Scandal erupts around allegations of drug use
by Phil Leggit
To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain….at cycling’s core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn’t matter if you’re sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you’re missing the essence of the sport. Without pain, there’s no adversity. Without adversity, no challenge. Without challenge, no improvement. No improvement, no sense of accomplishment and no deep-down joy. ~ Scott Martin
After leading the 50 kilometre prologue last Sunday, Raymond Parkerdor continued to dominate this classic test of intestinal fortitude, as controversy swirled around claims by outsiders the Canadian rider has used morphine to “get through the rough spots.”
This morning, tabloid headlines sarcastically blared “Yellow Jersey well deserved!”
After race organizers examined the course by remote camera yesterday, a dangerous section of the route was cut out, deemed “stone-strewn and superfluous” by team doctors.
Dismissing outside criticism as “misinformed,” Parkerdor said from his hospital bed, this morning: “Only mad dogs and masochists tackle this stage of Le Tour with aspirin!”
Unfazed, the rider announced that he will switch to dilaudid for the home stretch.
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