阿姆斯特朗：不服禁药赢不了环法冠军

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      Pat McQuaid, the president of world cycling’s governing body the UCI, has hit back at claims by disgraced rider Lance Armstrong that the sport cannot change its doping image while the Irishman remains in charge.
      世界自行车联盟主席Pat McQuaid回击了颜面无存的阿姆斯特朗的言论，阿姆斯特朗认为Pat McQuaid执掌期间，自行车无法改变其服用禁药的形象。


      Armstrong claimed McQuaid – currently facing a re-election challenge from British Cycling’s Brian Cookson – must go if the sport is to clean up.
      阿姆斯特朗宣称，目前正面临来自英国自行车联盟Brian Cookson所带来的选举压力，Pat McQuaid必须离任，以重整自行车赛事的形象。


      “Things just cannot change as long as McQuaid stays in power,” Armstrong said. “The UCI refuses to establish a truth and reconciliation commission because the testimony that everyone would want to hear would bring McQuaid, [his predecessor] Hein Verbruggen and the whole institution down.”
阿姆斯特朗说，“Pat McQuaid执掌的话事情就不会改变”，“国际自联拒绝成立真相与和解委员会，因为大家所想听到的证词可能把Pat McQuaid，前任Hein Verbruggen和整个机构都搞垮。”


      McQuaid yesterday released a statement of his own, which read: “It is very sad that Lance Armstrong has decided to make this statement on the eve of the Tour de France. However, I can tell him categorically that he is wrong. His comments do absolutely nothing to help cycling. Armstrong’s views and opinions are shaped by his own behaviour and time in the peloton. Cycling has now moved on.”
      Pat McQuaid昨日发表了一份声明，写道，“阿姆斯特朗在环法赛事之夜发表这样的声明很让人伤心。但是，我可以直截了当地告诉他这是错误的想法。他的评论对自行车的发展没有帮助。阿姆斯特朗的想法是基于他自己过去的行为的，自行车赛事现在已经进步改变了。”


      Armstrong made his comments in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde and also claimed it was impossible to win the Tour de France without using drugs. The American implied all recent winners of the race – including Sir Bradley Wiggins last year – must have taken some form of illegal substance.
      阿姆斯特朗在接受法国报纸Le Monde采访时发表了这些评论，他说不服用禁药是不可能赢得环法冠军的。他暗示说近些年的冠军-包括去年的冠军Sir Bradley Wiggins—一定服用了某种形式的违禁药物。


      “I didn’t invent doping. It didn’t stop with me, either,” Armstrong said. In reply to the question whether it was possible to win cycle races without drugs while he was a professional rider, Armstrong said: “It depends which races you want to win. The        Tour de France? Impossible without dope. The Tour is a test of endurance, where oxygen is the decisive factor. EPO, for example, is not going to help a sprinter over 100 metres but it will make all the difference to a 10,000-metre runner. That’s obvious.”
     “我没有发明禁药，但这也不能阻止我服用它”阿姆斯特朗说。在被问及作为职业自行车手，是否可能在不服用禁药的情况下赢得自行车赛冠军时，他说“这取决于你想赢得什么赛事，环法？不服药是不可能的。环法考验的是耐力，而氧气就是决定因素。比如EPO（红细胞生成素合成药）可能对百米赛跑选手没有作用，但肯定对万米跑步者非常有用，这是显而易见的”


     Although Armstrong was replying to questions about the period 1995-2005, his answers strongly implied that nothing had changed. That will enrage top riders who have succeeded him, such as Wiggins and this year’s Tour favourite Chris Froome, who insist they and the sport are clean.
      虽然阿姆斯特朗被问及的问题集中于1995年到2005年之间，但他的回答强烈地暗示了这一切都没有变。这会激怒一些继承他成功的人，比如Sir Bradley Wiggins和今年环法的夺冠大热Chris Froome，Chris Froome坚称他和这项运动都是纯净的。


      Asked how the doping habit in cycling could be broken, Armstrong said: “For many reasons, it will never finish. Doping has existed since antiquity and will always exist. I know that’s not a popular thing to say but it is unfortunately the reality.”
      被问及自行车界这种服药的习惯什么时候能被打破时，阿姆斯特朗说，“有很多原因，这不会结束的。服药自从古代就开始存在了，还会一直存在。我知道说这样的话没人爱听，但很不幸这就是事实。”

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