Positives and Negatives from the Giro d’Italia 2013

Negatives

Sylvain Georges positive for Heptaminol

Announcement of Danilo DiLuca’s positive for EPO on April 29, 2013

Early withdrawals of Bradley Wiggins and Ryder Hesjedal

The shortening or cancellation of mountain stages due to weather

The assumption that because a rider like Vincenzo Nibali is the dominating force in a 3 week stage race he must be doping, which I have seen expressed by a number of people

Positives

The shortening or cancellation of mountain stages due to weather, showing that maybe organizers are starting to think that rider safety and health is more important than the spectacle

Same for the early withdrawals of Wiggins and Hesjedal

Danilo DiLuca showing the world that doping and winning do not go hand in hand