This about sums it up…
Every Word! 3 Comments »http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51324
Or, if you want to know how someone really feels about it…
http://drunkcyclist.com/wordpress/2007/09/20/class-act/
As for me, I think USADA and WADA need to come up with much better standards for testing. This year, I came up as a random at the NORBA National in Fontana, CA. TWO MONTHS later, my test came back negative. Then, two weeks after I got my first test back, I was chosen as a random again at the NORBA National in Sugar Mountain, NC. I still have yet to get the results from my second test back, nearly two and a half months later, not to mention I was a random sample twice, while the majority of the womens pro field at the NORBAs were never even tested. Now, I’m not accusing anyone in the women’s pro mtb field of doping (I think it’s a rather clean field, to tell you the truth), but I do think that a larger number of people should be tested at each race. I am perfectly happy to pee in a cup…even though it takes me like two hours after a two hour mtb race. Frankly, I wish I had to pee in a cup at every national event or pro event, and so should everybody else. But obviously this is not the case, and USADA isn’t even close to being prompt when it comes to processing the results. We need much better standards to test for doping in cycling (both road and mtb). Sponsors are leaving the sport left and right, fans aren’t so fanatic anymore, and even the racers are losing their passion. We need a change. Cycling needs to be saved. So cheers to pissing in plastic cups! Huhzah!