There is a new story circulating today that a former assistant—Paul
Re: Armstrong doping question
Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:03:23 GMT
Stephen Harding <smhard...@verizon.net>

Why can’t someone who has a tremendously strong work ethic in training, combined with specialization in one event, not to mention probable natural physiological ability (his lung power is supposed to be tremendous), not end up being so dominant among his racing peers?

Do you think Merckx was doing anything hokey in dominating his sport so thoroughly for so long?

SMH—Stephen

Read what I said. I can’t believe that the massive advances in performance in recent years can be down solely to genetics and training.—Just

Yeah, after all, there were all of those accusations against Merckx while he was riding, and there wouldn’t have been accusations if they weren’t true, would they? How would it be possible that Mercx could do so well year after year and yet his son can’t possibly rise to the same level. It can’t be genetics, so it must be that Eddy took drugs! Yeah, that MUST be it.—Pat