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Re:Why winners become cheaters by the-dude on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:35PM (#11074826)
Spot on. I have heard it explained like this ( by Smeets, a Dutch reporter, whom I dislike ) :

My recollection:

"The riders define 'doping' as going over the limit of detection. They all use 'forbidden' substances but below the limits. That is why they can say with a straight face on TV they are 'absolutely clean'. And two weeks later be caught because of a dosing mistake."

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Re:Why winners become cheaters by rockinghigh on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:55PM (#11075026)
Lance is a great athlete but he also took doping to the next level with many blood transfusions and pressure on his teammates to dope as well.
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Re:Why winners become cheaters by the-dude on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @02:31PM (#11075320)
I am not defending Lance here, I have no opinion on athletes in general.

But you are missing the point: their point of view becomes quite reasonable when you are considering naturally occurring differences like oxygen levels or what not.

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