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Buckler
One of the previous incarnations of Rabobank had Buckler (alcohol free lager) as a title sponsor, back when that team was manager by Jan Ras (ca 1990). Then I think it was taken over by Novell, then WordPerfect, before finally becoming Rabo IIRC.
According to the article this is Graeme's set up for the Procycling Hot Laps competition. He will use drop bars for his hour attempt.
I think this is a beautiful machine, way nicer than his "Old Faithful" design of the 90s (which unfortunately, fell apart at the bottom bracket at a pursuit...
One problem with illegal powders is they could be cut, mixed, adulterated. A very murky business. A positive for E does not necessarily mean he knowingly took it, although I would judge from the hair samples that Boonen did buy a ticket onto the old white train (coke) on more than on occasion...