fasthill said:Italy's got a rich Fondos programme, he'll be fine. We'll see him in 2 years, fresher and wiser than before.
Wonder where he might end up. Don't see him back with Katusha.
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fasthill said:Italy's got a rich Fondos programme, he'll be fine. We'll see him in 2 years, fresher and wiser than before.
Hugh Januss said:I am a bigot for thinking the majority of Russian, English, German, American, Belgian, French, Italian, Colombian etc. pro cyclists dope?
Really?
Or am I a bigot simply because I include one of your guys in my suspicions?
Hasn't even had a single race day? Why? Is that the only time doping works?
How about during preparation for racing? No benefit? OK.............
OK, fine, I'll give you Kolobnev. That still leaves us with Galimzyanov, Colom, Pfannberger and Holczer.rxgqgxnyfz said:Get cleared.
Still guilty.
Zam_Olyas said:laura meseguer @Laura_Meseguer Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Galimzyanov letter to KAT (III): "Katusha Team has nothing to do with what happened.It was my personal decision & responsibility"
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Galimzyanov letter to Katusha (II): "I refuse from my right to request and the analysis of my B sample" http://pic.twitter.com/IMRb9Iso
Fetisoff said:Wonder where he might end up. Don't see him back with Katusha.
DenisMenchov said:This ban is great for him, he can now dope 2 years free of UCI, and then come back and win everything.
DenisMenchov said:This ban is great for him, he can now dope 2 years free of UCI, and then come back and win everything.
Susan Westemeyer said:Holczer says that Galimzyanov will not have the B sample tested.
http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/16042012/73/epo-katusha-sprinter-positiv-getestet.html
Susan
Machu Picchu said:Full details of letter:
DENIS GALIMZYANOV RECOGNIZES DOPING USAGE
Letter of explanation
I, the undersigned Denis Galimzyanov, rider of Katusha Team, want to clear up the current matter with my positive doping tests. On March 22, 2012, being in Italy, I received a visit from antidoping control officers in an out of competition time. A month later, a urine sample taken during that visit indicated EPO.
I recognize a fact of banned substance usage.
I fully realized what I did.
I deeply regret about what happened, and I apologize to the whole team and my teammates, along with my fans whom I disappointed.
I am ready to suffer an appropriate punishment.
I would like to draw A PARTICULAR ATTENTION for that fact that Katusha Team has nothing to do with what happened. No team member knew and could know about what I did. It was my personal decision and my responsibility.
I refuse from my right to request and attend the analysis of my B sample.
April 17, 2012
Denis Galimzyanov
+1. There must be a blue print somewhere by now.Fetisoff said:Well, he's doing all the right things so far
I didn't know that dope worked that way.DenisMenchov said:This ban is great for him, he can now dope 2 years free of UCI, and then come back and win everything.
Bala Verde said:Why don't you rewrite this letter I wrote for you in your own words, then you'll get this envelope here."
LaFlorecita said:The bolded I find pretty strange. Actually makes me think that Katusha has something to do with his positive.
Caruut said:Glad to see a rider just admitting that he's doping, rather than trying to get off on a technicality and hiring crazy amounts of lawyers, or claiming that he'd left the evidence around as a reminder of what a bad bad boy he'd been.