tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post5371377957343683956..comments2011-12-01T15:04:47.990-05:00Comments on wannabe bike girl's tour de france diary: July 17, Stage 13: Rodez - Revel 196kmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-25049952450655032672010-07-19T07:41:01.299-04:002010-07-19T07:41:01.299-04:00Anon #1 & 2: I don't know how to say this ...Anon #1 & 2: I don't know how to say this more clearly -- I firmly believe that right now (2010) all those cyclists in the peloton are doping and anyone who tells you otherwise is stupid. I also believe that all those winners of yesteryear, as you so eloquently put it, have also doped. I don't want their apology, I don't care if they're sorry they did it! Please. Why should I care? Perhaps in the past I did, but if you've read my blog in chronological order, you'd notice that I've changed my opinions the more I've been a cycling fan. So, what do I want? I just want their confession. Because until those "heroes" confess, doping will continue to be a problem because cycling loves the world of denial. Granted, that's not the only reason, but it's a start. Plus, I fucking love the drama. <br /><br />Ed: I'm not sure what your point is. 2004 was the first full year of pro cycling that I ever watched. I was naive and still drinking the Armstrong kool-aid to some degree, I'd just started this blog and so of course I had no idea what I was talking about. And, you know what? You can still admire cyclists when they dope. If I couldn't, there's no way in hell I could still be a cycling fan. Maybe you failed to notice this, but I used to be fans of Armstrong, Landis and Hamilton. I used to think that Armstrong rode clean, I used to think that Sylvain road clean. It's 2010, dude. No one rides clean, no one has. And, you know what? Just like when Virenque was racing, no one has the balls to confess. The Church of Cycling (Armstrong) makes sure of that. Don't you find it hard to be a cycling fan if you believe riders are clean?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03273152474080653118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-66420216025366936972010-07-19T00:41:07.715-04:002010-07-19T00:41:07.715-04:00Going back to your archives, let's see...ah, 2...Going back to your archives, let's see...ah, 2004, you wrote about a doper : <br /><br />"So. The men of the day for me? Richard Virenque and Thomas Voeckler. Why Richard? It's easy. Even though he attacked a few times, he, too, was dropped. He ended up in a small group with Thomas. What did he do? Attack? No. He talked to Thomas, he spent a lot of time -- more than he needed, more than he was ever obligated to do -- helping Thomas. He tried hard not to let Thomas lose too much time. And that, right there, that impressed me."<br /><br />Virenque, by the way, to this day, denies doping intentionally (poor boy, he must not have known he was doping LOL ) <br /><br />But he still impresses you??!! <br /><br />LOL!!Ed. Brurknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-62295860521851138272010-07-19T00:37:02.302-04:002010-07-19T00:37:02.302-04:00So the people who served their sanctions and are j...So the people who served their sanctions and are just out there to make a living are the problem, not the ones who live large, continually denying and lying about their past, harassing others, and make the Tour de France and all of cycling a living nightmare of a circus. Kudos. When did you start following cycling again? 1999?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-88172427322199705842010-07-19T00:35:25.698-04:002010-07-19T00:35:25.698-04:00I'm not blaming you. But let's see if this...I'm not blaming you. But let's see if this fits a small logical test. Line up all the Tour de France winners from the yesteryears who are still alive. Almost all of them, I'm sure, took some sort of drug to win, if not, atleast finish the damn Tour de France. We know that even Eddy Merckx was popped for doping, yet he never publicly confessed, just served his sentence and moved on. You're saying that the Church of cycling fandom should stop cycling in its tracks and demand an apology from all of them, so fans could get rid of their hormonal issues with morality???!! PLEASE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-48279306298041506302010-07-18T07:13:58.531-04:002010-07-18T07:13:58.531-04:00It's not so much the confession itself, we kno...It's not so much the confession itself, we know he's guilty. But it's the refusal to admit that he did anything wrong. But instead, Vino basically pretended nothing was wrong and that's insulting to my intelligence. We all know he did it, we all know he still does it. Why shouldn't he suffer the loss of pride and confess?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03273152474080653118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564425.post-89202726075230153802010-07-18T01:32:14.353-04:002010-07-18T01:32:14.353-04:00I don't understand the desire many fans and co...I don't understand the desire many fans and commentators have to see athletes confess to (or apologize for) doping after conviction and suspension. Having to confess to something you have already been convicted of is little different from a blank paper confession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com