Was just idly wondering if Hein will ever admit the failure in anti-doping. Knowing he brought the Mars sponsorship to the Flandria team, I googled Mars Flandria team to see how the doping past is viewed there.
I suppose it's not surprising they don't mention the many positive tests on riders http://www.flandriabikes.com/heroes on the team.
But i thought it surprising to see this take on Pollentier caught while faking a sample. http://www.flandriabikes.com/history/red-tidal-wave-domination
I suppose it's not surprising they don't mention the many positive tests on riders http://www.flandriabikes.com/heroes on the team.
But i thought it surprising to see this take on Pollentier caught while faking a sample. http://www.flandriabikes.com/history/red-tidal-wave-domination
I wonder what Hein will tell his grand kids about the Armstrong case?What subsequently transpired, however, did not go according to plan. Pollentier, exhausted and suffering from extreme dehydration after the climb to Alpe d’Huez, was unable to provide a urine sample at the doping control. Failure to provide a sample is treated as equivalent to a positive drugs test and Pollentier was controversially excluded from the race. Maertens, however, retained his green points jersey all the way to the Champs Elyseés and Demeyer took a further stage victory, while the Portuguese rider Joaquim Agostinho ensured Flandria still made the podium in Paris, taking third overall.