New World Man
He's not concerned with yesterday
He knows constant change is here today
He's noble enough to know what's right
But weak enough not to choose it
He's wise enough to win the world
But fool enough to lose it
He's a New World Man...
Rush, "New World Man" from the album Signals
This is how I feel about Floyd Landis. How does one go from the pinnacle of sport, from his ride through the Alps being compared to the legendary feats of Merckx and Hinault, to being the poster boy for doping and cheating, all in less than one week? Was he cheating all along, or was it just once? Was the positive finding a failure of the test itself, a result of Landis' corisone shots or other natural factors, or a conspiracy by the French/UCI/other team to defraud Floyd? Why is it that cycling, more so than any other sport, keeps finding itself in this mess? Ever since then, I have found that my interest in the sport is somewhat waning. I am still following the Vuelta on Cyclingnews, and I will still watch the USPRO championships on OLN (Versus is such a stupid name). But I am not as excited about cycling as I was just a little over a month ago. Where does Landis and the sport go from here? Cycling survived the Festina affair, Tom Simpson's and Fabio Casartelli's deaths, and world wars. It will survive this. But will it survive in my heart?
He knows constant change is here today
He's noble enough to know what's right
But weak enough not to choose it
He's wise enough to win the world
But fool enough to lose it
He's a New World Man...
Rush, "New World Man" from the album Signals
This is how I feel about Floyd Landis. How does one go from the pinnacle of sport, from his ride through the Alps being compared to the legendary feats of Merckx and Hinault, to being the poster boy for doping and cheating, all in less than one week? Was he cheating all along, or was it just once? Was the positive finding a failure of the test itself, a result of Landis' corisone shots or other natural factors, or a conspiracy by the French/UCI/other team to defraud Floyd? Why is it that cycling, more so than any other sport, keeps finding itself in this mess? Ever since then, I have found that my interest in the sport is somewhat waning. I am still following the Vuelta on Cyclingnews, and I will still watch the USPRO championships on OLN (Versus is such a stupid name). But I am not as excited about cycling as I was just a little over a month ago. Where does Landis and the sport go from here? Cycling survived the Festina affair, Tom Simpson's and Fabio Casartelli's deaths, and world wars. It will survive this. But will it survive in my heart?
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