While Tadej Pogacar has been at the heart of suspicion for many months, Bernard Hinault has castigated the relentlessness of cyclists.
Years go by and cycling is still struggling to get rid of the heavy shadow of doping. This is evidenced by the suspicion that accompanies the incredible domination of Tadej Pogacar, its performance leaving many skeptical followers. But to believe Bernard Hinault, this relentlessness is unfair.
“It’s easy because it is in cycling, that we fight the most (against doping). You should know that there is a third of the anti-doping controls that are done in the bicycle. So, maybe we should go elsewhere ”, Did he thus regret on the sidelines of the Critérium du Dauphiné in the face of the Dijon news cameras.
“You have to stop. I find it a shame that we always put suspicion on the bike. It is true that there have been mistakes. But as the others did not fight, they had no problem. When we look, we find ”, He continued before pointing the finger at the leniency from which some other athletes benefit in the forefront of which tennis players.
“It would have been a cycling runner, he would have been entitled to two years”
“I would have to explain to me why Nadal, when he was given a cortisone bite to Roland-Garros in front of everyone, on television, is not suspended?” For what ? It would have been a cyclist, he would have been entitled to two years ”, He railed before mentioning the case of Jannik Sinner, suspended four months after an agreement with the authorities.
“Likewise, I no longer know what tennis player (Jannik Sinner) negotiated for having only four months of suspension. By what right? By what right? It may be necessary to stop judging cyclists as plague. I think there are many others ”, he thus still thundered.