tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post3148396761126744046..comments2024-03-21T07:20:31.983+00:00Comments on Cyclopunk: Tour de France: Stage 10 Previewjohn_orbeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03089909292961158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post-84152074533424443912011-07-15T03:11:02.493+01:002011-07-15T03:11:02.493+01:00I know - bloody annoying, that.I know - bloody annoying, that.john_orbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089909292961158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post-40492789359468409092011-07-13T15:47:49.664+01:002011-07-13T15:47:49.664+01:00I wish I could edit, I mean "top 20 odd of st...I wish I could edit, I mean "top 20 odd of stage *finishers*" - not winners. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post-59172472201989626682011-07-13T13:52:49.958+01:002011-07-13T13:52:49.958+01:00Many of the older, big names in the field come fro...Many of the older, big names in the field come from an era when doping was rife in cycling. Yet these names are, today, yellow-jersey contenders:<br /><br />Vinokourov: Banned for 2 years, accepted straight back into his old team. Indeed, that team had another rider banned for doping after Vinokourov, and were implicated in the Operation Puerto scandal, but managed to get off.<br /><br />ContadorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post-44778650122610389132011-07-12T12:23:15.418+01:002011-07-12T12:23:15.418+01:00Thank you for leaving an interesting and thought-p...Thank you for leaving an interesting and thought-provoking comment, which I'm hoping will generate a discussion if others care to join in. :-)<br /><br />Two years seems reasonable to me. A cyclist's career centres on ages 26-30; before this age he or she will not yet be "race-hardened" and cannot produce the sheer effort needed over several days in order to win stage races. john_orbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089909292961158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-581045882668911481.post-48265544235355478842011-07-12T11:45:02.047+01:002011-07-12T11:45:02.047+01:00If cycling is working hard to get rid of cheats, w...If cycling is working hard to get rid of cheats, why is it these cheats are allowed back in within 2 years? If not for his crash & exit, we might have had the yellow jersey being worn by Vinokourov. Cycling will not be seen as serious about doping when many in the field *are* dopers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com