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Hmm, I think moral relativism is a dangerous rabbit hole to go down.
For sure but it's a simple fact. I wasn't saying it from a point of moral relativism.
Look at this as a non cyclist. Look at the first hundred or so tweets under an article about a cycling achievement. Those inside the sport understand how nuanced and complicated the history of doping is. Those outside do not. It can only be a good thing for a record holder to have not failed a test given how badly tarnished the sport is.
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Hmm, I think moral relativism is a dangerous rabbit hole to go down.
Anyway, Merckx tested positive three times in his career: for amphetamine in the 1969 Giro (which he still contests), for a stimulant in 1973, from a cough medicine, and for a stimulant in 1977, not four or five.