Friendship
is a weird affair, like the characters form Madagascar, where Alex, the lion
had Marty a zebra as his best buddy. Similarly, former professional cyclist
Lance Armstrong and Scott Mercier share a strange bond of friendship.
Highlighted by his impressive professional career, Lance witnessed a nightmare
of downfall, when he was indicted with doping charges and his seven Tour De France
titles were stripped of. Nevertheless, the person who stood by him during the
toughest time of his life was Scott Mercier and I guess that defines a lot
about true friendship.
Scott Mercier and His
Story
Scott,
a former member of professional cycling team in 1997, quit the world of
professional cycling when the team’s doctor put him on steroids to enhance his
performance. The whole story began during the Tour De Romania, when Pedro
Celaya a medical officer for the team called Scott to his room and told him to
try steroids to enhance his performance. With prescription of pills and
steroids, the medical officer promised Scoot to make him go strong. After
discussing the offer with his wife, Scott made up his mind to quit professional
cycling forever.
Lance Armstrong and Doping
Allegations
During
this period Armstrong was recovering from cancer and a year after Scott’s
departure, Lance began his second innings of professional cycling. Unlike
Scott, Lance agreed to medical prescriptions in order to boost up his routine
and even made it an essential asset for the future professional tours. Scott
described the whole conspiracy as a well organized doping strategy that was
going before Armstrong’s addition to Postal Service team. Lance and Scott were
never part of the professional cycling team, but faced same challenges to which
Lance surrendered. Moreover, Scott knew that the team carried such steroids in
a special refrigerated lunch box and were used during professional events.
Armstrong Found Guilty of
Doping
However,
Armstrong was found guilty for doping by the Anti Doping Association of United
States and Scott was fully convinced about all this. The only thing that he
wasn’t able to understand was the denial of Lance after all the devastating
evidences and medical reports. After his downfall and speculations with the
doping charges, Lance followed Scott on twitter. Scott who quitted the
professional cycling a long time ago found the whole thing a bit strange but
gave Lance his contact information in case he needed some help. The more
surprising thing for Scott was the reply he got from Lance, asking him to bring
his bike for some cycling in Aspin that summer.
Scott’s Stood by Armstrong
in times of Need
Although, Scott never stood
by Lance for his doping and denial things, buy certainly understood his part
and suggested him for an honest confection about doping with an independent
commission. Scott agreed with fact that Lance could have done much better with
the sports if he didn’t persuade with doping. However, Lance described winning
world titles as an addiction and beating all the enduring talents in
competition gave him a terrific feeling. It is that one single decision that
divides the two athletes apart but the passion for one sport that has brought
back two best buddies together.
About the Author
Adam Jackson
- is the owner of Bike Lights UK which is a leading seller
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