I say that doping in cycling should never be tolerated much less sanctioned.
Cycling is the most beautiful sport because it requires strength, strategy,
courage and the will to press on in the face of pain.

Any drug usage allowed would reduce the sport to a simple contest of
pharmacists. We may as well go to watching body building contests.
I advocate strict enforcement of the anti-doping rules and firm penalties for
violators no matter who they may be, no matter how impressive their record.

Dave

mickymallen <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Interesting, and in part I agree that it COULD work. Eddy Merckx said
you cant win the tour de france on just mineral water and ham sandwiches.
BUT the problem would be that there are always riders prepared to go
that little bit further to gain an advantage over the field. It wouldn
never work
For instance a Doctor regulated dose of steroids/cortisone could be
'supplemented' by Mr Cheat by EPO or something else eg dare I say it -
Blood Doping,
where would it all end

As for hamilton, how can 2 tests be wrong? I wish he WAS inncent but
is his protestations partly out of the frustratio/embarassment and
anger of alowing himself to be caught?


--- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, Jason Cordingley
<jason.cordingley@...> wrote:
>
> Ok I'll throw open the pandora's box and ask this question.
>
> Should we just legalise drugs and let them take what they want?
> Maybe even having 2 different types of races, those who take and
those who
> are clean?
>
> An aero wheel gives you some benefits, so does taking EPO, the
difference is
> can you afford it and do you want to damage your health doing it. So
where
> do we stop. Maybe we should all race on steel bikes, with no aero
wheels, no
> tri bars, no aero dynamic clothes, just wooley jumpers etc.
>
> You get a puncture, tough, no spare inner tubes.
>
> Jason 'Who's going to duck now'
>
>
> On 2/6/06, Lori & Rodney Cox <lorrod7@...> wrote:
> >
> > When I first heard about Tyler, I absolutely could not believe it - I
> > thought he was one of the most upstanding racers out there(staying
on the
> > bike though.....that was a different story!). So, even today, I
question
> > what went on with those results of his blood tests. It's a shame
too because
> > he is getting older and it will be that much harder to be super
competitive
> > in a race like the Tour de France. Who knows - maybe he'll just
become a
> > domestic pro. Time will tell.
> >
> > Rodney Cox
> > Chico, CA
> > http://www.chicocyclist.blogspot.com/
>
>
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>







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