The Secret Race

[Dgas]

I am busy reading "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton. If only half of what he writes is true about Lance Armstrong then I am all behind the USADA taking his TDF wins away. Anybody read the book?

[gummibear]

Busy reading it now.

[Dawdle]

Got it yesterday. Fascinating and shocking at the same time!

[Dgas]

I got it 3 days ago, fascinating reading. Nearly finished.

[Tumbleweed]

There have been some opinions shared on this book on this thread: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/120279-tyler-hamilton-book-available-in-kindle-store/

 

One thing I think stood out for me is a weird one: when Hamilton gets bust, the UCI are the discovering agency, yet they refer the case to Usada. How come then, did the UCI make such a big stink when they claimed Lance's current woes followed from tests they conducted and, as such, claimed they had jurisdiction over the case?

 

Mods/forum managers, can we merge these threads?

[GrumpyOldGuy]

There have been some opinions shared on this book on this thread: http://www.thehubsa....n-kindle-store/

 

One thing I think stood out for me is a weird one: when Hamilton gets bust, the UCI are the discovering agency, yet they refer the case to Usada. How come then, did the UCI make such a big stink when they claimed Lance's current woes followed from tests they conducted and, as such, claimed they had jurisdiction over the case?

 

Mods/forum managers, can we merge these threads?

 

The UCI have a lot more to lose regarding the LA doping issues and the alleged "donation" than they did with Tyler.??

[drkbstr]

Finished it a few days ago. Shocking to read how easy they got around the testing system

[rattlesnake]

Finished it two days ago, must say Lance comes across as someone I wouldn't want to know. If what Tyler writes is true, I hope lance gets what's coming to him.

[Dgas]

Also just read " From Lance to Landis" it's in a similar vein i.e. Lance bashing but both books expose what went on. After reading these I have lost all respect for LA. Not because of the doping, they were all doing it and in all probability still are,

[HappyMartin]

The thing that made me a bit more cheerful is that although we all seem to believe the the dopers are ahead of the testers in the end just about everyone got caught.

 

If one dopes the next must dope more so they compete with each other not just with the testers. The stakes get upped and bigger risks get taken then they make a mistake.

 

Would love to know about the state of doping in SA in the vets racing groups. No out of competition testing and you get get away with murder if this book and it's methods are anything to go by

[Dgas]

The thing that made me a bit more cheerful is that although we all seem to believe the the dopers are ahead of the testers in the end just about everyone got caught.

 

If one dopes the next must dope more so they compete with each other not just with the testers. The stakes get upped and bigger risks get taken then they make a mistake.

 

Would love to know about the state of doping in SA in the vets racing groups. No out of competition testing and you get get away with murder if this book and it's methods are anything to go by

[Dgas]

Is there any testing being done in SA cycling at all?

[scotty]

Is there any testing being done in SA cycling at all?

Ask Nolan Hoffman, Michael Pepper, Herman Fouche.

[TimW]

Ask Nolan Hoffman, Michael Pepper, Herman Fouche.

 

And it seems somebody tested positive at the Epic as well ... still to have his hearing though.

[Wyatt Earp]

Is there any testing being done in SA cycling at all?

 

Not enough, especially amongst the vets and sub-vets.

[Muddy]

A great book but you have to ask yourself this- Would Tyler have been so forth coming if he was never caught? Nothing makes a man more honest that being exposed. It's one thing to come clean if you were never exposed but your little angle convince you to tall all. Totally different if you do it after the fact. One is honesty, the other sensation. Tyler, Armstrong? The same thing just different stakes. And I'm not talking about personalities i.e. the one is an a-hole and the other not, I'm talking about the doping issue.