1st: Innocent until proven guilty! (Well at least I hope so)
Yet most people think Ulrich cheated and he didnt fail any tests? doesnt make it right but theres enough there to make people wonder and certainly this little Catlin episode doesnt help his case much.
He didn't win every event he entered and said in he's book he didn't always do well in flat events.
Very true but that doesnt mean much seeing as the race he did win is the biggest on the calendar, besides the fact that doesnt prove anything really
(smiley just so you know im not having a go just dicussing the point dont want a flame war )
Again from he;s book, he's training was squarely aimed at the TDF and consisted of riding up and down Mountains all day long.
While Armstrong perfected the ride for 3 weeks in July training regime he wasnt the only one doing it and certainly by the time he had one a couple of TdF the rest were doing the same. This is one of the things i really dont like about the way cycling has gone its become to focused on one event when there are some really good one day, stage races, and GTs race aswell.
Ive never said that Im certain Armstrong doped because the fact is I dont know but i do find somethings very suspicous and do have doubts, things like this certainly dont help.
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