Comments on: Hamilton, Finished http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2009/06/hamilton-finished.html Pro IS PROGRAM GO Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:50:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brian Kall http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2009/06/hamilton-finished.html/comment-page-1#comment-14708 Brian Kall Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:29:08 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2009/06/hamilton-finished/#comment-14708 I would be depressed too if I knew that the only reason I ever won a race was due to performance enhancers. Every one of his results is tainted. I am disgusted to read article after article commending these riders exploits who were doped to the gills. Sure Pantani was an explosive, charismatic rider. But he was flying on EPO!!! The fact that he and Tyler still have fans is only because people continue to overlook the fact that early results were also due to doping, but they went undetected. I would be depressed too if I knew that the only reason I ever won a race was due to performance enhancers. Every one of his results is tainted. I am disgusted to read article after article commending these riders exploits who were doped to the gills. Sure Pantani was an explosive, charismatic rider. But he was flying on EPO!!! The fact that he and Tyler still have fans is only because people continue to overlook the fact that early results were also due to doping, but they went undetected.

]]> By: Padraig http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2009/06/hamilton-finished.html/comment-page-1#comment-14706 Padraig Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:15:43 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2009/06/hamilton-finished/#comment-14706 Thanks all for the great comments and the compliments. <br /><br />I have a good friend who knew Tyler from the time he was a junior. I can't call him a friend, but we are well enough acquainted that he knows me on sight. I've talked to the guy plenty and I have heard plenty more stories from over the years. <br /><br />Everything I know of the guy outside of the doping says he is 100% a class act. Unfailingly polite, kind, humble, just the sort of guy you'd want to do long miles with. <br /><br />Doping seemed so unlikely for him. Many have said that doping is the price of admission for the pro ranks, that it's a deal struck with the devil. <br /><br />In Hamilton, I see humanity, a normal guy with extraordinary gifts. For me, he has put a human face on the blackmail one faces in the pro ranks. I can't help but think, "There but for the grace of God go I." Thanks all for the great comments and the compliments.

I have a good friend who knew Tyler from the time he was a junior. I can't call him a friend, but we are well enough acquainted that he knows me on sight. I've talked to the guy plenty and I have heard plenty more stories from over the years.

Everything I know of the guy outside of the doping says he is 100% a class act. Unfailingly polite, kind, humble, just the sort of guy you'd want to do long miles with.

Doping seemed so unlikely for him. Many have said that doping is the price of admission for the pro ranks, that it's a deal struck with the devil.

In Hamilton, I see humanity, a normal guy with extraordinary gifts. For me, he has put a human face on the blackmail one faces in the pro ranks. I can't help but think, "There but for the grace of God go I."

]]> By: Dan http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2009/06/hamilton-finished.html/comment-page-1#comment-14705 Dan Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:02:49 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2009/06/hamilton-finished/#comment-14705 I wish him well in his challenge to get well. I agree with one of the other posts in that with Tyler, you just felt that you knew the guy. I always liked his meek enigmatic answers to interviewers. His Olympic medal doesn't register to me as a great achievement of his as it was likely a result of cheating. I just love how hard he was and that it was wrapped up in a meek little package makes his Rabo-ness all the better!<br /><br />Tyler, do the sport a favor and take a public stance against cheating in sports. Help our sport clean up would you? You sorta owe it to us. <br /><br />Good luck Tyler and thanks for the memories. <br /><br />D I wish him well in his challenge to get well. I agree with one of the other posts in that with Tyler, you just felt that you knew the guy. I always liked his meek enigmatic answers to interviewers. His Olympic medal doesn't register to me as a great achievement of his as it was likely a result of cheating. I just love how hard he was and that it was wrapped up in a meek little package makes his Rabo-ness all the better!

Tyler, do the sport a favor and take a public stance against cheating in sports. Help our sport clean up would you? You sorta owe it to us.

Good luck Tyler and thanks for the memories.

D

]]> By: Jim http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2009/06/hamilton-finished.html/comment-page-1#comment-14704 Jim Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:13:06 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2009/06/hamilton-finished/#comment-14704 It's not the doping that makes me dislike the guy. It's the lies, excuses, and self-pity. Odd example of a guy who seems to have enormous physical courage, but appears to lack the moral sort. It's not the doping that makes me dislike the guy. It's the lies, excuses, and self-pity. Odd example of a guy who seems to have enormous physical courage, but appears to lack the moral sort.

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