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| Thread ID: 81507 | 2007-07-29 21:24:00 | Le Tour de Drugges | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 574052 | 2007-07-29 21:24:00 | Hmmmm.. LINK (www.npr.org) ibid: "..........This Tour turned into a circus after it emerged that Rasmussen was competing despite missing doping controls in May and June, and after Kazakh star Alexandre Vinokourov — a pre-race favorite — and Cristian Moreni of Italy failed doping tests. They and their teams left the race, and police raided their hotels, searching for doping products." |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 574053 | 2007-07-29 21:29:00 | ...Tour de Pharmacy ;) | wratterus (105) | ||
| 574054 | 2007-07-29 23:16:00 | Its really sad . Those guys get my total admiration, its the hardest sport in the world to do . To race over 100kms nearly every day for 21 days . Its a pity that the drug issue takes the the gloss off the best cyclists on the planet . I read a book which talked about how the riders run a fine line between malnutrition and sickness and the ability to ride . The need absolutly minimum weight yet maximum strength and endurance . . Their bodies are so depleted that they are paranoid of catching an illness . One wife said she knew her husband (Tyler Hamilton?) was ready for the Tdf when she could see his kidney's under his skin . So as athletes they make incredable sacrifices for their sport, its a pity the drugs are an issue . |
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| 574055 | 2007-07-30 03:18:00 | I agree . . . . but I place the blame on sponsorships and CEOs of bicycle, foods, beer, shoe and sportswear companies . Money demands higher and higher performances and the athletes pay with ruined bodies and reputations . But . . to digress a little . . . if the athletes didn't use the enhancers, they'd be more like athletes and not zombies . They still have to take responsibility for their own actions and desires to artificially excel . It's just not right that an athlete demands and gets salaries higher than teachers and civil authorities . What does an athlete do for your water supply, highway repairs, food cleanliness and social infrastructure? Nothing! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 574056 | 2007-07-30 04:54:00 | What do you mean, Joe: "failed doping tests"? They obviously passed the drug tests. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 574057 | 2007-07-30 05:55:00 | What do you mean, Joe: "failed doping tests"? They obviously passed the drug tests . ;) Oooops . . . but it was a c/p that I made . . . not my own words there . . . . . I wouldda said: "The doped-up bikers were in full tilt as they couldn't focus on the road ahead let alone the pedals on their bicycles . Swerving into the crowd had one official who was employed by a major athletic shoe manufacturer in the off season asking if dope-tests were really necessary this year or not . The answer was a resounding "NO!" and the races went on . " |
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| 574058 | 2007-07-30 07:45:00 | Tour de Farce.. | paulw (1826) | ||
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