http://www.theadventurelife.org/2009/04/boonen-claims-paris-roubaix-for-third-time/ trust fun Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theadventurelife.org/2009/04/boonen-claims-paris-roubaix-for-third-time/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Healthy and Racing, Floyd Landis Wants Back in Tour de France | the adventure life Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:56:41 +0000 http://www.theadventurelife.org/?p=2828#comment-792 [...] There’s been a tussle recently over the French anti-doping authorities and Armstrong. Do you think they’re unfairly targeting him? It’s certainly not standard protocol to send out a press release about what happened during a test. Whether it’s unfairly singling him out or not is overshadowed by the fact that it’s just breaking their own rules. No agency, no authority will ever gain moral authority over the people that they govern—or in anyone else’s eyes for that matter—until they start following the rule book and they’ve proven that they won’t do that in my case and now with Lance…whether it’s unfair is secondary to the fact that it’s just plain senseless to be claiming to push rules and then breaking them at the same time. Until they do that, they’re not going to gain any sort of respect. Any picks for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix race? Oh, man. That’s a tough one. [Tom] Boonen’s going to be there. I would say my first choice is Boonen. He was strong in races this spring and he knows the course well. It’s one of the best races to watch. It’s drama. I’ve done it a couple of times and it’s not exactly pleasant experience, either. But for television, it’s the best race around. I’ll be watchin’. [NOTE: Boonen did in fact win.] [...] [...] There’s been a tussle recently over the French anti-doping authorities and Armstrong. Do you think they’re unfairly targeting him? It’s certainly not standard protocol to send out a press release about what happened during a test. Whether it’s unfairly singling him out or not is overshadowed by the fact that it’s just breaking their own rules. No agency, no authority will ever gain moral authority over the people that they govern—or in anyone else’s eyes for that matter—until they start following the rule book and they’ve proven that they won’t do that in my case and now with Lance…whether it’s unfair is secondary to the fact that it’s just plain senseless to be claiming to push rules and then breaking them at the same time. Until they do that, they’re not going to gain any sort of respect. Any picks for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix race? Oh, man. That’s a tough one. [Tom] Boonen’s going to be there. I would say my first choice is Boonen. He was strong in races this spring and he knows the course well. It’s one of the best races to watch. It’s drama. I’ve done it a couple of times and it’s not exactly pleasant experience, either. But for television, it’s the best race around. I’ll be watchin’. [NOTE: Boonen did in fact win.] [...]

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