Canadian cyclist (ex-Postal) & doping confession

[shootingstar]

Obviously this got into the cycling world first, before it hit mainstream press today:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle4601591/

"Barry said he changed his mind on doping after almost dying in a crash at the 2006 Tour de Flanders.
No one from his team — then known as the Discovery Channel team after the new sponsor of the U.S. Postal Service squad — came to see him in hospital.
“I was all alone,” he testified. “That is when I realized that I was competing and taking risks for people who did not care about my health or value my well-being.”
He started speaking out about the need for clean cycling and left the team in 2006."

[smilingcat]

I think it says a lot about a person's character when a friend has been seriously injured. Not have dropped in the hospital during visiting hours, calling, dropping a card, flowers. Well the team members are showing their true colors and who they really are.

[climbergirl]

The whole thing is really too bad. So many people looked up to those guys! Plus, I think we're teaching a whole generation that honesty gets you nowhere and greed and cheating are the only way to succeed!