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As far as I am concerned he said that performing well without doping in cycling was impossible. That was his version. That does not leave a lot of hope for me as a fan.BroDeal said:At only twenty-seven years old, is he really retiring because he is tired of living a lie? Or is it a legal tactic to lessen criminal justice problems? Or does he not think he will be able to return to a top level team after his ban is completed?
Escarabajo said:As far as I am concerned he said that performing well without doping in cycling was impossible. That was his version. That does not leave a lot of hope for me as a fan.
BroDeal said:At only twenty-seven years old, is he really retiring because he is tired of living a lie? Or is it a legal tactic to lessen criminal justice problems? Or does he not think he will be able to return to a top level team after his ban is completed?
ingsve said:Of course that's what he thinks. His thinking was already flawed to begin with. Since he himself was cheating he was probably justifying that to himself with the belief that everyone is cheating. And if he thought that then he probably thinks that now...
ingsve said:Of course that's what he thinks. His thinking was already flawed to begin with. Since he himself was cheating he was probably justifying that to himself with the belief that everyone is cheating. And if he thought that then he probably thinks that now...
BroDeal said:At only twenty-seven years old, is he really retiring because he is tired of living a lie? Or is it a legal tactic to lessen criminal justice problems? Or does he not think he will be able to return to a top level team after his ban is completed?
issoisso said:1. If you break the omerta, you're not getting offers from any teams. Which says quite a lot about how the people in charge see doping;
Parrot23 said:Yes, Jorg Jaschke's experience proves your point.
lookkg386 said:Some of his quotes seem to indicate he wants to spill the beans on everything he knows, there are clearly many others and he can't believe he was the one caught.
Cobblestones said:He's now facing criminal investigations. Retiring from cycling won't help him there. It has been reported many reputable places that Kohl bought the centrifuge with Rasmussen. You might want to check 'Der Spiegel' or some other German-language media outlets about it. It's not precisely swept under the rug.
ETA: http://www.kurier.at/sportundmotor/319590.php Link
I know what you mean but many riders were going to races during the 1990s with large cardboard boxes containing a centrifuge, the idea being they could measure their haematocrit from their hotel room. Now you can't ban riders because they buy these machines but something's very wrong with the sport when riders were openly carrying these machines into hotel lobbies.Susan Westemeyer said:Purchasing the centrifuge wasn't the problem.
Escarabajo said:As far as I am concerned he said that performing well without doping in cycling was impossible. That was his version. That does not leave a lot of hope for me as a fan.
issoisso said:The two reasons he named in the press conference were:
1. If you break the omerta, you're not getting offers from any teams. Which says quite a lot about how the people in charge see doping;
2. As much as fans would love to think otherwise, It's currently impossible to win a major race without doping;
issoisso said:Martial Saugy from the Lausanne lab has said time and time again that every time they test riders' samples it's very clear that not many people are playing fair.
He also constantly laments that even though they can clearly prove that fact with their tests, they can't sanction the riders due to the criteria for a test to be declared positive being insanely high.
pmcg76 said:I look forward to the results from the tested Giro samples of 08. I want to see how accurate this pro was.
BroDeal said:I would like to some one of these guys really lose it and start talking about other riders. Instead they can barely bring themselves to talk about their doctors.