And now finally the truth why he didn't go to the Tour.
He had 'variable blood levels', although not suspecting like Gusev's, according to the UCI. However, Rabobank didn't want to take a risk after the Rasmussen fiasco and didn't take Dekker to the Tour. Dekker ofcourse pissed, Rabobank pissed, and now it seems they couldn't come to any kind of agreement anymore.
So, is it confirmed he's leaving or are you speculating?
And why isn't this in the news in july thread?
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Well, it's neither enough to be called "suspect" nor enough to be "natural". Hiding problems ?
If it wasn't serious I doubt Rabobank would like to end his contract ASAP.
In the news I read it said that Thomas Dekker will be fired (= his contract will be terminated) due to breach of confidence - pretty much the same reason as to why Michael Rasmussen was fired.
Thomas Dekker was contacted by UCI due to him having blood values which varied too much, causing suspicion. Due to that, he abandoned from Tour de Suisse and wasn't selected for Tour de France. Also, the Rabobank team wasn't able to find Dekker on the locations he had said he would be according to his whereabouts.
Sorry, but I can't interpret this in any other way than ...
Good news, his site says he will respond on the news this afternoon.
@ CrueTrue, every site or newspaper writes his own thing about it, I won't say it's not true, but I don't think they all write the truth.
Edited by robert_psv on 28-07-2008 11:58
I have to say Ruben you said that Dekker is the hardest person to get in contact with. It sounds very suspicious, i hope that there are no positive tests or anything.
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what else do you want me to say? if it turns out to be true, the last thing I'll be is sorry for him
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CrueTrue wrote:
In the news I read it said that Thomas Dekker will be fired (= his contract will be terminated) due to breach of confidence - pretty much the same reason as to why Michael Rasmussen was fired.
Thomas Dekker was contacted by UCI due to him having blood values which varied too much, causing suspicion. Due to that, he abandoned from Tour de Suisse and wasn't selected for Tour de France. Also, the Rabobank team wasn't able to find Dekker on the locations he had said he would be according to his whereabouts.
Sorry, but I can't interpret this in any other way than ...
Sorry, you're way off. But then again, Danish media is a laugh, they soimehow misinterpreted everything.
the volkskrant made an article, based on 'outside sources'
Rabobank denied this news. The blood values were never suspicious. Even the UCI said so. They were not like Gusev for instance, but more like pointing out an ilness.
They didn't fire him and won't fire him, they are speaking with him, because they have an argument since the Tour selection. That's all there is to it. The blood values was appearently never a reason to leave him out of the Tour, Knebel said so himself just minutes ago
Seems like Volkskrant just did some bad german like journalism.
