Tulio Bertorini: Dopes in Cycling

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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Dopes in Cycling

I am sure those that follow cycling are tired of hearing about doping accusations from years past. I mean how many times has Lance Armstrong been accused for things that happened in 1999. Even this years Tour de France is affected by some of the top riders not able to compete because of doping accusation is Spain. There has got to be a stop to all of this.

My thought is that you get tested and after a time to be determined by the UCS or whomever make the decisions all your test are destroyed. If Doping is such a problem, then the governing bodies need to be even stricter in catching these guys when it happens, not years later.

Why bring something up from years past, especially if you past the test?
What if the riders that are not participating in the Tour de France this year are actually innocent?
Could they have won the Tour de France?
What will the compensation be for not being able to participate in the Tour de France?
Are the accusations just a ploy from whomever to keep out some of their main competitors out of the Tour de France?

If I am wrong in my thinking, steer me the right way with your comments.

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