Do we need more evangelical cheerleading and yelling about “catching the cheats” from politicians and supporters of a confected “war on doping” or some commonsense and critical reflection that makes athletes part of the solution – not all of the the problem?
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FLOYD LANDIS
Post-Armstrong Cycling Australia eats itself alive
Others in the Cycling Australia network also need to come clean about their participation – in many different ways – in the long-term corruption of Australian cycling. They need to reveal their roles in maintaining the Armstrong conspiracy and their role in inducting others into that system.
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Four years of The Northern Myth on Australian cycling, money, doping, Armstrong and more …
A look back into the dirty flood of money, drugs, power and rumour that swirl around cycling in Australia and elsewhere.
READ MOREArmstrong to quit TdU & leave legacy as “saddest deception in sports history”?
I won’t insult my readers by trawling through the sycophantic puffery that is passed off as serious commentary on Lance Armstrong in the Australia media. You can pick up plenty of that for yourself in the tabloids and on the TV. And the broadsheet coverage isn’t much better. Most of that reporting – and the guff spouted by politicians – treats Armstrong as if he was some God come to earth on two wheels to lead us into some glorious future after the “war” on cancer has been won.
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Floyd Landis – I want to be a catalyst for positive change
I do not wish to use the conference as a “soapbox,” nor do I wish “hijack” the world championships. I will not and cannot discuss events or circumstances related to the ongoing investigations and lawsuits involving Lance Armstrong and certain of his current and former business associates and teammates, including what I saw and heard during the relevant time periods.
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Doping in pro-cycling – evil riders, institutionalised corruption, both or neither?
The New Cycling pathways research project will release it’s first report; “I Wish I was Twenty One Today – Beyond Doing in the Australian Peloton”. The report’s focus is on the perspectives and experiences of Australian professional cyclists and their cohort as they relate to new directions for their sport. This study engaged with, and ultimately represented the views of those directly affected by anti-doping policy.
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