It seems amateur cyclists are doping as much as the pros
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Why am I surprised? Probably because I'm incredibly naïve and don't understand why anyone would want to do it. It's dangerous and pointless. What's the point of bragging rights, which apparently alpha males enjoy, if you cheated to get them? Some people seem to think it's worth it, I'm saddened especially as it's rife in youth cycling. Whoever is responsible should be jailed for a very long time - it's tantamount to child abuse and these are the people we want to develop in fitness, technique and ethics. Winning is not all. We need to do something to discourage this attitude, perhaps take some of the money out of sport and much of the glamour.
To lots of us, sport is important but it will only ever remain sport, a game - it isn't real life, it's entertainment. The trouble is there is so much money washing about and so much exposure of everything on media that the emphasis has changed. We're all so greedy and envious that perspective has gone out the window.
How we bring about that change, I don't know but exposing the need is a start.