Foxy. Not saying Kevin didn't say what he said, but my guess is that he was on T-Mob when they were at a doping lull, and he was left out of the inner circle. His version of "never" should be interpreted to mean "not that I am aware of from my inside view".
BroDeal said:
I think Hamilton will open up after his Olympic medal is safe. He has got to be a bit angry. Rumor is that Armstrong slept with Haven, and she is still hanging around Armstrong.
Holy shjt!!!! I hadn't heard that rumor about Haven. But in an awful way it's believable. That's just fugly!
Good point on the Olympic medal. This means the book comes out in 2012.
When the dust settles (as in a couple of years), I'm going to see if I can track Hamilton down and talk to him. He was one of my favorites early on. His 2002 Giro performance, and heading into 2003 seemed too good to be true (and it was), and his denials post + were insulting. I'm still piissed at the guy about it. But damn if the entire 1000 ton anvil didn't hit him square in the back.
Dr. Maserati said:
In a clean world could Bassons have been a champion of the 90's - driving around in a Ferrari while his loyal domestique Virenque goes around in a Punto.
Willy Voet said that had everyone been clean, Gilles Delion would have won the Tour. But Gilles refused to dope and was a health nut. This once promising rider, like Bassons, couldn't keep up after a few years, and was forced to retire, at 27.
When I said Jan might crack, it had nothing to do with LA or getting inside info to USPS. I never mentioned Armstrong. Having someone like Jan spill his guts about the dirty world would "hurt" LA, sure, but that wasn't my point.
I'd venture to guess that Floyd and Rasmussen have to be the most angry. Floyd because he had to have known he wasn't doping much more than anyone else and rode such a magnificent race. He had the world ahead of him, endorsement deals, huge salaries, etc. All of it, gone. And from what I understand his current situation is pretty bleak. The Chicken has to feel pretty similar after he pretty much had the 2006 Tour yanked out from his grasp right on the verge of winning.