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In reply to the discussion: Fuck Lance Armstrong.. [View all]wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)Hampsten rode in the late eighties and it was a different era and no comparable to today. Mercier left before Armstrong even rode for USPS. How can you even bring these two up. They are totally irrelevant.
How do you know that Armstrong was the first. According to Mercier USPS was doing drugs in '96. What does that have to do with Armstrong? Secondly, How do you know that Armstrong was first and not Pantani?
This really goes back to Bonds who I have never blamed or called a cheater. Bond's never took steroids until everyone else did. He saw the Sosa's and the McGuire's of he world all of a sudden become better than he was. He was easily the best player of his era and his only competition was Griffey.
Ask yourself a simple question could you not take steroids when less talented players were all of a sudden outproducing you. I don't think I could and I doubt you could unless you don't have a competitive bone in your body.