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Looks like we're going to need lots of * for green jersey

Last Post 08/01/2013 12:44 PM by Bob Vermeulen. 13 Replies.

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Orange Crush

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07/28/2013 11:00 PM
One of the friendliest dopers in the peleton confesses big time.

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

07/28/2013 11:01 PM
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2698/Sport/article/detail/3483138/2013/07/28/Zabel-geeft-langdurig-dopinggebruik-toe.dhtml http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15107/Zabel-admits-to-lying-in-2007-about-extent-of-his-doping-now-confirms-eight-season-period-of-use.aspx I guess they should change the polka dot jersey to an asterisks jersey; that way they got all bases covered.

longslowdistance

Posts:2886

07/28/2013 11:46 PM
Anyone surprised? I mean really?

Ride On

Posts:537

07/29/2013 06:17 AM
Do you really need to take EPO , take blood transfusions to be a sprinter ? I would have thought the benefit was not worth the risk. Guess the risk was so low that he figured what the heck.

Entheo

Posts:317

07/29/2013 07:07 AM
nobody's surprised; everyone knows team telekom was on a program right along with USPS etc. i'm convinced the reason kloden under performs is because he doesn't want mics thrust into his face with questions about his past. hence he always finds a way to have a sans jour to keep him anonymous in the peloton. he seems to do just enough to keep his job.

jrt1045

Posts:363

07/29/2013 08:23 AM
Entheo, I thought I was the only one with a tin foil hat I could see it

Yo Mike

Posts:338

07/29/2013 09:11 AM
they should bring these jerseys out of retirement http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com//photos/2007/feb07/gpmarseillaise07/fs006_120.jpg Now I don't feel so bad for Zabel getting pipped at the line by Freire

jmdirt

Posts:775

07/29/2013 10:04 AM
"Do you really need to take EPO , take blood transfusions to be a sprinter?" Its interesting how often I read/hear that. More oxygen uptake and utilization is better for everyone not just GC climbers. If nothing else EPO gets you to the last 300M fresher than the clean(er) guys, especially deeper into a stage race. OF was clean?!

Yo Mike

Posts:338

07/29/2013 10:13 AM
Touche!

Keith Richards

Posts:781

07/29/2013 10:56 AM


----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.

Pin0Q0

Posts:229

07/29/2013 11:11 AM
And what about his son that is currently a pro racer. What has told him. “The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.”

Ibex

Posts:24

07/29/2013 11:12 AM
It is alll a matter of how much further you can go into oxygen debt then the other felllow (I guess it helps to have lots of fast twitch muscles as well). If you can transport more oxygen to the muscles longer to stave off the 02 debt, then you have an advantage

Posts:61

07/29/2013 03:14 PM
about Kloden, I don't think he doped until his contract was up. He always had huge years when he needed a new contract.

BobGolden

Posts:24

08/01/2013 12:44 PM
Sprinters need to go 200k+ to get to the last 300m, if you could get there feeling fresher I imagine it would bode well for you. I can't see anyone in the peleton that wouldn't benefit from a little extra boost.