What does a pro who didn't dope look like?

[OakLeaf]

He looks like a financial analyst whose racing career few people probably remember. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19930514

[Bike Writer]

Wow, what a great story about a great guy. I really felt for him when he got to the part about team-mates who he consistently outperformed were not easily out performing him. I wonder how that makes you feel when you know they are doing it because they took the drugs and you didn't? Well I guess we sorta have the answer because he left the sport, probably knowing he couldn't compete without doping. So sad. I have no respect for the dopers.

[Crankin]

He looks like my exchange student son. 27 years old, finished college degree, and has a very successful coaching and bike fitting business. Races in amateur races, runs, is getting married.

[OakLeaf]

Yep. There are probably hundreds of stories like theirs. Some like your "son" who found a way to stay in the sport they love at a different level, and some like Mercier who will probably always feel a twinge of regret. Those are the people who really get hurt by doping. It's just sad.

[Crankin]

Yep, Richard spent a year or so in counseling when his team folded because of doping. At least he was young enough to move on, but it messed him up for quite awhile.