Would Floyd Landis Please Shut The F*@k Up .

Or maybe not . See , here's the thing ; I don't really care whether pro cyclists dope or not . I basically assume they all do to some degree or other . And honestly , wouldn't the racing be much better if they were allowed to inject themselves with whatever rocket fuel they liked ? We certainly wouldn't have any more mind numbing stages like we had today ; the whole pack drifts along for most of the day , then finally catches the no-hoper break within sight of the finish . Races would be non stop attacking from the gun . The Tall Skinny Dude and La Pistolero never would have stopped attacking each other the other day , as a matter of fact , they'd probably still be at it . Sprinters wouldn't get an arm chair ride to the finish , they'd have to fight for every meter of road . And Not As Big As He Used To Be Tex would have gotten back on his bike , stuck a needle in his butt and caught the pack , no problem .

Now Liar Landis is caught in another spate of stupid e-mails http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/verbruggen-labels-landis-a-nuisance with former UCI chief Hein Verbruggen . Floyd may have been a great racer once upon a time , but I think intellectually speaking , he's still an amatuer . He's trying to match wits with people who are obviously quite sharper than him and have the experience of years behind them . I hope what Floyd has claimed is true ; what would be more entertaining than to watch the establishment crumble in scandle (down with the man) but it doesn't seem Floyd is the guy to do it . After all , who wants to listen to an admitted cheat and liar ?

I'm not blaming Floyd for cheating or lying . I got my entertainment value out of the 06 tour . And cycling is full of champions past and present who have come back from doping scandles to ride at the top level again . Witness Ivan Basso , Riccardo Ricco and Marco Pantani who was and still is a national hero who denied ever doing any illegal drugs until the day he died of a cocaine overdose . Maybe the thing
liar Landis is most angry about is the fact that he was never offered the chance at redemption all the other caught cheaters are given . Maybe if he had been given a contract with a decent team , he would have kept his mouth shut and all his former aquaintances would currently have nothing to fear .

At the very least , if the IOC would remove the list of banned substances , WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH ANY MORE BORING ASS STAGES WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REAL RACING TO START AGAIN .