Well, I'm completely floored by this news. I remember the Festina scandal in 1998 and what a bad light that cast on the sport. One would have thought that after that, cycling would have made a serious effort to clean itself up, but here we are, 8 years later, with yet another doping scandal.

On the bright side, cheating is cheating, and I don't want to watch an event full of cheaters. I want to watch an event full of clean riders, who have trained their bodies and minds to achieve greatness, without having to cheat.

Yes, this is terrible, but what other sport is attacking doping head on? Barry Bonds is still playing baseball - if he were a cyclist he'd be long gone. Yes, people cheat, but we should be proud to be involved ina sport that actually has serious consequences for the cheaters who get caught.

Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois
So, Susan, Can we get a "do over" of our TdF predictions?

Yes. We've modified our contest page to allow anyone who entered prior to 8:40 a.m. PST to enter one more time.


Susan