Originally Posted by sput·nik

according to rumors, you'll likely get your wish in a few years.. after all, he'll need a new outlet for the ego once he gets smashed by the youngsters again next summer, right?
but then they just announced in the last month that IM competitors would be subject for OOC drug testing beginning in 2010.. and it's being performed by the WTC so hopefully USADA won't be able to get their dirty hands all over the process.
guys like lance with middle'othepack cardio profiles might not be so eager to stay in the big boys pool once more endurance sports start taking their year-round testing programs more seriously. ultimately it all boils down to whether or not you continue to see the corrupt dynasties maintaining their hold over the various sporting bodies.


on a more current & unfortunate note,
we hear about the news of Frankie VDB turning up dead in a hotel today, 35 years of age, taken by a pulmonary embolism. the guy rode so smooth on a bike, he'd put you to sleep as he rode one wheel-sucking fool after another off his back.

some days it is so beautiful to be a cycling fan, others are tragic. Too fucking many of the latter in the last 20 years..