You are reading a single comment by @bashthebox and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@bashthebox
It's hard to judge a 19 year old - especially one in the Russian system - on a one to one level. I doubt taking those steroids was his decision, was it? That doesn't acquit him from the wrongdoing, but begins to make it a little more understandable. Look at the Russian Athletics doping - would Russian cycling be any different? The surprise is that they don't seem to be all that good at making it work for them, but perhaps thats because in the Pro ranks they've got WADA testing rather than RADA, or whatever Russian anti doping's called.