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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-06-2013 14:14
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That's sad. Rik I will return next year, though!  |
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| manindemaan |
Posted on 18-06-2013 16:56
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Before Michael Boogerd won the Tour's queen stage in 2002, what turned out to be one of the best moments of his career, he received half a litre of blood from his brother. Infuse was done by Geert Leinders.
During Michael's retirement race, his brother wore a jersey depicting Boogerd during abovementioned victory...
https://nos.nl/art...broer.html [dutch] |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 18-06-2013 17:43
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Geert Leinders also used a machine that the UCI uses to control blood values etc. to make sure Raboriders didn't test positive. It's used for Rasmussen's tour in 2007. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-06-2013 18:10
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fosforgasXIII wrote:
Geert Leinders also used a machine that the UCI uses to control blood values etc. to make sure Raboriders didn't test positive. It's used for Rasmussen's tour in 2007.
So Sky might have acquired a machine like that, perchance?
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 18-06-2013 18:23
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Stromeon wrote:
fosforgasXIII wrote:
Geert Leinders also used a machine that the UCI uses to control blood values etc. to make sure Raboriders didn't test positive. It's used for Rasmussen's tour in 2007.
So Sky might have acquired a machine like that, perchance?
I'm 95% sure that Rabobank wasn't/isn't the only team that used/uses such a machine.
Leinders worked at Sky, draw your own conclusions. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 18-06-2013 18:43
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A centrifuge? That's old news. 25 year old news.
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| manindemaan |
Posted on 19-06-2013 09:07
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... aaaand Boogerd is looking for a lawyer to do something against the bloodbrother-story. "It's been enough, those lies have to stop."
Spoiler We only doped before races where we sucked, you know... |
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| acac |
Posted on 20-06-2013 18:38
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vacan...2014-teams
if they disband that is a real disappointment. i wonder where johny and de gendt will go if they will stop competeing next year. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 20-06-2013 20:53
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The Clean Cycling Movement has temporily suspended Team Europcar. They should be allowed to start the Tour. But I don't think they will get to race the French nats. Unless it's a very short suspension as some of their riders rode the TT today.
Might be a problem to attract a new sponsor though
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2013 20:56
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Aww  Team Europcar is my favorite team!
Good to hear the Tour isn't in danger! |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-06-2013 21:09
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Spilak23 wrote:
The Clean Cycling Movement has temporily suspended Team Europcar. They should be allowed to start the Tour. But I don't think they will get to race the French nats. Unless it's a very short suspension as some of their riders rode the TT today.
Might be a problem to attract a new sponsor though
Reason?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-06-2013 21:11
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cio93 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
The Clean Cycling Movement has temporily suspended Team Europcar. They should be allowed to start the Tour. But I don't think they will get to race the French nats. Unless it's a very short suspension as some of their riders rode the TT today.
Might be a problem to attract a new sponsor though
Reason?
https://www.cyclin...m-europcar
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2013 21:13
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Every year this happens. One week before the Tour  (not the actual suspension, but the doping commotion) |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 20-06-2013 21:17
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cio93 wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
The Clean Cycling Movement has temporily suspended Team Europcar. They should be allowed to start the Tour. But I don't think they will get to race the French nats. Unless it's a very short suspension as some of their riders rode the TT today.
Might be a problem to attract a new sponsor though
Reason?
Allowing Rolland to start the last stage of the Dauphine
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 20-06-2013 22:12
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They had it coming. It was about time they'd get nailed in some way for cortisone related issues. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 21-06-2013 04:52
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Remember when Spidertech stopped "but will return a year later at WorldTour level!", nearly everyone pointed out it was the usual speech from every race and team organizer with no budget to continue and the team would never be back?
Yeah, Bauer just admitted that "we will be back" predictably was all enthusiasm and they don't have a leg to stand on.
As I said back then: Bye Spidertech
Edited by issoisso on 21-06-2013 04:53
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-06-2013 05:00
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issoisso wrote:
Remember when Spidertech stopped "but will return a year later at WorldTour level!", nearly everyone pointed out it was the usual speech from every race and team organizer with no budget to continue and the team would never be back?
Yeah, Bauer just admitted that "we will be back" predictably was all enthusiasm and they don't have a leg to stand on.
As I said back then: Bye Spidertech
I dont think anyone really believed they would somehow come back and go straight to WT level
I never saw anything wrong being a pretty good team in the PCT level, doing well in North America. The team alone has helped a lot of young canadians grow into good cyclists, in what is for sure the strongest generation of Canadians yet.
But its all a business and teams only want to be at the top unfortunately.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 21-06-2013 21:21
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Armstrong trying to become friends with the new boss
I don't really like the fact Cookson did that. He had answered the same question already and there were a lot of questions he didn't answer...
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 21-06-2013 22:00
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Fuck.
https://www.elcorr...01450.html
Edited by Alakagom on 21-06-2013 22:00
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 21-06-2013 22:03
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Spilak23 wrote:
Armstrong trying to become friends with the new boss
I don't really like the fact Cookson did that. He had answered the same question already and there were a lot of questions he didn't answer...
Just goes to show that Lance still carries weight in the cycling world. I really don't think someone running for UCI president could ignore a direct tweet from him.
Also,  that Euskaltel bus.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
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