Originally Posted by
McBTC
To all of the 'holier than thou,' no one will ever know if LA would have been just as successful if he and all of his competitors were not taking performance enhancing measures. To single LA out says more about his accusers than his crime, which pretty much was winning 7 TdF's. If LA had hung up the bike at say... 5 wins, there never would have been a prosecution (persecution?).
your posts continue to deliver. Pure entertainment every time.
ok, sure while it cant be proven what would have happened had he not doped, it can be very reasonably guessed.
people have performed with and without doping and been measured. Their results are consistently worse without the help.
its absurd to say or even suggest the results would have been the same had he not doped.
but again- for many it wasn't the doping as much as it was the continued denial and attacks on others.
singling out Lance doesnt say more about the accusers thsn lance. That's bs. Lance destroyed the reputation and livelihood of others due to the lying and deserves all the junk that has come at him since he finally admitted to doping and lying for all the yesrs.
Had he fessed up 15 years ago and admitted to cheating, he would be remembered differently- more along the lines of all the others who were guilty of doping. But he chose to go scorched earth and made himself a bigger target.
but keep trying to frame him as a victim in all this. Brilliant***