I met Nigel Mansell's cousin. He spent the week in the local hotel and spent most of it in my local boozer. Not sure what relevance this has to anything.
The Froome situation is different from taking a substance that is completely banned, it's even used for medical reasons, so I'm less upset by it than some other drug use in cycling.
I mentioned Froome before the drugs news came out and IMO he would have won it if the drugs news had not come out.
I still say it's way too early to speculate about this. It's a year away, ffs! [EDIT: Some bugger has spoiled all my fun by changing 2018 to 2017 in the subject field. Bloody killjoys.]
thought I might have nicked it with a pentathlon entry Golf - Wallace Open nearest the pin 18th hole Football - won some indoor 5 x 5 games and got a few assists Badminton - won a match against my mate Phil (but he won all the others) Ten pin bowling - 121 points and second only to Emilie in the works christmas do Cycling - changed a tyre and went for a ride a few weeeks ago eh? Mo Farah my ar**
I have just watched a 5 min. recording of the parents of Bradley Lowery being presented with the Helen Rollason award. If you are like me you will find it hard not to have a tear in your eye.
Other riders have done the exact same thing, been found with less in their system than Froome has, and been banned straight away. He's getting favorable treatment. Something like 50% of professional cyclists claim to have asthma, complete bullsheeet.
It's time we just let the competitors take whatever they like. Jacked up genetically engineered monsters charging up mountains at 70mph would be far more entertaining, IMHO.
Or the poor fella, a distant last, falls over the finishing line uttering, "Thought you said that stuff was speed?"
Except that doesn't mean they are are all spouting bullshit, One of the main reasons against many other drugs banned is that they carry health risks in the long run.
exercise-induced asthma is well documented. the higher the exertion, the more likely it becomes. I'm not at all surprised by the number of cyclists claiming to have asthma,.
Can't come into work today boss. I'm so physically fit I can't get up the stairs from fitness asthma.
