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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
When the Wheels Come Off a Sport
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/we...=1&oref=slogin TOMORROW, the American cyclist Floyd Landis, the would-be heir to Lance Armstrong, steps before an arbitration panel in California to rebut the charge that his come-from-behind victory last year in cycling's most celebrated race was a fraud. If he loses, Landis will become the first winner in the 103-year history of the Tour de France to be stripped of the victor's yellow jersey because of doping. The disastrous toll his case has exacted on cycling's credibility - races canceled for lack of sponsors, teams abandoned by their corporate underwriters, fans staying home - offers a stark picture of what can happen when a sport finally confronts its drug problem in a serious way. ...... (see link for rest) |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
rms wrote:
If he loses, Landis will become the first winner in the 103-year history of the Tour de France to be stripped of the victor's yellow jersey because of doping. The disastrous toll his case has exacted on cycling's credibility - races canceled for lack of sponsors, teams abandoned by their corporate underwriters, fans staying home - offers a stark picture of what can happen when a sport finally confronts its drug problem in a serious way. ..... (see link for rest) No some sponsors may choose not to support a team but new ones will take their place. Performance enhancing substances have been used in all sports, and they continue to survive. The real question lies in why American riders seem to be the biggest target in cycling. Ken I'll continue to watch the TDF. |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
On Tue, 15 May 2007 13:07:49 GMT, rms wrote:
The horrible lingering shrinking of professional cycling back to the European base it occupied before Armstrong, you mean. I guess soccer and cricket are suffering lingering deaths because Americans don't give a **** about them, either. -- Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:15:04 -0400, Just A User
wrote: The real question lies in why American riders seem to be the biggest target in cycling. That's not a question, it's paranoid and uninformed supposition. Over ninety riders were named in Operacion Puerto. A handful of them are yanks. Do you have any idea how many other European professional athletes were named in Operacion Puerto? Do you think Europeans know or care how many dopers there are in the NBA, NFL and pro baseball? Think of it as media focus. In Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy .. . . etc. other big name riders are being tried in their media. The biggest fallacy flogged by your media is not that Landis is the persecuted winner of the 2006 TdF. The fact is that he is not even considered the winner by the organisers of that race. Past and present riders have admitted doping so it's just a little strange that yankees are the only ones innocent after they've been caught cheating. -- zk |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
Zoot Katz wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:15:04 -0400, Just A User wrote: The real question lies in why American riders seem to be the biggest target in cycling. That's not a question, it's paranoid and uninformed supposition. Over ninety riders were named in Operacion Puerto. A handful of them are yanks. Do you have any idea how many other European professional athletes were named in Operacion Puerto? Do you think Europeans know or care how many dopers there are in the NBA, NFL and pro baseball? Think of it as media focus. In Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy . . . etc. other big name riders are being tried in their media. The biggest fallacy flogged by your media is not that Landis is the persecuted winner of the 2006 TdF. The fact is that he is not even considered the winner by the organisers of that race. Past and present riders have admitted doping so it's just a little strange that yankees are the only ones innocent after they've been caught cheating. Well that is what I meant to get across. I know that there were a bunch of riders that got caught up in that operation. But the only one you hear anything about here in the states is Landis. And before Floyd it was Lance. Ken |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
On May 16, 5:34 am, Just A User wrote:
Zoot Katz wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2007 09:15:04 -0400, Just A User wrote: The real question lies in why American riders seem to be the biggest target in cycling. That's not a question, it's paranoid and uninformed supposition. Over ninety riders were named in Operacion Puerto. A handful of them are yanks. Do you have any idea how many other European professional athletes were named in Operacion Puerto? Do you think Europeans know or care how many dopers there are in the NBA, NFL and pro baseball? Think of it as media focus. In Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy . . . etc. other big name riders are being tried in their media. The biggest fallacy flogged by your media is not that Landis is the persecuted winner of the 2006 TdF. The fact is that he is not even considered the winner by the organisers of that race. Past and present riders have admitted doping so it's just a little strange that yankees are the only ones innocent after they've been caught cheating. Well that is what I meant to get across. I know that there were a bunch of riders that got caught up in that operation. But the only one you hear anything about here in the states is Landis. And before Floyd it was Lance. Ken Presumably the fault of your media. They are not known for reporting on other countries' atheletes. John Kane, Kingston ON Canada |
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Obituary of a Sport: The Horrible Lingering Death of Cycling
On 16 May 2007 16:19:01 -0700, John Kane wrote:
Well that is what I meant to get across. I know that there were a bunch of riders that got caught up in that operation. But the only one you hear anything about here in the states is Landis. And before Floyd it was Lance. Ken Presumably the fault of your media. They are not known for reporting on other countries' atheletes. Their media forgot there was a Tour de France every year from the time of Le Mond until Armstrong came along. Both of them had heroic recovery "human drama" stories attached. Landis's hip surgery and Mennonite background are lame by comparison. Nobody would remember the name "Landis" from last July if it weren't for this dope scandal. Still, outside some cycling circles, his name is less known than some NASCAR heros or past American Idols. I don't think Floyd is getting much ink in Germany either. At least not while they've still got Jan Ulrich to crucify. Compared to Basso, Landis gets merely a footnote in the Italian media. -- zk |
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