Doping

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Ste_S in reply to @Jimmy_Fingers

Every big name in cycling ever has some sort of doping related taint, yet for some reason they all ok but Froome isn't.

I think history tends to be kinder to them eventually. Merckx was disliked during his time and was infamously punched by a spectator in the 1975 TdeF for instance.

While Froome is winning everything and Sky are so dominant in the Grand Tours haters gonna hate. Not helped by Sky and Brailsford being so fucking awful at PR.

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hippy in reply to @Ste_S

Everyone seems to forget Merckx was a doper. Froome isn't (that we know of).

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deleted in reply to @hippy

Rightly or wrongly I think that people view the brandy and amphetamine era of doping as being something entirely different to today's equivalents though...

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