The tour rocked by scandal
Performance enhancing drugs, testosterone, blood transfusions, random drug testing ... all part of the international cycling scene. And this year's Tour de France is marred by controversy again while last year's winner is as yet unconfirmed as Floyd Landis defends himself against drugs charges.
The problem is that the tour is really very very hard indeed. I mean like ridiculously hard. Like almost impossible hard. I mean like people die on those mountains hard.
What do you do ? It's really a distillation of the whole sporting prowess thing that affects swimming, athletics, gymnastics.
Do you make the competitions easier ?
Is there a limit to unenhanced human performance ?
Is it reasonable to expect people to continue to break world records ?
What does it mean if they do or don't ?
The problem is that the tour is really very very hard indeed. I mean like ridiculously hard. Like almost impossible hard. I mean like people die on those mountains hard.
What do you do ? It's really a distillation of the whole sporting prowess thing that affects swimming, athletics, gymnastics.
Do you make the competitions easier ?
Is there a limit to unenhanced human performance ?
Is it reasonable to expect people to continue to break world records ?
What does it mean if they do or don't ?
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