In Belgium yesterday, Alexandre Geniez had no knowledge of the information of the "Duck" when we contacted him. The Aveyron cyclist (who will start his season at the end of January at "La Marseillaise" before playing the Tour of Abu Dhabi) was surprised like everyone in the middle. It is obviously the terms "corruption" and "swindle" that caught him. "For me, like that, at first, it can only concern a team, one of the best in the world, its leader and other riders, but also the UCI and the British Federation ..." Follow the look the last (and brilliant) winner of the "Trois Vallées Varésines". He and many of his colleagues are still wondering about Chris Froome and Sky's operation and success. "They never miss each other, they are always superior in major events and they win what they have programmed. It's like the English on the track, we always say that there is something. I think it'll be a feast, we'll learn some stuff ... "
"It has been around for a long time and more than we think ..."
The Ruthenois is nevertheless convinced that the evil is behind us. "It's true, in a breakaway, sometimes with some guys, you wonder, you ask yourself questions, but I think that with controls, today is difficult. The electric bike, it has been around for a long time and perhaps more than we think but it concerned in my opinion only four or five runners ... We know the names ... "The one from Cancellara always comes back. His triumphant exits on the Ronde and Hell of the North continue to loop around on the canvas with strings of squeaky or mocking comments.
On the other hand, Alexandre Geniez does not imagine for a moment that ASO, the giant of the world organization, is involved in the case of corruption that interests the judges. "First because I do not see their interest, then because they have often proved that they were the first to fight against all fraud. Frankly no, I do not believe ... "In a few weeks, Alex takes the road with his ideas. "We still have the chance not to run in the 90's (Editor's note: EPO was flowing). We can still exist ... "