Do you think the current doping scandal will ruin this Tour de France?
Or is it good for cycling to come clean?
Why does cycling get so much attention when it comes to doping? They are probably tested more than other athletes.
I still think it is a shame that we will miss some great riders this year BUT if they are dirty……
I am very excited about this Tour…finally the riders that do not use performance enhancing drugs will have a shot at the podium…it’s not coincidence that the wealthiest and most successful riders have all turned up on the doctor’s dirty list. Its the clean sweep that cycling fans need to believe once again in the fairness of this awesome sport.
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That the sport has taken the most heat this summer?
That sport in its opinion, has lost its credibility and most took the most heat? Baseball Bonds and break the all-time record for home runs and a cloud of steroid allegations about him? basketball and Tim Donaghy (Dirty Ref who bet on the games) scandal? Football with Pac Man and others come into a lot of trouble with the law TOGETHER with Michael Vick and dogfighting charges? Cycling? Tour de France and several of their riders and leaders of the tournament being trapped / Outta started the tournament, due to steroid charges Wrestling? The death of Chris Benoit (one of the faces of the WWE) and two Boy, hockey seems an angel at the moment … haha you guys have any other account I have not mentioned?
NFL and Players MLB took the heat. NBA took the heat, because if the referees are corrupt, many people, it means the league is rigged. Only once was a NY Islanders game. Care much about hockey. They do sound like saints compared to those guilty of other sports league partially irrelevant to your question: I hate the Islanders. Why? I work in the street, where the Islanders play, and every time they play, there is a traffic jam for good 15-20 minutes, despite the wide streets of Long Island. oh and thats where all the Khans and Bachchans Roshans. of India come to perform from time to time, causing traffic jams.
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For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held little previous interest for their countrymen. But is this a true story, or is the…
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Do you think that many NHL players use performance-enhancing drugs / steroids?
With all the doping scandals happening in the MLB and the Tour de France, where do you think the likelihood of NHL players doing steroids is now? I really do not mean the clouds in the forum like this, but I want to know how many people believe that many NHL players currently using steroids. In the past, other players have managed to use them, like Bryan Berard, who tested positive for use of 19-norandrosterone, Claude Lemieux and apparently had worked in Denver with Bill Romanowski, who says he gave a special "vitamins" to boost their performance and energy. My opinion is not always going to be players juice up, and has been happening for years, is not really hear much about him in the NHL.
Only powerforwards Defensemen or larger. Think Iginla and types of Hatcher. Steroids really wouldnt benefit of hockey players that much and I am a former user of them, I think I know. Steroids increase muscle mass and increase in short bursts of speed, but less resistance make your heart not used for pumping oxygen to all muscle the newly added. In short, if all that hurt most of the players. In MLB and the NFL designated Hitters and do Linemen have to operate continuously throughtout the game, has just erupted. That's why it helps them
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