Story about Ben Jacques-Maynes

Bro Deal

He's not too happy about being cheated out of results by doping riders. I wish more riders got pissed off like this.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/artic...04/1010/SPORT01

Link from cyclingfansanonymous.

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thoughtforfood

He and Sven Tuft are freaking great! They have this straight edge thing going on, and I like it. I wonder if they both listen to Fugazi?

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Crankyfeet

It's sad to think that he could be the greatest cyclist of his time if doping didn't exist. But what will he be remembered for?

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fscyclist

Wow! An honest and expected response from someone who is riding clean - unlike the sorry BS we hear from the other 'clean' athletes, i.e. Millar, Evans, etc... Always liked Jacques-Maynes as a rider - he's got style and is aggresive.

I think the author got it wrong stating cheating is more prevalent in Europe than in the US. I think it's just as prevalent in the US, just not on the same scale; it's hard to have a $50K a year doping program on a $30K salary. Different and cheaper drugs that allow a clean rider to win, but I don't think cheating is any less prevalent.

thunder

Id agree from anecdotal stuff abut Healthnet and Saturn and Rock.

Eldrack

To be honest I don't think so many riders get pissed off like because of the massive hypocrasy involved. The number of genuinely clean cyclists is probably quite small, and only these guys really have the right to get angry. Then there's probably a lot of unspoken pressure to not say anything that will rock the boat. If you do you get treated like Simeoni did by LA (to give but one example).

italiano

He never read Landis book Whats fair is clear?

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