Hero to Zero

I am a big cycling fan and another hero of mine has fallen. After watching Ivan Basso for so many years and seeing Discovery Channel hire him, I thought for sure he was clean and honest. I thought that Discovery Channel would have grilled him and done every test in the book before hiring him so I thought that was a good indicator of truth and honesty. But no.

Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said on Tuesday he had never used illegal substances or blood transfusions but was guilty of attempts at doping. “It is only attempted doping. my career I have never used doping substances or transfusions,” Basso told reporters at a packed news conference in Milan. On Tuesday, he declined to give details of what attempted doping meant. Italian media said his blood had been discovered in bags during the Spanish investigation.  Basso emphatically denied that his 2006 Giro victory was fuelled by illegal methods and said he was keen to return to a sport which has been badly tarnished by a number of doping allegations in recent years.

Another hero falls to zero.      Please Floyd….please be telling the truth about your innocence.  Thank God there is one hero who held the truth above all else and did what he said he would do.