Can anyone give a toss for procycling any more?

[Steve T]

[Des]

[Steve T]

[Zontor the Destroyer]

We are all die hard cycling enthusiasts,

however the tv companies that have now ditched covering the tour,

the sponsors who wont want to be involved,

the general public who want to see sports stars, and not be let down by their sporting heros,

just wont bother.

This years tour had record low roadside spectators anyway after ullrich and basso farse, then this
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Lets abuse with CAMERON

[scoobydoo]

Another year another set of doping scandals if you are gonna get to the point where you doubt all pro riders then maybe give it a break for a bit.

But ther are still races out there worth watching womens racing can be just as fun to watch and the fact is as a cycling addict myself don't think this will change anything for me as long as cheats are found out and dealt with. the sport for me will always be interesting and fun.


Yes it is disapointing when *CENSORED* cheats are found but it's been in the sport since before i was born. Just keep giving my support to my favorite sport.

[Bob J]

[Rich Hill]

i must admit it is getting tedious
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Imagination is the war against reality....

[John Saysell]

I wonder what this latest series of scandals will do to the British watching public when Le Tour comes here next year.
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'Red Bull....didn't effin' give me wings' Foxy 2 July 05

[Dave Wilkes]

[bonger]

That' the view i thought most people had before Landis failed.
One can't blame him if he did cheat, he had everything to gain and nothing much to lose.

[ajay]

I'm still fo the opinion that top-level cycling isn't any more affected than top level athletics, I think that pretty soon the public won't trust any sport. I don't.
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[Pete Mooney]

Report in todays Sports section of The Guardian quotes UK Sport as saying that there was no case to answer in 30 of the 45 adverse findings for testosterone in the past five years. Remove weightlifting and powerlifting and there was no case to answer in 24 out of 28 initial findings.

Last Sunday two major sports events finished, one had relatively low prize money and the other, the Golf, had major prize money, one was tested before and throughout the event and the other no tests. A report in the Independent quoted results of testing in Golf events in France, where all sports are subject to testing by law, that over 13% of those tested provided positive samples, thats roughly equivalent to 26 riders testing positive in The Tour.
Cycling gets a poor reputation for going after the dopers while other sports are alright because they do not test as they do not have a problem. Who is kidding who?

[sloathe]

What kind of *CENSORED* to they take in Golf?
Amphetamines to keep them awake?
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