Testosterone doesn't make you a better endurance cyclist. It might make you hit more homeruns. The synthetic testosterone found in Landis's pee was sketch because of the labs results. They found some markers in some samples, none in others. What's up with that?
It appears now if there's something funky - you're guilty until found innocent - which rests in the hands of tests - which made you look guilty in the first place. So really...
Personally, if professional contracts were longer and more secure with some pension- maybe this will stop? What's the motivation behind this whole doping anyways? Winning? Money?
The winner of a stage is remembered for a lifetime. 2nd place - 2nd who??? If you're not first - you're nobody. And because of that pressure - everyone in the peleton wants to be No.1 during the race.
Pros spend their lives training, so they have no fallback plan - unlike us working class, we are the other side of the coin. We will retire and buy that Colnago and enjoy our pension. Pros try and become commentators and mechanics making $12/hr to pay rent in their dingy part of town.
Jens Voigt has 8 kids to feed or something. You think being peleton pack fodder is going to feed those mouths? College? Are they all going to be pro like daddy? Don't think so.
Last edited by simplyred; 07-18-08 at 11:40 AM.