Deagol said:Yes. Sadley, it seems to be working in this very forum
I think 90% of the members believe Alberto doped, and 100% wouldn't put their hand in the fire for him.
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Deagol said:Yes. Sadley, it seems to be working in this very forum
LaFlorecita said:Yeah it could happen... I hope it doesn't but it is possible.
BotanyBay said:So in Ferarri's case, Italian riders have been punished for consulting with him. What about American riders? Is that within the rules?
Lance was seeing him as recently as 2009 (probably even more recent than that).
airstream said:Don't get nervous. No matter how it is going to end you have the argument "he can't be guilty. They made up the case against him once again"
Scott SoCal said:Gonna be interesting if AC gets dragged into this.
VeloCity said:IMO the big concern for AC would be if Marti or Bruyneel start talking to protect their own skin, a deal of some kind for eg. Or if Armstrong decides that if he's going down he's going to take others down with him, ie he may just pull a Landis of his own, either out of spite or to try to show that everyone was doping and not just him, and AC I would assume would be a prime target. Now I don't think it'll actually come to all that, but in a worst-case scenario I could potentially see this getting very messy for a whole lot of people, including AC.
DirtyWorks said:Why Contador/Saxo/Schleck doping didn't become a hot topic after the USADA letter broke remains a mystery.
DirtyWorks said:Why Contador/Saxo/Schleck doping didn't become a hot topic after the USADA letter broke remains a mystery.
You aren't concerned in that you don't believe there will be repercusions for AC, or in that you still believe he was clean while working with the likes of Martí?LaFlorecita said:I'm not very concerned.
sniper said:To be sure, it's already quite messy for AC. He's been convicted for doping and has lost his TdF title because of it. In the non-Spanish press his name is not rarely accompanied by the noun "doping sinner".
hrotha said:You aren't concerned in that you don't believe there will be repercusions for AC, or in that you still believe he was clean while working with the likes of Martí?
gooner said:Pepe Marti was working with Contador while at Saxo.
Gotcha. See, you're going in the right direction.LaFlorecita said:The first.
Really? I heard that Alberto hasn't worked with him since he joined Saxo.
gooner said:Pepe Marti was working with Contador while at Saxo.
hrotha said:Gotcha. See, you're going in the right direction.
As for gooner's quote, yeah, I think he stopped working with Martí in 2009 or 2010. Officially, at any rate. And regardless, my impression is that he worked with Contador, not with Astana.
hrotha said:Gotcha. See, you're going in the right direction.
As for gooner's quote, yeah, I think he stopped working with Martí in 2009 or 2010. Officially, at any rate. And regardless, my impression is that he worked with Contador, not with Astana.
Zam_Olyas said:She is really coming along well.
LaFlorecita said:I hope that doesn't happen.
LaFlorecita said:I'm not very concerned.
LaFlorecita said:Yeah it could happen... I hope it doesn't but it is possible.
LaFlorecita said:German press per chance?
Apparently Marti was AC's "personal trainer" when at Astana.hrotha said:As for gooner's quote, yeah, I think he stopped working with Martí in 2009 or 2010. Officially, at any rate. And regardless, my impression is that he worked with Contador, not with Astana.
As far as I can tell, Marti was supposed to move to Saxo with Contador, according to Contador's spokesman, but was dropped after Landis' allegations came out:Alberto Contador is now in his third season with Astana. A bright, talented, ambitious rider! Everyone always wants to know more about him, to see all facets of his image. For example, what kind of man is Alberto? Who is in his entourage? How does he behave when he’s not racing?
This is interesting to many people, so we asked our friend, Astana soigneur Yuriy Kulishkin, to share his impression of Alberto with us, because he has had the oppoturnity to keep close track of Alberto for two seasons.
Yura, Contador is probably surrounded by a whole retinue of people, so tell me: who are they?
Personal manager – his brother Fran Contador, personal trainer Pepe Martí, spokesman Pascal Schyns, spokesman Jacinto Vidarte, and his personal staff: mechanic Faustino Munoz and masseur Valentin Doronzoro.
And Pepe always travels with him?
Yes, to all training expeditions and competitions. But he also works with other young riders now, he writes the programs and tests.
http://astanafans.com/alberto-contador-a-soigneurs-eye-view.html
Landis said he was sold human growth hormone by the team trainer in 2003, according to the April e-mail to USA Cycling Chief Executive Steve Johnson. Marti worked with Tour de France champion Alberto Contador on the Astana team this year and is likely to switch with him to the Saxo Bank team next year, Contador’s spokesman Jacinto Vidarte said.
VeloCity said:Apparently Marti was AC's "personal trainer" when at Astana.
As far as I can tell, Marti was supposed to move to Saxo with Contador, according to Contador's spokesman, but was dropped after Landis' allegations came out:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...jects-blood-doping-accusations-by-landis.html
VeloCity said:Apparently Marti was AC's "personal trainer" when at Astana.
As far as I can tell, Marti was supposed to move to Saxo with Contador, according to Contador's spokesman, but was dropped after Landis' allegations came out:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...jects-blood-doping-accusations-by-landis.html
Thanks for clearing that up.VeloCity said:Apparently Marti was AC's "personal trainer" when at Astana.
As far as I can tell, Marti was supposed to move to Saxo with Contador, according to Contador's spokesman, but was dropped after Landis' allegations came out:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...jects-blood-doping-accusations-by-landis.html
thehog said:Someone might want to tell Matt White and GreenEdge about Del Moral...
thehog said:Any word from the UCI?