Nice piece about Voigt..

[Boris Bajic]

This is on the BBC website today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/22931755

He adds to the TdF most years and there is nobody else quite like him.

But he says he is clean and has never used drugs.

Does everyone have to say that these days of lose their hero status?

I love to se him riding as an individual in a world of team orders and discipline... I love to see him try to find one more ounce of power in a shattered body... But I never saw him as a clean rider.

Am I too cynical?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

This is on the BBC website today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/22931755

He adds to the TdF most years and there is nobody else quite like him.

But he says he is clean and has never used drugs.

Does everyone have to say that these days of lose their hero status?

I love to se him riding as an individual in a world of team orders and discipline... I love to see him try to find one more ounce of power in a shattered body... But I never saw him as a clean rider.

Am I too cynical?

Given cycling's past, denials like that are probably going to be de rigueur for a while. Think of it as a kind of ''Shut up legacy!''

 

[mrbadexample]

But I never saw him as a clean rider.

I never saw him as a doped rider. Am I too naïve?

 

[Hip Priest]

It is natural to be cynical. Should we believe someone because they say they're clean? History suggests not. There are no easy answers really. I wouldn't bet a significant sum on Voigt being clean, let's put it that way.