Tour de France route will go through Haworth, Keighley and Silsden (From Ilkley Gazette)

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  Albion. wrote:
  

  Ralph Pootawn wrote:
  

  Albion. wrote:
  

  Ralph Pootawn wrote:
  

  Albion. wrote:
  

  collos25 wrote:
  Don,t talk rubbish cycling is doing its best to weedle drug cheats unlike other sports such as football,tennis,golf
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ,motor racing,rugby.I have been watching snooker what a fix that is.So before you condemn cycling look at other sports.

  If you mean me, I condemn ALL cheats in ALL sports. This just happens to be about the Tour de France.

  Drugs are not an issue, in most sports drugs are part of the sport, it is an irrelevant factor, it's just those who get caught are labelled the 'bad person' but everybody sems to forget everybody who he's competing against is using too. So don't say this guys a hero and this guys a villian when they're all doing it, instead say "this guy got caught, this guy didn't" and start to question the politics behind the drug testing. Drugs have been a part of sport since the sixties and that's not EVER going away when you're dealing with a competitive mindset.

  So are we supposed to accept that and applaud their false victories?......you can if you like.

  I think you need to read my reply again, read it a few times if you must. By your logic, 99% of the olympic records set in the last 60+ years, are 'false'.
  If you're under the impression drugs are not used in sport you are highly delusional. The reality is that they are infact a big part of sport, and that isn't going to change. You've obviously never played sport at a professional level, which obviously is fine... but to have such a strong opinion on something you know little about, is not.
  Please educate yourself on the subject of PED usage in sport and watch this video, regards.
  
  http://www.youtube.c
  
  
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  I don't dispute that drugs are used by some sports persons, what I say is that I don't support it.
  To say that everyone is using drugs and they are all on a level playing field because of that, is a massive generalisation and cannot be proven.
  The TdF has had drug concerns from long before the 60s as well.
  Thank you for your rather supercilious reply but I won't be supporting the tour or any other event if I discover it is linked to performance enhancing ILLEGAL products.

  I see you've failed to watch the video, I won't be commenting again if you can't have a discussion without educating yourself on the subject before hard, which is why I linked the video. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but some are based on fact, research and logical thinking, others however are based on morality and feelings... I know which I will believe, Cheers."
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