6/2/2023 0 Comments Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage![]() ![]() You?d see these guys going uphill and they weren?t even opening their mouths. That was one of the problems with the 90s ? the Indurain era and the Armstrong era. I saw some things last year that were encouraging me to believe in it again. Unfortunately, Professional cycling is totally rotten.īut last year you said in the Sunday Times how covering the Tour de France was starting to grip you again? I?ve really got back into it, but that?s not the same as liking the sport. That?s a classic example of the mentality that exists. ![]() Bradley mentioned after I left the hotel that Yvon Madiot came up to him and said, ?What are you talking to him for? Yvon Madiot is reportedly of the new anti-doping regime yet there?s still this attitude of ?shoot the messenger?. I went to interview Bradley Wiggins last year at the Etoile de Bessèges and we sat down in one of the hotels. The sport cannot move forward unless this is addressed. The people who?ve done it the most damage are held up in high esteem in the sport. People like myself, who in good faith tried to help it, were ostracised. The Hein Verbruggens of this world quite frequently used the argument that people like myself and Gilles Delion were just failed cyclists. ![]() One of the reasons it changed nothing was that it was too easy to dismiss me. And now I think the sport is really paying for that. ![]() I was naive and idealistic: I thought it would change the world, I really did. Did you think your book would make a difference to the practices in the peloton? ![]()
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