Doping

Yes, be poignant on this coming to light. However, to jump around shouting doper doper, is not the correct manner to deal with it. It's not fair on the individual to be smeared to quickly. Not so long ago, JTL was a dream kid, winning the TOB. Cycling fans as so eager to turn their fury on anyone with a smell of doping, which is right, but here he has only been sent a letter - not factually tested positive. If the committee is unsatisfied and deems him to have doped. Then shout from the rooftops. And god have mercy on British Cycling, with the resultant comeback.

Let him try and answer, with a good degree and then shout doper if it be so. It's not a court of law, but respect is due. And to tar everyone at the first opportunity, due to the pasts wrong happenings, is ill-thought and unneeded

I don't want to believe he doped, and if it be so, that Sky weren't so stupid to have hired a doper. As it won't just tar SKY, but BC. It will be HUGE and the repercussions will be shattering.

Sounds like blind faith to me, dangerous ground. Our cynicism is a sensible default given the history.

And we can speculate all we like, I'm sure he'll still get full pay until a final decision is made regardless of what I or anyone else on here says. This is 2013, having a basis in fact is not a prerequisite to spouting shit on the internet. You may not like it but ho hum, apparently some places in the country don't have internet so you could move there maybe.

But if the Sky PR machine tries to spin this as 'oh he's had a hard year working for the team which is why his values are all over the shop' that sounds like bollocks to me, and I won't accept a note from his mum saying he was bullied into it by those horrible pro's either.

So lets get the the bonfire started in case, we can piss on its flames later if need be but why wait, aint nobody got time for that.