Oier Lazkano

[Samu Cuenca]

Bang average rider gets contract because of sister (twice) then throws old team under bus when coast is clear, couldn't be assed being that shameless, I'd rather just quit cycling and get a job on the tills at Tesco's.

Good interview though, thanks for posting, entertaining stuff. Almost all of the Lidl staff members have been busted at some point, so hopefully he uses his newfound voice to air his suspicions about them.

I am not sure riders can tell if staff members are on performance enhancing drugs or not. However since Kim Andersen is possibly the one rider that failed the most tests from the start of the 80s to the early 90s, I've always assumed he also used stuff when he became a mail man after his career ended.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I am not sure riders can tell if staff members are on performance enhancing drugs or not. However since Kim Andersen is possibly the one rider that failed the most tests from the start of the 80s to the early 90s, I've always assumed he also used stuff when he became a mail man after his career ended.

I didn't know that about Kim, maybe that's his role in the team? Using his contacts in the mail service to courier extracurricular products.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I didn't know that about Kim, maybe that's his role in the team? Using his contacts in the mail service to courier extracurricular products.

Armstrong had that helper known as Motoman, but it's entirely possible that less wealthy riders had to rely on bike couriers.

 

[Squire]

Norsgaard found it very obvious that Lazkano was doping at Movistar because of the way he rode during classics and then in the mountains. Wonder what he thinks of Pogacar

https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/matthias-norsgaard-verbaast-zich-dat-oier-lazkano-zo-lang-met-doping-kon-wegkomen/

I don't really speak Dutch, so I don't know the nuances of that Wielerflits article and how they have translated things, but in the original interview with Feltet, Norsgaard is definitely not saying it was obvious that Lazkano was doping. He's saying that he was surprised when he was busted (pending final decision, of course), but that in hindsight, Lazkano's climbing in the Dauphiné might have been over the top considering he's in the same 'weight class' as Norsgaard.