George Hincapie on His Career, Doping, and the Future of Cycling

[@gerardmills656]

My ABSOLUTE favorite cyclist ever. Hands down one of the best ever domestic and a true good guy. Thanks for the memories George.

[@kevinschwinkendorf3202]

He was only a support rider. Definitely not one of the greatest.

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

@@kevinschwinkendorf3202 That's what Gerard said in his comment. "One of the best ever domestique".

[@Aspire2Bsum1]

Who took performance enhancing drugs!

[@MA_808]

he is an fn dope bum

[@MA_808]

@@Aspire2Bsum1 yes, a dope fiend

[@jamesrdavis6951]

I don't care what anybody says - the guy has class. He does a lot of good for our community of Greenville S.C. His team is always competitive. The Hincapie Fondo attracts thousands of riders and the proceeds go to charity. If you are lucky enough to meet him (at a hospital as my son did) he is a perfect gentleman. I am proud to live in the same town with him. -- Roy Davis

[@cagoodson70]

+James R Davis He should give money to charities . That's the least he could do . I hope you told your son he's a cheater . Great role model for kids huh ?

[@cagoodson70]

Oh so that makes it ok . Glad you cleared that up for me . lol

[@tiehut]

+800mEric most but NOT ALL pro cyclists cheat. you respect hincapie because you are a scumbag

[@samsonian]

I agree, Roy. I never really lumped him in quite the same as Lance and the machinery of doping. I realize he was a part of it and he has admitted it but I'm proud to be a fan of his. I was always bummed he never won P-R, especially when he had his head tube fail at the fork crown-ugh! For all you people who dump on George as part of the problem I doubt very many of you are actual cycling fans. If you were, getting to see what a classy guy he was through everything and staying in the sport to try to fix the problem and being willing to be the "old wise gent" in his late career he truly doesn't deserve the worst of the criticism. Remember, for those of you calling him a doper of the worst kind; he was only a helper....not above carrying bottles any time asked the day after crushing himself on a climb for his leader and in case you don't remember the timeline in 2006 Landis won and later was stripped of his TdF win. Doping was still in full effect just after Lance left. Hincapie was over it and trying to undo his shame. Call me Devil's Advocate but I felt it needed to be said. Lance was a shitheel whatever he may be now. Hincapie was and is not.

[@TheVinnyt63]

I was an amateur racer in the 90s and did several training rides with George and even raced with him in local South Carolina races. George used these as 'cool down' training rides after the TDF; I remember a ride in a crit in Gaffney SC and I was in my big ring with no more gear to go faster and pedaling like a dog at 208 bpm, barely hanging onto the peloton and George and 2 other dudes lapped the field. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack and at the end dry heaved for about 15 minutes and these guys were acting like it was nothing 3 minutes after the ride was over. I ran into one of the guys who went with him on the break years later and recounted my story and he just laughed and asked what I was taking. I said I was racing clean and he said, damn! THAT is impressive! You could hang in that group and you weren't on dope? I said finishing in the last 5 is not really hanging with the group.

[@maestroivanoff3963]

[@chefluke]

Get real. Dope is dope. You dope

[@johnratcliffe6438]

The interview would have been immeasurably better had the interviewer possessed half a clue about cycling.

[@mariangarrett9769]

No kidding

[@catiehamilton8194]

He may have doped but he is honestly a great guy. I know him personally and he does do a lot.

[@johnq.public1689]

Bullshit. He sat back like a coward while LA sued and ruined peoples lives/reputations for over 10 years. He only came forward when he was compelled to testify and faced prison time for perjury. He never would have said a word otherwise.

[@okyouknowwhatever]

@@johnq.public1689 Yeah, Hincapie being such a good and loyal friend of Lance makes me really doubt his "good guy" image. How the hell can you be such a genuine great guy, and at the same time be best buddy with such a vile and unpleasant person as Lance? Doesn't make much sense.

[@MA_808]

he is a creep and a dope bum

[@gerardmills656]

George Hencapie, ABSOLUTELY THE BEST PRO DOMESTIQUE you could ever ask for. I feel very sad for the sacrifice that he and many others gave for the GC riders they worked with. In my eyes George is and always will be a hero to me. Those TDF editions he competed in " especially with Cadel Evens" will always inspire me regardless of doping. Hold your head up high George, always a champion in my eyes.

[@gerardmills656]

@Lee Shackelford To waste time replying with that comment shows how much of a waste of oxygen you are. Have a great time with it.

[@kec2528]

Other than LA the biggest doper that ever lived. He is no hero.

[@gerardmills656]

You're a great FUCKING guy aren't you

[@tman5634]

Rubbish. It was his choice & his choice only. I had a choice & chose not to cheat.

[@gerardmills656]

@@tman5634 Everyone has to make their own decisions, "choices". We are all responsible. Yeah I was angry when everything came out about doping, ec and was for a while. Then I decide that they all are Guilty yet still rode the Tour de France. This should show us it is a fucking hard beast to do.

[@jonlebeau1963]

I liked him before and I still like him now, he has always been humble.

[@tiehut]

+Jon Le Beau thats because you like cheaters

[@netw52]

Jon Le Beau Saw him ride for several days in Tour de Georgia. Years ago. Had a press pad and got up close and personal to the buses. He ALWAYS stopped and talked to the kids - before and after races, long after the others were inside and ready to go back to the hotel. Such a kind thing to do. Those kids were beaming. They will never forget those moments. I know I won’t.

[@jiujitsujedi]

@@tiehut all are cheaters so I guess you should stop watching the sport

[@marcdaniels9079]

@@jiujitsujedi Yup. Saved me replying to such a dumb comment ! 👍

[@tman5634]

@@jiujitsujedi No not all. As a former 100% clean rider I dispise the cheats that were. I refused to cheat because I had integrity. They didn't.

[@Midman1972]

I agree totally with the previous reviewer, along with sounding like he read George’s book before sitting down for the interview. George always speaks concisely and articulately, so the person asking the questions better be on the ball. Yes/no questions should never be part of a feature interview.

[@summercunningham4131]

He was one of the best junior racers in the world and a national team member for numerous years before he turned professional. For years in the American racing scene he was acknowledged as one of the best. As a professional he raced against guys who were doped to the gills and if you wanted to be a pro in Europe in the EPO era you had to be on the program or lose your contract.

[@rataplan88888]

Summer Cunningham Exactly, in the American racing scene, which essentially means nothing. His win at Pla d'Adet was a complete joke. That had nothing to do with even playing field. Even his US Postal members must have been embarrassed by that win.

[@tiehut]

+Summer Cunningham if cheating is required at your job, you need to find a new job

[@alantaylor6691]

Rataplant What happened at Pla d'Adet?

[@greghengler7722]

Yeah. I raced against George all the time as a junior and he was by far (and everyone recognized he was) the best in the country. And when the Canadian, Russian, and German national teams were in the race he mopped the floor with them too.

[@samd708]

​@@tiehut This is one of those times when a "Walk a mile in another person's shoes" lessons should be enforced. "Find a new job" is easy for you to say, because you're bad at cycling.

[@soloist777]

George stated his most satisfying Tour was helping Cadel win on BMC, no doubt because post Armstrong era, they raced clean. I suspect Cadel was the 1st rider to win le Tour on 'bread and water'.

[@BanjoLuke1]

This is an unusual comment. Evans was persuaded to move across to road racing by Dr. Ferrari, the guy who did so much to prove the performance and the training techniques of USPS and Discovery among others... Most people with a passing familiarity with cycle racing see this and other aspects of Cadel's post-MTB career as slightly suspicious....

[@catman85do]

His book is a great read, whether you’re a biking enthusiast or layman.

[@bettyjane6684]

Thank you

[@bettyjane6684]

Good to know

[@40mes]

Seems like the majority of sports turn a blind eye to doping, e.g. NFL, MLB, etc., while cycling it's given the careful critical eye.

[@bettyjane6684]

Actually it’s prevalent because of poor oversight enforcement and rampant corruption by the organizers.

[@marcdaniels9079]

@@bettyjane6684 EPOGACAR is a great example. 😉

[@rhbusby]

George has long been a favorite of mine. He is the definition of loyal and hard working. So glad his development team is doing so well. Truly a class guy,

[@michaelbonade4667]

I was in Prospect last night….it’s Heaven in the middle of Brooklyn

[@Colin_Gill]

who's the chef interviewing him? I do love George. Hero for sure. Thanks for the interview guys

[@1stPlaceDirector]

The problem is that the sport hasn't changed much. A quick scan of any of the cycling websites devoted to racing are full of recent doping suspensions. Hincapie has his own racing team now and is trying to protect its image, for sponsorship reasons.

[@ALSNewsNow]

One of the cool things about working for Amazon is that even if you suck as an interviewer, you still get the job.

[@cachas74]

rcvideoshooter

[@b-manz]

rcvideoshooter guess you are the man at interviewing then right? ya douch

[@pbhauser]

What was your best moment as a "bike racer"?... lol... George's face has "wtf" written all over it.

[@chefsize]

Lol

[@sincitycrawler7375]

I have a picture of me as a 7yo child on hincapie’s lap…. Only 1 mile from the house I own now as an adult. Insane…

[@gregoryluna535]

George is a likable guy. He stay involved in the business of cycling so his responses are tame and reserved. The peloton and retirees were probably relieved when Lance’s doping was the primary focus of attention.

[@Benemax]

On one hand he states that when he first entered the Pro ranks he couldn't keep up with the peloton unless he doped, then he says after he stopped doping he won races clean, how does that work?

[@Marcus538]

Drugs dont really work , skills more important

[@samd708]

I think the book helps answer that. % of peloton doping was a lot higher early on in his career than after he stopped. Culture changed a bit, not as many riders doping. Basically, he wouldn't have won races clean during his early years.

[@drunkensailor112]

Early in his career doping was insane. Later in his career peloton was much cleaner. Today it's close to completely clean

[@170221dn]

@@drunkensailor112 Is it really close to completely clean? Have times on the tough stages increased dramatically?

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

@@170221dn Agreed. Tyler Hamilton himself said that you can still microdose and get away with it if youre disciplined. I honestly have my doubts that the sport will ever be truly clean. I hope im wrong on that, because the Tour De France is one of the greatest sporting events on earth, and it would be nice to see natural talent and grit be the determining factor as to who wins it.

[@johntechwriter]

People wonder why a stand-up guy like George would dope but the answer is simple: he wanted to be on the winning team. It’s been that way since the dawn of pro cycling back in the 1890s. All the greats through the 20th Century used dope, including Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx. Lance after his cancer recovery put his iron will toward being the greatest racer ever, and this meant working with the best doping doctor, Ferrari. Lance required his team to dope, including George. When Frankie Andreu balked, he was kicked out. I have no doubt doping is still going on, not just in pro cycling but amateur too. It makes a racer far more competitive than they otherwise would be, and elite racers in any sport are the most competitive people on the planet. To win they will do whatever it takes. Thanks to his decision to dope, George is now a wealthy man. The few talented pros of his era who did not dope are forgotten. The one thing George cannot do is reclaim his honor, via a sudden realization that doping is “bad” and now running a “clean team”. Pro cycling especially in Europe is one of the dirtiest of sports, not just because of dope but also the bribes, the betrayals, the race fixing. You can’t be a virgin and work in a whorehouse. And once lost, virginity cannot be reclaimed.

[@SolicitorRandolph]

This is the the best way to describe the situation George and many others like him faced. Very well thought out and written.

[@popeyeone7479]

I LOVE HIS BOOK I JUST FINISHING IT UP THIS WEEK AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT SIDE OF FARMINGDALE HE LIVED NASSAU OR SUFFOLK SIDE?I HAD A FRIEND WHO USED TO RIDE WITH HIS DAD.

[@popeyeone7479]

@@genkestrel7254 I KNOW THAT BUT IT WAS FARMINGDALE AND 1/2 OF FARMINGDALE IS PART OF THE TOWN OR BABYLON WHICH IN SUFFOLK AND THE OTHER 1/2 NASSAU SO WHICH SIDE?

[@norsangkelsang7939]

house backyard was on the Hempstead turnpike... just east of the SOB. (Nassau)

[@durace99]

Its great to see George and Lance are still friends to this day.

[@nielskjr5432]

Yeah, really great! Lance is such a swell guy.

[@BoomsRiddico4868]

Yep. Cheaters got to stick together. Always amazed that Americans still like Lance

[@niteriderband4713]

What a biker and gentleman.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

If by gentleman, you mean lying doping conniving dirtbag cheat, then I'm with you.

[@urby1720]

Why are people so critical of cyclists doping (not saying it’s ok) but ignore the doping in the NFL? Hypocrisy!!!

[@joeyslats31]

Urby 1 I feel like with the NFL and even the NBA the organizations, not just the individuals are going to have a lot to explain for some time jn the future. Some guys are performing way past what should be humanly possible.

[@itswitzmoab]

because I love cycling and dont care a whit for football.

[@Sobchak2]

Very few people care about NFL outside of the US.

[@billrose2202]

NFL, NBA, Baseball... you can keep going haha

[@jiujitsujedi]

@@itswitzmoab all cyclist dope

[@sevenrats]

George Hincapie might have doped but he doped along with almost everyone else. The difference between George and Lance is that when confronted with doping allegations George came clean. Between 1995 and 2006 if a guy didn't dope then you don't know their name now because they never made it to the top of the sport. It was a simple fact. Dope or go home because you just won't be able to compete. Tyler Hamilton stated that in that time period it would be impossible to win the tour or be competitive without doping. The best you could do would be in the 90's placing...maybe. A lot of these guys would've preferred to race clean but just couldn't and they also couldn't just give up their dream. Lance though, he's a remorseless asshole. Not for doping but for all his evil behavior.

[@JHat24]

+sevenrats Completely agree.

[@skinny55772]

It's no different than the current situation, except the drugs are even better now.

[@andrewlabat9963]

Correct calling Lance and not everyone else a cheat is completely ignorant and 100% wrong.. I believe the more one had to lose the harder it must have been to face the demons. Always like Hincapie and his cycling clothes is some of the best..

[@brdski_2238]

I somehow do not trust him that the sport became cleaner, not from 2006 that is for sure

[@tinyadventuresbybike9796]

so you doped?

[@AS-hv2ux]

This interview is about selling a book in which Mr Hincapie stands to gain financial. I DO NOT believe the sport is clean regardless of what he states. I love professional cycling but am not naive enough to think for a second that it is a clean sport. Show me specifically how testing has evolved, then I might change my mind. Does it bother anyone that Lance wasn't nailed a 1000 times by testing yet he doped during all 7 Tour victories. How many test failed to produce positive doping results for Lance with all his days in Yellow and stage victories not to mention all the other top pros who were doping with, before, and after Lance and George raced and were tested. The only way the UCI will clean the sport is to have a 100% amnesty for all riders and victories in the past. Set up a commission by the best dopers and doping teams and doctors and come up with real solutions. Just like how Governments and Companies hire hackers to beef up their internet securities, the UCI should hire the best dopers to set up a system to combat doping. Hell, Lance should have all his victories reinstated because I would bet all the other guys were doping as much. Can you say Festina cycling team 1998, which was before Lance's first Tour overall win!

[@billrose2202]

For real. Team Sky had a bunch of asthmatics apparently haha.

[@prestachuck2867]

He knew that what he was doing was wrong and he still chose poorly. He regretted it later, but that doesn't excuse doing wrong. He is a big disappointment. I hold in higher regard the riders who chose to race clean in the first place in spite of the pressure. In my opinion, Steve Tilford was ten times greater as an athlete and a human being than any of these frauds. The sport doesn't need any armstrongs, nor any more people like George who refused to speak up when it was needed. The sport of professional cycling needs more Steve Tilfords.

[@drvonnostrum2671]

Presta chuck hahaha

[@PInk77W1]

Simple. If u fail a drug test Banned for life. People will stop in a heart beat

[@jeffw9465]

It´s so easy to judge people sitting behind your screen. You can hate them all. Who are you to judge others. It´s kinda sad you can only see that instead of who he really is

[@JimChap]

@@jeffw9465 It's very sad. That is someone who doesn't understand the incredible desire to succeed that these guys have - and when that goal was impossible without doping, then it's no surprise that they doped. It was dope or go home.

[@tman5634]

Presta chuck Well said & I'm a former 100% clear rider & since mechanic. This guy only came out speaking after the events & not at a time when it mattered. Also, he shares a YT channel podcast with his former team mate & biggest ever cheat & liar, Armstrong. Cheers, liars, the lot of them. If there's to be a healthy future in the sport, it's got to be a clean sport. No excuses at all.

[@methunshow]

You don't know what athletes deserves the real credit these days, if we ever did know.

[@hawkrider88]

Obviously this interviewer is an employee of Amazon (or a freelancer) who was most likely hired to do multiple interviews at this event of various authors. Probably not a cyclist himself but he asked very valid questions that would interest the general public. I saw nothing that would make him the bad interviewer that some of you think he is. He did a solid job.

[@bigearsarecutejamesallen4766]

It was dope, or go home. I'm not saying that makes it right. It is what it is.

[@rlm2008]

BigEarsAreCute James Allen Hincappie doped his whole career, give me a break

[@drunkensailor112]

It was dope or go home with us epostal. Not the case in the other teams

[@drunkensailor112]

@@bryanzimmerman8646 stopped reading at roid rage. Unless you can provide me with scientific evidence I call bull shit. There have been many scientific researches where roid rage has been debunked as a myth.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@bryanzimmerman8646 anecdotal evidence is no evidenece. There is no scientific evidence to support it. On the contrary Also I've always hated Armstrong. I'm from europe everyone hated him here and knew he and his team were full of dope. I was a happy man in october 2012 when he was finally caught up

[@frederic6998]

@@drunkensailor112 all teams were doped, just not in the same way or at the same level, most teams were just doing regular doping while us postal was doing blood transfusion and mooving the blood bags on private jets.

[@willisoneill2273]

George is and always be a class act,I admire him a great deal

[@2wheelsrbest327]

Just found this video and interesting to listen to George. Because of Georges whole demeanour I cannot help but feel sorry for him. He certainly was never guilty of bullying his colleagues unlike LA. This whole period was a mess and finding someone who did not drug at that time is like looking for hens teeth.

[@tiehut]

+rockethead7 agreed, and all of his fans are scum who have no ethcial standards

[@allgoo1964]

I get impression that they had an agreement of what he can ask and what not to touch. Both of them look very uncomfortable.

[@stevegram9000]

I like that George said that the pressure to dope was "sport wide", that was honest.

[@danmartinez9497]

"Sports wide" is more like it..

[@benedictearlson9044]

It's not being honest it's spreading the blame and making himself look like he was more of a victim of the crowd and just fitting in. Two ways to see it but he made his own decisions to dope.

[@cyclocore]

It baffles me what is considered "loyal" today? Embarrassing for all of us.

[@0fficer47]

I agree as well

[@ny6u]

lotalty in this context is equivalent to aiding, backing and abetting

[@joshvizi5242]

Luis Saavedra if u signed up u must remain loyal. These guys point fingers when everything gets hot

[@samd708]

just FYI, if you read the book. He wasn't just loyal to Lance. He helped Cadel Evans win, he helped Mark Cavendish win. None of that had to do with doping.

[@okyouknowwhatever]

@@samd708 He was loyal to vile and unpleasant sociopath who ruined other people's lives.

[@geraldbyrne465]

Best of luck, George. Cycling clean, running clean, playing fair and let the best man or woman come out on top, or Team, that's why we love sport, it's benefits for those taking part and the imaginations and fantasies of couch potato's like yours truly; so good for all our physical and mental health. Thanks Gerald J-Crotta

[@ny6u]

Lance Armstrong confessed exactly when the statute of limitations expired and his sponsors or the usps couldn’t come after him legally. this has always been about power, money and greed. He gets to keep his many many tens of millions after having cheated to earn them. A sad story really.

[@JakubSliacan]

Has he really cheated to earn his money? I'm pretty sure that the publicity his sponsors got was very real at the time -- exactly what they paid for. Armstrong is guilty of cheating in the sport and bullying others, but financial fraud? Seems too much.

[@samd708]

Well he made cycling popular in the USA. And brought Trek Bicycles from a 5 person company to a billion dollar industry. So it's not like he was the only person who benefited.

[@danmartinez9497]

When everyone is cheating is it really cheating? Everything he was on was given by the team doctor Ferrari and in the end it is only entertainment.. Any of his team members could have won but they didn't have the will to win like that of Lance Armstrong..

[@notorio526]

@@danmartinez9497 Lance got the best treatment by Ferrari and had the most money spent on him. Before doping he couldn't even finish the Tour...

[@noluso]

Still to this day it seems he hasn't been able to get out of LA's egomaniac bully's grip. I heard LA introduced him the other day as his big friend but their interactions during a show/podcast while the 2017 TDF was taking place showed clearly the dominant effect LA exercise over people with George Hincapie's personality type.

[@cigardawg]

Hincapie is a typical Carolina Beta male. He was willing to gargle whosever balls he had to in order to get out of that shitty state. He has no integrity or marketable skills, but needs Lance to prop him up.

[@erichaskell]

Lance Armstrong has been accused of being a jerk etc. but most super alpha personalities have similar personalities. It’s called dominance. He dominated.

[@Sobchak2]

Now he can dominate all the trophies and money he had to send back.

[@KC-UT4rmAZ]

I wouldn't call ruining and destroying lives dominance. Lance is a piece of shit and one of the least humble guys on the planet and still is.

[@2tpilot]

George is awesome!

[@dougharris2650]

A genuine man I'd say ...

[@huntingsynth]

Got to have a beer with him at a Fondo in NorCal...as nice as he appears in interviews he is even nicer in person...real good human being...for all those people judging from the cheap seats thats your right...not sure you are ending up a better person for doing that though

[@norsangkelsang7939]

I watched George race when he was 13 until he left NY. I wagered he would win a world championship or two before his career was over. And if the pro circuit was clean, I wager that would have happened.

[@edwardairesii5729]

Great title.

[@sillypuddystl2907]

Hinacapie is one of my favorite riders. Right behind Cadel Evans. George was an absolute beast. Honestly I really care about the doping. I wish they didn’t do it. But doping isn’t why bike races are won.

[@bicyclist2]

What all these haters don't realize is that everyone who was racing back then, and even now, are using some form of performance enhancing drug. If your not your dropping out or finishing at the back of the pelloton. I don't blame anyone for wanting to win. There are some good documentaries on doping in cycling. This isn't the only sport using drugs to win. Thanks.

[@lukas_jay243]

You are absolutely correct. These guys had no intention of doping when thet started chasing their dreams, these become human stories. The practices are always so far ahead of the methods of exposure. You have to wonder about many more sports. It's not even discussed in World Soccer.

[@debbievillalta4397]

He’s an iFIT trainer for Nordic Trac now and doing 12 rides in the Carolina mountains. It’s great!

[@roadracer1584]

Unlike Lance, George is a genuinely nice guy. I'm very sorry he got caught up in the doping scandal. I think George was talented enough to ride clean and still win bike races.

[@frederic6998]

They were all talented enough to race clean but they choose to dope. Hamilton explained that at his time it was impossible to win main races if you were clean, the doping give you so much of an advantage. He said maybe only the last 1/5 of a race were clean and even in the last one you could get the ones who messed up their doping and got a bad day.

[@hugobrown2516]

What about loyalty to doing the right thing?

[@Raptors0524]

He said you can see now you are able to win races clean?! Who is clean today?! 😂

[@danmartinez9497]

Maybe clean compared to bodybuilding..

[@michaelbonade4667]

We are all being asked to pass judgment on these riders…riders that we watched cheered and lived through vicariously from ‘99…and before…. Think long and hard before you condemn them….INCLUDING Armstrong

[@Aspire2Bsum1]

Kind of overshadowed?

[@scoobtube5746]

Don't kid yourself, cycling today is just as dirty and doped-up as it ever was. The only thing different about it is the riders now hide it better. They are more discrete.

[@CoffeeDrinker2010]

"we were thrown into this dark world". Couldn't watch any more after that comment

[@RichardsWorld]

At first I was thinking... a physical Amazon store? I need to go! OK, just saw someone who couldn't cheat or be a leader as good as Lance.

[@grobertson2510]

Shocking interviewer, like being mauled by a dead sheep to paraphrase Denis Healey. Very weak. Hincapie is a very loyal man, but totally blind to what was happening and what it was doing to our sport. The brave stand up for what is right, the meek follow the crowd.

[@johnq.public1689]

Exactly. Hincapie is a coward. He sat in silence till he was compelled to testify under oath.

[@blacktoothfox677]

Ah! Just found the dunce corner

[@ParzivalPlaysAtari]

George cheated and lied, and profited greatly from it. A really great guy.

[@JustAThought155]

The only thing that bothers me about this cyclist is the fact that he seems like such a follower rather than someone who is secure in himself. Being loyal to self is much better than being a loyalist to a bully.

[@samd708]

The irony of your comment, is that George was most secure racing as a "lead out" man. If you read his book, he takes pride in being a "domestique". Sure it requires a more chill personality (You don't get the glory of being #1), but everyone in the peloton respected George. He didn't just lead out Lance FYI, but also Cadel Evans and Mark Cavendish.

[@ecast1500]

Instead of condemning George and the other guys who used epo. Why not exam them. What are the real risk to a persons health. After all of the years they have been out of the sport. You would think some kind of health issue would have happen. I watch these interviews well after their career and I don't see any issues nor have I heard of any. My point being if there is really no health issue then leave to the athlete to decide. Make it medically supervised. Huge topic and just putting it out there

[@FranciscoElNeneGalan]

Tuco Webster look at Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, did heavy drugs and they are still alive, Keith Richards the worst offender..still alive

[@johnq.public1689]

Brian Jones.....dead. What's your point?

[@johntechwriter]

John Q. Public Well, Brian Jones was murdered, drowned in his pool by his handyman. The Stones weren’t all heavy dopers, though. Jagger's father was a gym teacher and Mick was careful with the dope and eventually quit smoking - for years he ran six miles a day. But Keith is another story. He quit the heavy dope decades ago but remains a chain smoker. His lungs are so destroyed he can barely talk. And yet in his mid-70s he has avoided cancer (as far as we know) and emphysema. He is an extraordinary exception to the statistics.

[@johntechwriter]

Frank Zito In the early days, EPO killed a lot of racers by clogging their blood, leading to heart failure. I think they’ve adjusted dosage so that is no longer a risk. Amphetamine combined with other stimulants and exhaustion has killed lots of riders in competition, the most famous being Tom Simpson. But whether amphetamine (the medical kind, not crystal meth) causes long-term health problems is open to question. It IS addictive and very hard to stop. As a survivor of metastatic cancer, Lance took huge risks when he let Ferrari give him massive amounts of testosterone and growth hormone. If his cancer was recurring somewhere in his body, those supplements would have “fed” it and caused it to spread rapidly. Recurrence is common for people whose cancer was as advanced as Lance's. My guess is he knew his odds for a long life were not good and he decided to bet the farm and become the greatest racer of all time no matter what it took. And amazingly, he seems to have pulled it off, health wise.

[@scottwwsi]

no pressure from any individual? accroding to many others, if you said 'no' to the juice, LA would say 'go'.

[@systemicchaos3921]

So he decided to go clean in 2006. In other words, as soon as Lance had retired. I'm guessing Land would have never allowed anyone on his team to not dope

[@gregoryambres1897]

"Hincapie" means "emphasis" in Spanish. Interesting.

[@ThePatchthecat]

Damian Wisdom 0 seconds ago If only it was that easy that the riders decided all by themselves to stop doping and miraculously make the sport clean….the riders are far down the pecking order regarding making these decisions. If you don’t dope, then move aside for the next rider who will dope and will gladly take your employment contract.

[@laurafitzgerald7963]

You broke my heart George. So sad.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

“Was a cyclist”? Dude is still a cyclist till today! And a very active retired professional cyclist.

[@TrackForField]

lucky bastard. I wish I could get my hands on some HGH. Look at that jaw.

[@TrackForField]

I do have to add, that he's always been my favorite. I've seen him more as the realist and more down to earth guy compared to many others.

[@rickdoehler502]

weird interview. In a warehouse?

[@Phillyisalwayssunny]

The interviewer gets an F.

[@christinefisher-campbell202]

No dope no hope

[@MM-vu6gw]

No victim... it was a conscious decision.

[@jamesle5el]

4:17 wow..."its a hell of a drug" ..........cocaine...... aint got nuthin on adrenaline pumps

[@jamesle5el]

5:17 ......1922? brother O.D on amphets

[@jamesle5el]

1919 ... MLB 1912 "Whatev"r Island..............of alll N.a..............til this day..... corruption

[@cliffcox7643]

"George was a cyclist for 30 years".. What a way to minimize a career... He was a professional cyclist and did the tour de france and had xxx wins......

[@TheMrbc74]

cheated all his career, sat back while armstrong destroyed those who spoke out, and still hangs out with him. hes no good guy

[@RD-kj3fb]

now its truly a different sport.Still playing stupid....

[@BoomsRiddico4868]

Cheater first, great guy secondly. Dogded question as to how his performance was affected after stopping doping! Most likely it made him realise he was nothing special in a group of pro riders

[@jeremycarey2772]

Cycling is still not clean or ever will be.

[@hope121107]

Didn’t give that money back, did you?

[@SuperOlds88]

A cheater just like the rest of the cheaters in a sport full of cheaters, that's something to be proud of.

[@samaelmarduk5819]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp2npYConc1lr6c Part-1

[@cmetube]

Another disgusting man. Cheater and we all in cycling knew George was a cheat. He is still pretty dishonest and not forthcoming.

[@1stPlaceDirector]

Hincapie, you weren't "thrown" into the doping era. You chose to be a pro racer and dope, by your own admission.

[@thunderpooch]

+1stPlaceDirector Winners do what it takes to win. Some get caught and some don't, but whiny bitches are always on the sideline playing pious.

[@lucasboden]

+Anonymous DueToFascists Spoken like a true Fascist.

[@thunderpooch]

Todd Boden Actually no. I'm all for drug testing and banning the cheats for 2 years, but all this righteous indignation is tiresome. The fact is winners always try to slip past the rules. Maybe that's wrong or evil or whatever label you want to apply to it, but that is reality. Go live in your fantasy land if it gives you warm fuzzies.

[@rockethead7]

+Anonymous DueToFascists == When Hincapie and the rest of the cheaters start donating all of their book proceeds to charity (real ones, not fake ones like Armstrong's BS charity), and quit profiting from telling their stories about how they duped the gullible public, then maybe these cheats deserve some redemption. Until then, they are merely people who spent their cycling lives cheating, and their post-cycling lives profiting from talking about how they cheated. Hicapie has had 10-15 years to polish these bullshit speeches, and has learned from the king of bullshit himself, Armstrong. Sorry, I don't buy a word from ANY of these assholes.

[@thunderpooch]

rockethead7 you sound all of 10 years old. Heros are for comic books. Hero worship is a sickness most people need to be cured of. Nobody has ever let me down. Do you know why? Because I realize most people are not good, ethical, or honest. And those that are, nobody knows their name. They are buried in cheap pine boxes along with their morality. So be it. I truly value good and honest people, but they never make the team or become famous. If someone has success, be skeptical. There are 7 billion of us. Do you think hard work and playing by the rules can beat out 7 billion others. Hahaha. Get a freaking clue.

[@captainandy22]

This interviewer is awful

[@Aspire2Bsum1]

Nice leg crossing. R 🙄 What a sellout.

[@ny6u]

They doped but they ALL still worked their asses off ! That was not.a free ride LOL

[@colincampbell3476]

Bullshit these guys used all career! or else they were passed!

[@bazzaroberts8748]

Ok so most of these top sport personalities dope but there are extremes that lance Armstrong was involved with having blood transfusions. I’m baffled did he have a rigg set up in his home or what or did he do this in a back street abortion clinic ? It did not even enter my mind that doping could be so out there 🤔. Now we have to consider mechanical doping and even magnetic components in wheels wth !

[@mindciller]

So he wants his students to suffer in a way he didn't have to... Whatever mr

[@joelrdizon]

This is the biggest hypocrite of cycling. He doped himself but only figured out he can make more money blowing the whistle on his fellow dopers than actually winning races, even with his doping advantage that he now tries to wash his hands clean of. Just stuff it George. No one believes you.

[@cagoodson70]

Fraud from day one . Don't give him another dime '

[@summercunningham4131]

badlolfer You don't know anything about his career. He was one of the best junior racers in the world and a national team member for numerous years before he turned professional. For years in the American racing scene he was acknowledged as one of the best. As a professional he raced against guys who were doped to the gills and if you wanted to be a pro in Europe you had to be on the program or lose your contract.

[@bryanives5346]

greed greed and more greed fucking dopers blame everyone slimey twats

[@cagoodson70]

+Summer Cunningham I do know he profited from being a cheater . Lots of integrity there .

[@tiehut]

+Summer Cunningham hincapie was a great person when he was a young racer, then he turned into a cheating scumbag

[@johngoodell2775]

Hincapie claims he was part of the positive change in cycling after being affiliated with the biggest fraud in sports history. 7 dirty Tours...then comes clean after his chances of being competitive in the Tour was over. Yeah you probably couldnt win the Tour clean from at least 94 - 2006, but there were still plenty of clean riders then that got screwed. The only reason the problem escalated and almost became institutionalized was, in large part, due to Lance and his teams.

[@drvonnostrum2671]

John Goodell yeah, Festina, Telecom, etc were all clean until Lance came along...😂😂😂😂

[@tedgodfrey2708]

What a sick puppy he is... This is very sad.. George is such a fake and a joke....

[@user-zx1ir7jt4c]

Ted Godfrey Who the fuck are you? That's right, nobody!

[@tedgodfrey2708]

Sam Smith Sam Chill out read the other replys they agree with me... You may want to talk to someone about that anger issue you have.. Have s great day Sam..

[@tiehut]

+Sam Smith fuck you, cheater worshiper

[@user-zx1ir7jt4c]

tiehut You clearly don't know what cheating is then, fuck you very much!

[@tiehut]

Sam Smith blood doping is not cheating? you're a fucking idiot. and you would go down on hincapie if he asked you to

[@physiciansassist1]

Jealous of Lance, so he through every one under the bus..

[@culchy1971]

Richard Luis you're clueless, he one of Lance's best friends. When Federal agents turn up to your front door with guns you spill the beans end of story