The most successful nation of this year's Tour deserves the same clinic status as other great nations. Across teams, the Danes have shown tremendous form during this new faster era of cycling.
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Nobody seems to ever mention it...Confirmed junior doper Mattias Skjelmose entered the big scene the past week in the Ardennes. Not that the Danish commentators mentioned his ban during the broadcast.
They frequently mentioned Zakarin's ban. But that's different.Nobody seems to ever mention it...
Can I call him Herring Zakarin or is that offensive?They frequently mentioned Zakarin's ban. But that's different.
Gregaard FTW tomorrow!You thought it was going to be a French Dauphiné, but Denmark will win the rest of the stages.
As there are Danes on the forum - how would you describe the temperature amongst the Danish cycling and/or general public towards vingo and other performers? Are they being doubted, or just celebrated?
Or is the reality of current public sentiments simply too granulated to ask such general questions?
It's not as though Denmark has been doing badly in cycling before the past couple years, but surely the level has been upped quite a bit lately. Have things changed during this period?
Danish TV2 usually has one day during the Tour where they'll invite some guests to talk about doping. They'll say that doping is still a thing, but that the peloton probably hasn't been cleaner in a very long time, and that it is the reason why the Danish riders are now able to compete with the best. But they would of course not gain anything from promoting the opposite view,As there are Danes on the forum - how would you describe the temperature amongst the Danish cycling and/or general public towards vingo and other performers? Are they being doubted, or just celebrated?
Or is the reality of current public sentiments simply too granulated to ask such general questions?
It's not as though Denmark has been doing badly in cycling before the past couple years, but surely the level has been upped quite a bit lately. Have things changed during this period?
Celebrated. No doubts, just happy crowds.
Like Lance Armstrong benefited from a much cleaner cycling, because he organized the most effective doping structure in sports history?Danish TV2 usually has one day during the Tour where they'll invite some guests to talk about doping. They'll say that doping is still a thing, but that the peloton probably hasn't been cleaner in a very long time, and that it is the reason why the Danish riders are now able to compete with the best. But they would of course not gain anything from promoting the opposite view,
This time a convicted Danish doper, tbf. The Danish Zakarin...Another doped Danish winning a race!!!
I've heared stories about kids doping in specific sport schools during highschool, so nothing surpises me.Riders already starting at the age of 17? It just doesn't sound right.
No doubt though Skjelmose is very ambitious.
The authorities bought the explanation that it was likely due to a contaminated supplement.Why was Skjelmose only banned for 10 months when he was busted for using DMAA?
He punched that rider before his doping ban. Søren Krag was also suspended once after he hit Mads Würtz in the back during a sprint in a domestic race, but that was as a U23 rider.Soon after his ban was over he also punched another rider. Pity to see him being successful.