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"After the 1998 Tour scandal, the French teams really said, 'Whether the test is positive or not is not the point. We want to be clean, period.' When it came to a team like Credit Agricole, it was just like the doctors were literally checking to make sure you weren't doping," Vaughters said. "It was a refreshing attitude."
I asked him if he meant refreshing when compared with his previous team, U.S. Postal.
"Ah. Uh. Heh, heh," Vaughters said and then paused a moment. "It was refreshing compared with the general attitude of the cycling world that I have seen in my life," he said.
In the world of professional sports, Vaughters' anti-doping attitude has the potential to create controversy. For that reason Vaughters' team, its erstwhile doctor, and the young riders under their charge deserve some loud shouts of "Allez, allez! Andale! Andale! Keep it clean!"
