VeloNews posted excerpts from this interview with Filip Meirhaeghe ("Meirhaeghe speaks"), one of most famous mountain bikers in the world. In part, his fame comes from having won plenty of huge races, such as last year's Cross Country World Championships, but right now he's most notably famous for his positive EPO test (one of the most performance-enhancing drugs on the banned substances list).

He tested positive in July, then immediately announced his retirement, and has basically gone into hiding since then. Part of me feels bad for him, because it's a huge devastation to go from being on top of the world to being busted as a liar and a cheater, but at the same time he deserves every punishment thrown at him for doing what he did (and he knows it).