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Originally Posted by Fred
Wouldn't that be more like:
Bonds
Sosa
McGwire
Clemens
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Yes, those would be closer analogies.
There's less debate as to whether he belongs.
Cyclings relationship with all sorts of doping go back well over a century.
And it's an odd one.
Get caught, just say aw shucks ya got me take your suspension and it's all ok. Maybe a few results thrown out, but not a pariah.
Get caught use some BS excuse. 50/50 got it from a steak a fan gave you ok, have a formerly unknown chimeric twin.... No way, that story id too crazy.
Get caught have Nike pay off the UCI, claim for years you didnt, wreck the careers of people who say otherwise, then finally get forced to admit it after you're retired. Lifetime ban and all results overturned. Leaving one TDF with no winner since something like the first 20 finishers were thought very likely on something and the first clean guy refused the win.