I think the good news is that this is all being talked about..opening the dialogue for the young and developing riders, the high schoolers..your post should have been an editorial in a major cycling magazine..the youngsters esp. and fans need to hear arguments like this back and forth..why is it that blood doping and testosterone patches are equally wrong or are they?..upthread, I also took a 'have no mercy' kind of stand for blood dopers but upon further reflection, it's cheap moral relativism that does nothing to develop the rider's integrity that is needed to guide them throughout their very long life(hopefully) after the saddle..
I get angrier and angrier with the all the owners, trainers, DS's, and heroes like Merckx who created this culture..it appears that Simpson's death 40 years ago taught them how to be smart about ped regimes..and they've failed here too..as evidenced by the untimely deaths of so many guys..
But, I can't have not even a gota(drop) of mercy nor forgive the Ferrari's, Fuentes and other unnamed doctors..they betrayed the most sacred oath..
