Page 8, 'Bad Blood', 2008, Jeremy Whittle
'This acceptance of doping can be attributed to the long-established brutality of professional cycling, the endless pursuit of success, the pressure from rivals, the dangers of racing, the anonymity of anybody other than The Champion. By its nature, it is a sport filled losers and also-rans, controlled by a minority of winners, who are paranoid about thier own status, terrified of humiliation and haunted by that sudden inexplicable loss of power that spells The End.
Ironically it is that brutality and cruelty that makes it so seductive.'
This is partly why I am a victim of a cycling-related injury, who still has a love affair with the sport.
'This acceptance of doping can be attributed to the long-established brutality of professional cycling, the endless pursuit of success, the pressure from rivals, the dangers of racing, the anonymity of anybody other than The Champion. By its nature, it is a sport filled losers and also-rans, controlled by a minority of winners, who are paranoid about thier own status, terrified of humiliation and haunted by that sudden inexplicable loss of power that spells The End.
Ironically it is that brutality and cruelty that makes it so seductive.'
This is partly why I am a victim of a cycling-related injury, who still has a love affair with the sport.
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