Good grief... what's wrong with people. I mean I love cycling and competing like the next guy, but..62 and doping?? Pathetic. I'd rather be on beach somewhere drinking a cold one at that age rather than racing.Thierry Bonnaire said:
He could have gotten 5th if he threw in some cocaine, caffeine, and strychnine...dstokes said:Amazing that he was taking EPO, steroids, AND amphetamine! That's going all-in.
Oh, and it looks like he got 7th out of 45 in the fateful Masters National race (60-64).
David LeDuc has been cycling for the past 25 years and believes drugs have likely always been in the sport, as in many others.
Though LeDuc, 55, never raced in Europe where cycling is more popular, he said the fact that people are trying to make a living off the sport plays a factor in drug use.
"I think there are probably just as many drugs in all sports, too, but cycling for some reason is under the microscope right now," said LeDuc, the oldest racer in the Pro-1/2/3 and eigh th-place finisher in a field of about 50. "Any of the big four sports - basketball, baseball, football and hockey - if they were subjected to the amount of testing as cycling, they wouldn't stand for it."
LeDuc began racing in 1980 after becoming inspired by the movie "Breaking Away," the story of a young man who changes his life through cycling. LeDuc, hailing from Willow Springs, N.C., where he owns a roofing company, went on to transform his own life and create an impressive resume including his most-prized achievement - the 2001 World Road Race Champion title (ages 50-53) - and 18 national titles.
Jules said:I'm going to cross post this; it is revolting that Velonews would lionize dopers just for pageviews. Probably expected, but still revolting.The truly revolting part is my exclusion from that list...
I know this isn't the Monetizing the Internet thread, but clickbait is a terrible long term monetization strategy for publications. Unless you're publishing enough and doing enough A/B testing of headlines and link strategies you're never going to beat the likes of BuzzFeed and Upworthy. It also is not a sustainable business model.mugwump said:Clickbait could be the savior of news sites, and I can understand why VeloNews would want to try their hand. We're discussing it, we looked at it. We proved the value.
