Teflon dopers

[Alpechraxler]

Jeannie Longo although one of her hour records once got canceld because of some decongestant = ephedrin.

 

[hrotha]

I think Luisle's Puerto + Losa + Ferrari is unbeatable.

 

[burning]

Guys like LLS, Menchov, Klödi, Popo and Jaja comes to my mind at first glance

 

[Big Doopie]

schlecklet

 

[Pentacycle]

Has Kreuziger Jr been mentioned here?

 

[IndianCyclist]

Erik Zabel - EPO detected, Confessed twice but not even sanctioned once. The best & slickest of the lot. Will come back to cycling and can probably confess a 100 times without any sanction.

 

[rainman]

Chris Boardman MBE somehow emerged squeaky clean from probably the dirtiest chapter in sporting history, the 90's pro peloton. Was the altitude tent that good?

 

[Alpechraxler]

Erik Zabel - EPO detected, Confessed twice but not even sanctioned once. The best & slickest of the lot. Will come back to cycling and can probably confess a 100 times without any sanction.

he just had to do it to make the timecut

 

[del1962]

Chris Boardman MBE somehow emerged squeaky clean from probably the dirtiest chapter in sporting history, the 90's pro peloton. Was the altitude tent that good?

I thought the idea of the teflon doper was someone who was embroiled around scandals rather than they just rode a bike, if you have any evidence against Chris please share it, fo he may have been a super talent who would have won many things in a cleaner era.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Rogers should probably count at this point in time. He's the only Skyborg past or present I'd call a teflon doper though, since he's the one that's been named multiple times (Ferrari x2 and Freiburg).

 

[rainman]

I thought the idea of the teflon doper was someone who was embroiled around scandals rather than they just rode a bike, if you have any evidence against Chris please share it, fo he may have been a super talent who would have won many things in a cleaner era.

I may have the definition of the thread wrong and there's no doubt he was a super talent. But he didn't 'just ride a bike' - he won many important victories in a very dirty era when entire teams systematically doped under their doctors supervision. There has to be a question mark. There's no evidence against Froome or Merckx or Hinault either, but post Lance implicitly trusting incredible performances is for the gullible.

 

[del1962]

I may have the definition of the thread wrong and there's no doubt he was a super talent. But he didn't 'just ride a bike' - he won many important victories in a very dirty era when entire teams systematically doped under their doctors supervision. There has to be a question mark. There's no evidence against Froome or Merckx or Hinault either, but post Lance implicitly trusting incredible performances is for the gullible.

I have heard the testimony of his GAN teammates was that while they where using drugs he wasn't, so with that in mind, I don't think he fits into the teflon doper model.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think Teflon dopers are only really meant for those where they've been named or caught up in something and still managed to get away without sanction - Klöden, LL Sánchez, Rogers or Kolobnev come to mind. If somebody has been in the wrong place at the wrong time, that shouldn't really count, unless they've been in several wrong places at several wrong times (take, for example, Ángel Vicioso, Kelme, ONCE, Liberty '05, Astana '06, Relax '07, LA-MSS '08, then with Androni and Katyusha, not two teams with the best clean reputations out there) at which point the no smoke without fire button has to be pressed.

 

[pmcg76]

I think Teflon dopers are only really meant for those where they've been named or caught up in something and still managed to get away without sanction - Klöden, LL Sánchez, Rogers or Kolobnev come to mind. If somebody has been in the wrong place at the wrong time, that shouldn't really count, unless they've been in several wrong places at several wrong times (take, for example, Ángel Vicioso, Kelme, ONCE, Liberty '05, Astana '06, Relax '07, LA-MSS '08, then with Androni and Katyusha, not two teams with the best clean reputations out there) at which point the no smoke without fire button has to be pressed.

Wasn't Vicioso connected with Puerto somehow and then sorta blacklisted like Sevilla etc, thus the reason he ended up at Relax in 07 having been on only top teams previously.

 

[thehog]

I think Teflon dopers are only really meant for those where they've been named or caught up in something and still managed to get away without sanction - Klöden, LL Sánchez, Rogers or Kolobnev come to mind. If somebody has been in the wrong place at the wrong time, that shouldn't really count, unless they've been in several wrong places at several wrong times (take, for example, Ángel Vicioso, Kelme, ONCE, Liberty '05, Astana '06, Relax '07, LA-MSS '08, then with Androni and Katyusha, not two teams with the best clean reputations out there) at which point the no smoke without fire button has to be pressed.

Rogers loses his teflon doper status. Big day. Looks like with Kloden retired he'll keep the title!

 

[DirtyWorks]

There's no evidence against Froome or Merckx or Hinault either.

Well, Merckx was sanctioned for doping twice and will still probably argue the third sanction.

Hinault was a holy terror on a bicycle, all year long and no sanctions mentioned on wikipedia.

 

[Fausto's Schnauzer]

Never tested positive.

Oh, and happy 70th birthday Keith.

 

[MarkvW]

Never tested positive.

Oh, and happy 70th birthday Keith.

No ****ing ****, man!!
And when Keith does blood transfusions . . ...

 

[Rollthedice]

Never tested positive.

Oh, and happy 70th birthday Keith.

Great! The father and mother of dope. Many Tour's under his belt, Grand Tours I'd say.

 

[Fatclimber]

Is armstrong extending his apology tour to the guy in the black and yellow suit? Dopers shan't have the right to push anyone down into the snow.

 

[Morbius]

This thread was two years and 134 posts old before Rogers was first mentioned (by Libertine). Two months and five posts later he's busted.

 

[thehog]

This thread was two years and 134 posts old before Rogers was first mentioned (by Libertine). Two months and five posts later he's busted.

I think Rogers has taken Kloden's Teflon doper award.

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't think teflon is very efficient for doping...

I know what you meant!

 

[BYOP88]

Another great day for clen cycling.

 

[He-manuelle Sella]

Make mine a Sirloin! Medium rare please!