I just can’t even begin to understand how or why motorised doping would be appealing.
Cycling Weekly article on the 60 Minutes Report
I know it’s been covered here before from a few different perspectives, but I still struggle with the very concept.
I mean, we work so hard to get fit; to climb; to make better times… It’s all so gratifying. Why would anyone on earth betray their own hard work by cheating like that? Seriously? I mean, there is such satisfaction in beating someone up a climb on my own steam; I can’t imagine thinking ‘that feels good’ as I sail past with a motor giving me an extra 1000 watts of power.
Honestly, what is the psychology behind any of this?
Ultimately, were Chris Froome to have been mechanical doping (not that it has been suggested, or that I would suggest so myself), I would be so so so disappointed.