Good money, no team tactics and cute dogs: the rise of pro cycling freelancers

US riders and promoters have created a parallel racing circuit with no drug testing. Many of the biggest and most lucrative events in American cycling aren't sanctioned by any sporting body and aren't subject to any form of external oversight. I don't want to cast aspersions on any individual rider, but the incentives at play are very obvious.

LifeTime Grand Prix has at least _some_ testing.

I like it. I always wanted these sports where the competitors can kill them freely with dope.

I too. The other thing is a motorsport with rules of something like at least 3 wheels.

Let us see best and worst humanity can do. Despite the consequences.

Why three? The world's fastest monowheel would be something.

The problem is the incentive structure. We know the drugs work, we know they have serious medical side effects. So the only question you'll be answering is "Which of these athletes is willing to trade off the most dire long term health consequences to win". And the answer will be that some athletes are willing to do practically anything and will die of various entirely preventable problems at incredibly young ages. And what's the benefit? Some measure will read 1m 57 seconds instead of 2m 4s?

Why not cut out the middle men and pretences and just go back to classic gladiator style fights to the death?

Motorsports do bring something extra. Just how fast machine can we build.

Gladiator fights is different thing and modern weapons make them rather boring. And somethings like biological weapons could take too long time to be effective, so you only see one person keeling over...