If you read some of the cycling forums there seems to be an almost acceptance of drugs as being part of the sport. Some of the comments such as xx is my hero and will be even if he was on drugs are odd comments because had xx not been on drugs would he have been halfway as good? I find it really bizzare.

Have I ever told the story of my one and only brush with the drug testers? 15 minutes after I'd been dragged off by an official to be tested he realised that I wasn't the intended target.