Originally Posted by
frogman
I don't have any sympathy for him either. He was a hero to many kids with cancer that thought he conquered his cancer and became a cycling star with out using drugs. He insisted he never used drugs and he was my hero too.
He had raced prior to the cancer, but hadn't won the TDF.
If he had used the PEDs exclusively for post-cancer therapy, and then went off of them forever once he returned to racing, then I would have given him a "pass".
On the other hand, his association with Michele Ferrari apparently began even before the cancer diagnosis, and likely included PEDs very early, although not confirmed.
His charity was good, but, as much as anything highlighted his own hypocrisy.