Oh, he definitely did. He was (justifiably) pissed because he had been selected to be sacrificed to maintain the charade of cleaning up the sport.
Well, if you get into a dopey sport, get doped to the gills and win, you kind of have to accept that risk. If you have the dirt on others, you can make sure you don’t go down alone but you can’t seriously expect “others did it too” to be your get out of jail free card.
I like to imagine that he tried really hard to follow the one-ball script and just couldn’t keep a straight face.
“I’ll say, ‘no.’”
So much dirty laundry.
TC: still engrossed
Time to take it out:
https://www.usacycling.org/usa-cycling-board-of-directors.htm
Looks like doc beat me to it:
Holy shit.
Dammit, now I wanna read that book too.
Looks like most of it is going to get posted by cycling sites sooner or later.
Probably, Imma get it.
That article shows how hard it is pulling out small parts. There is just SO MUCH SHIT. Had no trouble reading the excerpt even though I’ve already finished the book.
Fuck USAC. I won’t be giving them any money anytime soon. I wish I could race for OBRA.
We’re all surprised that the governing bodies were in on it?
It’s like putting air in the tires, man.
EXCEPT ITS DRUGS IN THE VEINS
RITE
Not surprised. Just utterly disappointed after the sad details from Zabriskie’s story have been further revealed. As the personal consequences are shared with the public, it just reveals even more so how much of a shit show it is/was.