Tim Bennet.
Entirely Average Member
- Location
- S of Kendal
Made me think that maybe with drugs being so prevalent in cycling perhaps Lance did take something to be as good as he was for so long. With most of the top riders on something then surely he must have been to be able to compete with them. He was from the older generation too when it was much more likely riders were on gear. Would like to think he didn't but who knows.
Sadly, I think this conclusion is not only logical, but the one more and more people are reluctantly beginning to accept. It was watching LA's win in the rain at Sestriere during his first Tour win that inspired me to do more cycling than just the odd camping tour. As a cancer survivor myself I know what a powerful inspiration he was to many who have battled with the disease. I took a group of recenty recovered cancer patients out to do the 'Ride of the Roses' with him in Texas, and know many (all) of those would be crushed if they knew part of his recovery story had been a fake.