Poor Jan

From ProCycling http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2362 :
"German anti-doping campaigner Werner Franke, who claims to have seen Jan
Ullrich's file compiled by Spanish police for the Operacion Puerto inquiry,
has alleged the German rider spent 35,000 euros in one year on
performance-enhancing drugs. Werner, a drugs specialist, was asked by the
Spanish authorities to look over the documents. "I inspected the file on Jan
Ullrich compiled in Madrid and all I can say is that it's been some time
since I've seen so much bad stuff," Franke told Rheinmaintv on Thursday.
"Some of the people in his entourage are truly diabolical to advise him to
take these products and to put him in contact with the Spanish doctor."

Franke was responsible for exposing the culture of doping in the former East
Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Ullrich has consistently denied
taking any form of drugs after he was implicated in Operacion Puerto."


And to think that he was probably doped to the gills during all of his
losses to the last clean Tour Champion. ;-)

B. Lafferty wrote:
From ProCycling http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2362 :
"German anti-doping campaigner Werner Franke, who claims to have seen Jan
Ullrich's file compiled by Spanish police for the Operacion Puerto inquiry,
has alleged the German rider spent 35,000 euros in one year on
performance-enhancing drugs. Werner, a drugs specialist, was asked by the
Spanish authorities to look over the documents. "I inspected the file on Jan
Ullrich compiled in Madrid and all I can say is that it's been some time
since I've seen so much bad stuff," Franke told Rheinmaintv on Thursday.
"Some of the people in his entourage are truly diabolical to advise him to
take these products and to put him in contact with the Spanish doctor."

Franke was responsible for exposing the culture of doping in the former East
Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Ullrich has consistently denied
taking any form of drugs after he was implicated in Operacion Puerto."


And to think that he was probably doped to the gills during all of his
losses to the last clean Tour Champion. ;-)

Have you seen the recent article by Gazetto where a retired Italian
sprinter describes how everyone is doing it? Literally everyone. When
you get signed by your first pro team, they break the news to you, and
you either hop on board, or you go the hell home.

B. Lafferty wrote:

And to think that he was probably doped to the gills during all of his
losses to the last clean Tour Champion. ;-)

Potentially not, actually.
Jan's desire to win one last Tour might have been what prompted
latter-day actions, rather than an ongoing effort.

in 520772 20060804 202202 wrote:

Have you seen the recent article by Gazetto where a retired Italian
sprinter describes how everyone is doing it? Literally everyone. When
you get signed by your first pro team, they break the news to you, and
you either hop on board, or you go the hell home.

Which is exactly what happened to Graeme Obree - he went home.

Stu Fleming wrote:
B. Lafferty wrote:

And to think that he was probably doped to the gills during all of his
losses to the last clean Tour Champion. ;-)

Potentially not, actually.
Jan's desire to win one last Tour might have been what prompted
latter-day actions, rather than an ongoing effort.

You don't think he wanted it just as bad during any of the past EIGHT
years? This was like his 10th tour.

why do you spread thjese rumors?

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Have you seen the recent article by Gazetto where a retired Italian
sprinter describes how everyone is doing it? Literally everyone. When
you get signed by your first pro team, they break the news to you, and
you either hop on board, or you go the hell home.

http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/Prim...2/DOPING.shtml

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why do you spread thjese rumors?

You're absolutely right. I shouldn't spread rumors about who the last clean
Tour winner might have been.

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why do you spread thjese rumors?

You're absolutely right. I shouldn't spread rumors about who the last
clean Tour winner might have been.


I vote for Gino Bartali

Benjo

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"B. Lafferty" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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why do you spread thjese rumors?

You're absolutely right. I shouldn't spread rumors about who the last
clean Tour winner might have been.


I vote for Gino Bartali

Benjo

If not Lemond, then I'd go with Gino as well.