yeah, he kicked everyone elses ass

same with Armstrong--he beat a bunch of other dopers, so yeah even playing field

I don't blame it on the cyclists, I blame it on the culture of European cycling, and now the culture of US cycling too

you literally can't even begin to imagine how difficult these races are (not you personally, I mean none of us--and trust me I'm not fast/racer)

I'm not too concerned with Landis or Lance, or even Tyler--they'll do okay. my concern is for the young idealistic kids that race in europe--their ds says "take the stuff or you don't ride"--these aren't basketball stars that got a scholarship to duke and then drafted to the nba with a multi-million dollar contract, these are young kids in a working class sport, one that has no paralells to the sports that we watch as americans

read some tour history, heck--they used to ride trains to the finish and then ride there bike for the final kms, people did tons of crazy stuff, and drugs have ALWAYS been a part of the sport, cheating has ALWAYS been a part of cycling

we shouldn't be surprised, but we also need to look at the sport, the official infrastructure, the cycling federations, etc--but we say "well he's a cheater" and their teams profess ignorance

Bjarne Riis was known as "Mr. 60%" for his wavering hematocrit level during his cycling career--yet he was "surprised" when Basso was implicated--PUHLEASE

it's "hear no evil, see no evil" of the worst kind--a huge "open secret" that everyone associated with the sport understands

as someone else said: "Cycling is not a healthy occupation"