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Alexzulle said:He won the 2006 Giro by 13 minutes.
Now he is having trouble keeping up with watered down fields in the 3rd grand tour.
Does this all but confirm that he was doped to the gills in 2006?
issoisso said:Quoting Basso word for word in late 2008:
"I will return to my previous level. If I didn't I wouldn't have any credibility to say I didn't use drugs"
pmcg76 said:I was thinking of this quote after Basso failed to even make the Vuelta podium. Couldnt remember which magazine I read it in but the question is. Does Basso have any credibility? I think he might actually be clean-er this season.
Alexzulle said:Does this all but confirm that he was doped to the gills in 2006?
British Pro Cycling said:Not in itself, no. It would take most pros a couple of years of competition to get back to where they were before a two year ban. You can't replicate competition in training.
pmcg76 said:So how did Lance come back so well at his age and he wasnt even training specifically for cycling whilst retired like Basso was? Is this another reincarnation of BPC.
British Pro Cycling said:But he didn't come back that well. He went from winning 7 in a row to finishing a distant 3rd. He certainly wasn't back where he was. But you're right that it was still one of the better GC comebacks all things considered.
British Pro Cycling said:But he didn't come back that well. He went from winning 7 in a row to finishing a distant 3rd. He certainly wasn't back where he was. But you're right that it was still one of the better GC comebacks all things considered.
British Pro Cycling said:But he didn't come back that well. He went from winning 7 in a row to finishing a distant 3rd. He certainly wasn't back where he was. But you're right that it was still one of the better GC comebacks all things considered.
Bag_O_Wallet said:Well argued. It wasn't that good, but still one of the best.
Thoughtforfood said:You just can't take a hint, can you? What a tool. Oh well, turned in your most current incarnation. See you later...hopefully. (yes I realize that you are slick enough to post under a new IP, but you will out yourself sooner or later loser.)
Is being a professional troll really that fun?
Digger said:How sad must your life be that you have to reinvent yourself so many times on a forum?
And takes care to always turn off the little green light...Hugh Januss said:Now lets be fair guys, maybe it's just coincidence that someone has picked almost the same user name and spouts the same nonsense as a former poster, maybe.....
Jonathan said:And takes care to always turn off the little green light...
Well he seems to have gone back to the Fassa Bortolo Basso, doesn't he? So, perhaps that was also the non-"attempting to dope" version?Christian said:I'd say Basso's performance at the Vuelta confirms two things: 1) He used to dope and 2) He doesn't dope anymore.
I know he never really admitted to doing it, but at least he kind of admitted to trying to do it and I don't know why but I just have a lot more respect for him then for Valverde or Vinokourov ...
by the way the question is asked i'm tempted to think you know the answer to this one. so, well, does it?ChrisE said:Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?
Bag_O_Wallet said:Well argued. It wasn't that good, but still one of the best.
Alexzulle said:He won the 2006 Giro by 13 minutes.
Now he is having trouble keeping up with watered down fields in the 3rd grand tour.
Does this all but confirm that he was doped to the gills in 2006?
British Pro Cycling said:Not in itself, no. It would take most pros a couple of years of competition to get back to where they were before a two year ban. You can't replicate competition in training.
Does anyone disagree with that because I noticed it was removed? Not sure why since nobody raised an objection to this fairly basic point.
Dr. Maserati said:Unfortunately you have picked a user-name that resembles a troll who was running down a lot of threads on this forum.
The mods are pretty fair on this forum and allow quite a bit of leeway - but even they got tired of it in the end and the poster was banned- only to appear later that day under a very familiar user-name.
British Pro Cycling said:Not in itself, no. It would take most pros a couple of years of competition to get back to where they were before a two year ban. You can't replicate competition in training.