Dr. Maserati said:
Basso and Scarponi are innocent too?
There is a thread on this in the Clinic too.
I have been looking through the Valverde case today - and I have been looking for the story on Serrano being on vacation and that CONI illegally obtained it, I keep getting redirected to blogs or comment sections.
I have actually found an Italian piece where CONI say they got the permission from Serrano.
Evans, Rogers, Gerrans.... there DNA hasn't been matched to a blood bag in a gynecologists fridge which contained EPO.
Hell no. Basso we all know won the Giro doped to the gills. His present ability reveals as much. Does that mean he is clean now? No.
I read the piece you wanted a few months back. Ask Icefire for it. I believe he posted a link a month or two back. When I first heard last year CONI had DNA evidence the first thing that hit me was how? I thought it was common knowledge Serrano had sealed all the physical evidence and closed the case...you know the public health aspect. As such my first thoughts were how could they have info? The Spanish weren't legally allowed to hand it out, so how did they get it? Icefire popped on here a month or two back and answered that for me. I assumed what I had read via the link was correct.
Travel forward to now and CAS agreed CONI had a right to the evidence. Valverde's lawyers think they are wrong. Who is right? CAS may have made an incorrect ruling. Considering my legal experience lies with Company, Contract and Taxation law then I will consider reading up on more CAS rulings...but I need to read their findings and check up on some things. This takes time. Legal reports are long and boring as all hell.
As for CONI saying they had permission for Serrano. Well if that is the case then Valverde is in big trouble. Do you have a link? I'm just trying to find balance and get an understanding for how everything has unfolded. Either way Valverde has played his hand well. Stall, then stall some more. In the meantime win as many races as he can. Considering he has a Ferrari or two in the garage, then he will
As for the Aussie riders I mentioned. Yes they don't have DNA in a blood bag mixed with EPO, but Rogers did visit Freidburg with T-Mobile in 06. My point was more or less that as an Aussie I hold no illusions they are cleaner and whiter than a priests bed linen. Gerrans takes trips to Colorado with Lance and Levi before the Tour. Why associate with riders who ride on the largely assumed, biggest doped up team in history? My point was to illustrate that I don't tow the line BlackCat refers to as "Anglophone" blindness and naivety.
Has anyone thought that it is more interesting and revealing that all the OP bad boys have never failed a drugs test?