- Joined
- Oct 5, 2008
- Messages
- 12,692
- Reaction score
- 8,884
Meh - everyone already should no what a shit bag Pharmstrong is/was. His stages podcast is one big circle jerk to make it look like he was just trying to keep up and that USPS' drug program was the safest.
There are two myths that I would like dispel. Myths that the "avg Joe" believes and dopers like to spread.
1. Everyone at the top is doped.
2. If there was no doping the doped guys at the top would still be the best.
Even with widespread doping, there are very different tiers. It is not at all a level playing field. With natural ability, there is maybe at most 10% difference between the best person at something and the worst in the peloton. With dope that the richer cyclist and better programs have and some of these programs cost 100 of thousands of dollars a year, the gap is tremendous. Probably, on the order of 25%.
Lance Armstrong is a straight up dirt bag ,not for doping, but for efforts that he made to prevent the sport from cleaning up its act, bribing and corrupting overseeing bodies, and destroying the careers of cyclist who spoke out against doping. It would be good on the sport for Lance Armstrong to have to give back all the procedes that he gained through his illicit activities.