Let Them Race

"RaceNoMo" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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I dont believe one can expect the racers NOT to take performance
enhancers. These guys are at the top of the careers and are going to
be there for a very short amount of time (Ekimov an exception!). The
pressures are enormous.

I say let them do what they will.

I think it is too late now. The public don't want the cheaters anymore.
It would be also a terrible injustice for those who are clear.

BUT - continue random testing, and

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if they fail ban their team from competing for x amount of time.

RaceNoMo said:

I dont believe one can expect the racers NOT to take performance
enhancers. These guys are at the top of the careers and are going to
be there for a very short amount of time (Ekimov an exception!). The
pressures are enormous.

I say let them do what they will. BUT - continue random testing, and
if they fail ban their team from competing for x amount of time.

Funny you should mention Ekimov. I raced with him at Tour de L'Abitibi
(an Intl Junior stage race in Quebec). His muscles were ripped and he
definitely did not have the body of a standard 18-year-old elite
cyclist. He won easily against all of the top juniors in the world.
He just rode away from us like he'd activated some switch or something.
Unreal.