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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I believe this is where the old saying "money isn't everything" applies.
Being the best cyclist of the doping era is nothing. It's not a good thing. So he doesn't really "have" that.
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Who is the best finishing rider in any drug tainted tour de france who hasnt been caught yet? No one knows beacuse all of the named riders were caught. Over time people will have a more pragmatic view of drug use especially when the governing bodies endorsed or turned a blind eye to its use. The greatest bike ride I ever watched was Floyd Landis demolishing the field after bonking the day before. Even drug aided it was still amazing.
In a sports illustraded survey of 1996 olympians found 50% of atheletes said they would use drugs even if it would eventually kill them if it would guarentee they would win every event they entered for 5 years. These super elite athletes are wired differently.
Even now lance instead of doing oprah could have just moved away to a tropical island and relative obscurity. His name would only come once a year when the tour de france was happening.