I miss the comfort of being sad

Floyd Landis fired a shot across the bow of the US anti doping dudes today.  His attorney came with what amounts to a cease and desist action citing …..  “team of scientific experts have found inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology that support Landis’ innocence.”

Testing protocol?  Come on.

As my headline suggests, it is more comfortable to think we now the facts so that we can move forward.  Instead, the predictable legal wrangling and dishonesty has left me (and fans) disheartened.  What are we to believe anymore?

Worse yet is the disassociation with professional cycling.  One of the most exciting parts of watching cycling is when a rider launches off the front of the peloton.  But what now goes through my mind is “God that is some killer dope”.  Furthermore, how do we remain excited about past heroic rides ->(Hamilton 2004 Stage 16 or Landis’ 2006 Stage 18 or Heras 2006 Stage 7? And on and on).

Bottom line:  Hamilton and Landis have destroyed much of the energy that Lance Armstrong created in American Cycling….. then again, maybe Lance had us all duped.

 

PS – Extra credit for naming the source for the title of this post.  10 extra points for singing it on the next ride.