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Dean6805 says,

I've been meaning to ask you about your feelings regarding his recent confession. How has it all affected you?

DynamicDbytheC says,

James and all his racing friends have "known" all along that the only way to compete in Europe was doing what Lance did. I have been pro-Lance and my husband and I agree to disagree. I always believed he messed up his body by using performance drugs when he was young and his messed up his DNA. That had to have ignited and contributed to his cancer. I believed he wouldn't risk his health AFTER his cancer and competed clean. I guess I wanted to believe because of his contributions to Cancer and giving back which most athletes don't do. He was a talented, brash kid being raised by a single mom. He got caught up in the machine behind him. People forget that this took a huge network of doctors, coaches, sponsors to keep the image and doping going. I have and will always have mixed emotions. They all cheated and he won in a field of racers doing the same. He did it bigger and better. A huge target.

Dean6805 says,

Thanks for that insight. It's interesting how everyone is focusing on just him. Do you think this will precipitate a positive change in the sport?

DynamicDbytheC says,

I hope so. Most sports have been dirty for a long time. Cyclists took speed in the sixties and some died.