Originally Posted by
Rajflyboy
or whether ruling body wants to catch anyone.
I think that's plays a large part as well.
There'll be a sacrificial lamb every now and again to show how they're cleaning the sport up, but there will normally be a nod and a wink toward the biggest names that bring in the biggest sponsors and crowds.
Your whole idea of putting bread on the table is also pretty spot-on. Like Zabriskie was saying in that video, you work your whole life to get to the top and then find out it wasn't what you were led to believe it was. You're then faced with the decision to get on board with the team's doping program and stay in the only life you've ever known while earning a decent living, or you're looking at getting a job like a regular slob while probably having zero formal education past maybe high school because you've been glued to a bicycle saddle for the past 10 years.
I also find it laughable that you see articles and stories on the cycling sites that speak of this incredible new talent that's coming in a winning races at crazy young ages and the speeds are faster than ever. Then acting like it's the human genome that's evolving to make these kids faster at younger ages.