrenees in '69. Earlier, Coppi used to win Classics by fifteen minutes. Hinault was, at times, ridiculously dominant. None of these riders were necessarily clean, but they all predate blood doping and epo.
The numbers aren't conclusive, by any means.