Andy Hampsten: wtf?

[ricara]

Andy quit for the same reason that Greg quit -- EPO took over the entire peloton in the early '90s. Greg is on record as saying one year he was at the top of the sport, on the podium at the TdF. Then the next year the water-bottle-carriers are passing him up the HC climbs in the Alps. Same thing with Andy. The choice was to either dope to keep up or just be a nobody at the back of the pack. So they both left instead.

Third hand comment from (notably foul mouthed) Pharmstrong was, "Andy's so f****in' stupid. If he just had a "program" he could've won two or three Tours." (They were both on the Motorola team for at least one year together.)

 

[Berzin]

He did get his teeth fixed

It wasn't his teeth-he had jaw re-alignment surgery for the overbite.

 

[Diet Coke]

I just wanted to make clear that this wasn't some kind of veiled attack on clean cycling. I'm absolutely fed up with the cheaters like everyone else. I want a clean sport.

Nor was this a post designed to denigrate a nice guy. I was just curious about his change of appearance, that's all.