Recent content by esafosfina

Andy, I'll pm you... I have been warned off so many times by 'people' in the know that it's become a farce...

Haha! Love it... go through those names and place an asterix next to the suspected ones, ffs.

Both he and Peter Keen have some questions to answer... how did CB go from a very distant 'also-ran' at Stuttgart in 91 to catching Jens Lehman at the Games the next year? I'll give you one possible answer: EPO. Which was discussed in the soigneur's room at the GB hotel... If you doubt my...

FFS! :mad:

Very true 'horsin'... I hadn't really thought about that... it seems very much 'My way, or the highway'... and I totally agree with you about the systemic elitism.

See... this is what happens when you don't pop into the clinic for ages... talk turns to literature! I have some experience of the bad-old-days of the GB National squad, and latterly the difference the Lottery Funding (WCPP) made... not getting into the 'medical enhancement' argument but I...

Van Mol was my team doctor at ADR too... ergo, are you calling me a doper mate? Not advised...

To the extent of my knowledge there were quite a few clean pros circa 89-91... but many/most were not 'known names/big hitters'... this was obviously prior to the UCI 'No-Needle' policy and back then it wasn't frowned upon to 'prepare' oneself with legal products, vitamins, supplements etc...

Re: Greg using unbranded Time shoes... ADR were sponsored by Axo shoes in 89, and they were crap. I had it written into my contract that I used Time pedals and shoes, and if memory serves me so did Greg. No idea why he took the Time logo off...

Sweet, thanks. In hindsight I thought it might have provoked a response, but obv, not so. Carry on.;)

Hmmmm... Still waiting for our illustrious friend to post a reply to my post... obviously ex-pro riders hit too near the knuckle...(?) JV... over to you...

Indeed you were fortunate... but many races were won with EPO earlier than that, and the temptation and, if I'm honest, the pressure was huge. I lost a contract for 92 that I could have secured had I 'dabbled'... I don't think any less of you for deviating JV, but it's important to state that...

Well... one thing he's totally wrong about is this quote: “It’s good to say you train harder with more technology but I could say the same about Festina, too. I was the first trainer in 1994 to put home trainers out before the time trials because no one was ever warming up. We were copied for...

Can't comment first hand on 1997 times but we did lower the GB TP record to 4:05 something at the 98 Bordeaux Worlds... improved training regimes, better equipment, and a good combination of riders were key. By 2000 we were consistently riding times around the 4:00 mark. Just saying...

minsk worlds It's not the Indiv Pursuit but the 3000m team is now becoming a 4000m team pursuit with I believe four riders. What sort of times will be done 4.20mark?