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@Jimmy_Fingers
I have to say the depth and extent of the corruption in cycling is starting to wear on me. We suspected just how bad it was but now it is being spelled out in intimate detail, the whole sorry, sordid tale being dragged kicking and screaming into the light.
And all this after a season of fantastic racing. It is the first year I've watched the whole season pretty much from beginning to end, and I loved all the racing. Of the early season classics Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix (Boonen riding away was awe-inspiring) stick in the memory, and Paris-Nice, the first time I got really excited about the prospect of Wiggins winning the TdF. The Giro was excellent, even tho Cav got denied the red jersey by a single point. The Criterium de Dauphine a little pedestrian but another win for Brad. Then the Tour and the show of strength by Sky. And then such a dramatic Vuelta, and then going to watch 2 stages of the Tour of Britain go past.
And all the while my enjoyment of all the spectacle chipped away by the knowledge that so much of it could be a sham. Boonen riding away with 50k to go at P-R, amazing to watch but really? Froome and Wiggins in the mountains, Contador's incredible come-back ride in the Vuelta, believable?
And now all of this, all the astonishing details of corruption, bullying, political intrigue and cover-up. You start to think no-one is innocent, you either doped, or facilitated doping or turned a blind eye. You can only cling to the hope that now the peloton is riding so much slower than the bad days is indicative of a cleaner era....or just a much cleverer one.
As I said wearisome, and sobering, now a question mark over every performance I have seen, except for Cav's of course.