Comments on: The Puerto Purge Continues http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/ Pro Cycling News, Commentary and Special Features Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Anonymous Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:42:00 +0000 #comment-392 After the inquisition, the terror—Jörg Ludewig *thinks* about taking performance enhancing products, and his former employer is quoted (http://tinyurl.com/htvws) as follows:<BR/><BR/>Gerolsteiner Team Manager Hans-Michael Holczer didn't mince his words: "I would have fired him immediately and risked the employment rights lawsuit!"<BR/><BR/>Even allowing for bravado and bluster, the behavior of the sanctimonious good guys is becoming worse than that of the alleged bad guys. Given the vain struggle of the authorities to put their houses and the sport into good order, perhaps they should abandon doping control in favor of thought policing. What next—a star chamber?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for airing these issues on your website. After the inquisition, the terror—Jörg Ludewig *thinks* about taking performance enhancing products, and his former employer is quoted (http://tinyurl.com/htvws) as follows:

Gerolsteiner Team Manager Hans-Michael Holczer didn’t mince his words: “I would have fired him immediately and risked the employment rights lawsuit!”

Even allowing for bravado and bluster, the behavior of the sanctimonious good guys is becoming worse than that of the alleged bad guys. Given the vain struggle of the authorities to put their houses and the sport into good order, perhaps they should abandon doping control in favor of thought policing. What next—a star chamber?

Thank you for airing these issues on your website.

]]> By: Michael http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Michael Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:51:00 +0000 #comment-391 I agree completely.<BR/><BR/>I'm so thankful that I found your blog and can finally read a rational interpretation of the events and gain clarity in the process.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work! I agree completely.

I’m so thankful that I found your blog and can finally read a rational interpretation of the events and gain clarity in the process.

Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:08:00 +0000 #comment-390 If the favorites are doped, or if I highly suspect they are doped, then I'd rather not see them at all.<BR/><BR/>egoat If the favorites are doped, or if I highly suspect they are doped, then I’d rather not see them at all.

egoat

]]> By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:18:00 +0000 #comment-389 Hi.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's so much the fact that there isn't hard evidence. Each one of these riders has signed a code of conduct that states that can't even be implicated.<BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>Because the sport is littered with cheaters. So I say ban them all for being involved.<BR/> <BR/>- jd Hi.

I don’t think it’s so much the fact that there isn’t hard evidence. Each one of these riders has signed a code of conduct that states that can’t even be implicated.

Why?

Because the sport is littered with cheaters. So I say ban them all for being involved.

- jd

]]> By: Lostcheerio http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Lostcheerio Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:21:00 +0000 #comment-388 I think the timing of it is just vile. And suspect. What more dramatic moment could they possibly have chosen? It *can't* be coincidence that it just all happens to come down on the very eve of the start. Ridiculous. What a rotten thing for those guys who got booted. I think the timing of it is just vile. And suspect. What more dramatic moment could they possibly have chosen? It *can’t* be coincidence that it just all happens to come down on the very eve of the start. Ridiculous. What a rotten thing for those guys who got booted.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/06/the-puerto-purge-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:40:00 +0000 #comment-387 boo hoo. bunch of druggies got caught cheating. throw em in the fire... boo hoo. bunch of druggies got caught cheating. throw em in the fire…

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