So ... BMC

[Semper Fidelis]

konecny Evans and Zabel held out. Which made me deluded thinking CE possibly, could not be on a program.

Man I wish...... CE was not. He is my favorite....fan fanatic at the time.


HEY ...."I just got back from RED LOBSTER"! ehh FOOO Real?

 

[hrotha]

Evans was a pariah at T-Mobile, so I think it's likely that he wasn't in the team program. Which doesn't mean he didn't have a program of his own, of course.

 

[Caruut]

Evans was a pariah at T-Mobile, so I think it's likely that he wasn't in the team program. Which doesn't mean he didn't have a program of his own, of course.

There's more to social interaction than doping programs. It's not exactly a secret that Evans can be a little tricky to get along with, it's entirely possible he was on the same program, but just widely disliked.

 

[hrotha]

There's more to social interaction than doping programs. It's not exactly a secret that Evans can be a little tricky to get along with, it's entirely possible he was on the same program, but just widely disliked.

Of course, it's possible, but combined with the Vuelta episode and the fact that Evans was left out of the Tour despite being clearly in form could be interpreted as Evans not being deemed trustworthy enough to enter the core "cadre" where team doping happened. We know or suspect that true, open team-wide doping ended at about the time of Festina. At US Postal, only the hardcore Tour squad seemed to be on the team program. Liberty riders were referred to Fuentes individually and didn't know who else worked with him, if we believe what Jaksche said. What I said about Evans is just a hypothesis, but currently I find it pretty likely.

 

[Benotti69]

Gilbert missing Omega Pharma's input this year??? While Bottle seems to be rocking, even going on the attack this week....

 

[Ripper]

Blanks for Evans (mostly), Gilbert, Thor, Tour team.

Could be lots of other things.

Or could it be they're not on the juice? Or did the preparations go wrong?

So far we have persistent viruses, sinus infections, and rotten teeth. Sounds like code for blood storage gone wrong

 

[Cycle Chic]

Blanks for Evans (mostly), Gilbert, Thor, Tour team.

Could be lots of other things.

Or could it be they're not on the juice? Or did the preparations go wrong?

So far we have persistent viruses, sinus infections, and rotten teeth. Sounds like code for blood storage gone wrong

You got that right - now Evans has THE VIRUS - same as Hushovd

 

[the big ring]

You got that right - now Evans has THE VIRUS - same as Hushovd

He said crook knee.

 

[Cerberus]

This takes the mick, a bit, don't you think? It gets a bit OTT, but is still understandable, when people say "he's doing well, he must be doped". But now if a team is doing badly, it's because they've doped.

I'm pretty sure mediocrity is a sign of doping to.

 

[the big ring]

CN now reporting it's a low grade infection.

 

[mewmewmew13]

CN now reporting it's a low grade infection.

It seems as if there are a lot of long lasting low grade virus thingies going around....
...right, and bad teeth too.

 

[maxmartin]

It seems as if there are a lot of long lasting low grade virus thingies going around....
...right, and bad teeth too.

Cobo has bad teeth too, although he is not in BMC. Is nowadays a bad teeth a new code? LOL

 

[ElChingon]

I call it the Sastre Virus. Win the Tour one year, fall off the face of the earth the next.

Cure = Retire

 

[maltiv]

I call it the Sastre Virus. Win the Tour one year, fall off the face of the earth the next.

Cure = Retire

Sastre followed up his TDF win by first podiuming at the Vuelta and then finishing 3rd + 2 stage wins at the Giro...

 

[The Hitch]

Picked up some magazine today cos i had a few minutes to spare, looked at a few pages, 1 was an interview with Andy Rhis.
He was asked about Floyd Landis and he said that he got everyone to promise him that they wouldnt dope and he was sure that the whole team was clean but evil Landis went out all on his own and broke that promise.

Landis, the only rider to dope after 2006

 

[ElChingon]

Sastre followed up his TDF win by first podiuming at the Vuelta and then finishing 3rd + 2 stage wins at the Giro...

Did he retire? Yes/No? Did he even get offered a contract post Cervelo Test Demise?

 

[Samson777]

Did he retire? Yes/No? Did he even get offered a contract post Cervelo Test Demise?

Don't know if this is some kind of a joke, but anyway, Sastre went to Geox after Cervelo.

 

[IzzyStradlin]

Don't know if this is some kind of a joke, but anyway, Sastre went to Geox after Cervelo.

Exxxaactly.

 

[BroDeal]

Sastre followed up his TDF win by first podiuming at the Vuelta and then finishing 3rd + 2 stage wins at the Giro...

Sastre's finish in the Giro was due to a 50+ man break. He knocked himself out of contention during the first part of the race. After that last hurrah, nothing.

 

[Gregga]

About BMC, I really love Dottore Ferrari's allusions on 53x12.com

"GILBERT: the world champion flunked his spring campaign, showing obvious limitations even at the distance, confirming the under-performances of 2012 (world championships apart), very different from those of previous years: an "involution" common with other leaders of the BMC team, such as Evans and Hushovd"

"involution" : does he clearly mean they stepped their program down ???
What does he know about them ? A lot, IMHO...

link to the article

Others interesting stuffs about Wiggins, Porte, even though I haven't got the key to decode everything (as Wiggins "focusing on "special" training for the Giro"... what can he mean as "special"... Ferrari knows so well why training in Teneriffe is great...)

 

[Dear Wiggo]

About BMC, I really love Dottore Ferrari's allusions on 53x12.com

"GILBERT: the world champion flunked his spring campaign, showing obvious limitations even at the distance, confirming the under-performances of 2012 (world championships apart), very different from those of previous years: an "involution" common with other leaders of the BMC team, such as Evans and Hushovd"

"involution" : does he clearly mean they stepped their program down ???
What does he know about them ? A lot, IMHO...

link to the article

Others interesting stuffs about Wiggins, Porte, even though I haven't got the key to decode everything (as Wiggins "focusing on "special" training for the Giro"... what can he mean as "special"... Ferrari knows so well why training in Teneriffe is great...)

With Porte, we have three important contenders for major stage races all within Team Sky: too many maybe?

And Rigoberto Uran...

 

[Netserk]

Sastre's finish in the Giro was due to a 50+ man break. He knocked himself out of contention during the first part of the race. After that last hurrah, nothing.

Maltiv is talking about '09 Giro.

The big break was in '10...

 

[Walkman]

Sastre's finish in the Giro was due to a 50+ man break. He knocked himself out of contention during the first part of the race. After that last hurrah, nothing.

Get a grip man. Sastre was great in -09. Break was in 2010.

 

[BroDeal]

Maltiv is talking about '09 Giro.

The big break was in '10...

Derp!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Benotti69]

This stinks!!

Gilbert on Sunday: “[BMC] don’t show me confidence. I am fresh after Giro, I climbed better than ever.”

BMC today: “Gilbert’s leg is broken"

Anyone else think GIlbert had a positive and has been sent home for being a naughty boy????