I have no feeling for Zakarin really, but come on - he got busted for taking a completely inappropriate drug for cycling when he was 19. He's not Lance Armstrong.
Anabolic steroids? Anyway, for me, it's the mentality; the willingness to cheat, and the lack of contrition. It could be cultural rather than personality based, but either way there're plenty others I'd rather see doing well.
Maybe "completely inappropriate" is wrong. I just seems, to me, that drugs which result in bigger muskels are not the way forward (or up) in cycling if you're going to cheat.
I have no feeling for Zakarin really, but come on - he got busted for taking a completely inappropriate drug for cycling when he was 19. He's not Lance Armstrong.