Ullrich admits doping....

[neilb1906]

Duh, would never have guessed.

He was coached in far more than cycling by Riis.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Must have been something in the pies he ate.

 

[smutchin]

Well, you're always taking a chance when you eat as many pies as he did...

Is this story actually news to anyone?

 

[Dave Davenport]

Well he tacitly admitted it ages ago.

 

[Noodley]

Link to story:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ullrich-confesses-to-blood-doping-with-Fuentes

How time flies, it does not seem like 7 years since he was prevented from starting the Tour.

 

[BJH]

Jesus, please don't tell me Lance did too !

 

[jdtate101]

oh look...there's a bear shitting in the woods...who'd of thought!!!

 

[yello]

and?

 

[Boris Bajic]

I'd always had him down as a doper, but a fine rider nonetheless.

I still hold both views.

Few from that era (who enjoyed some success) were not tainted, but I still remember the racing with a fond nostalgia.

 

[david k]

but it wasnt cheating.............................he says

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I'd always had him down as a doper, but a fine rider nonetheless.

I still hold both views.

Few from that era (who enjoyed some success) were not tainted, but I still remember the racing with a fond nostalgia.

my sentiments too, the endemic doping at the top end of the sport levelled the playing field back out again, just at an artifical plateau, he was still a better rider than most of his chemically or blood enhanced peers.

 

[smutchin]

levelled the playing field

 

[Zofo]

Ullrich was doping-who knew?!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

the endemic doping at the top end of the sport levelled the playing field back out again

Bullshit. Utter bullshit.

Firstly, not everyone was taking EPO, and certainly not in the same quantities, same combinations with other banned substances, or with the same levels of medical organisation and control. Secondly, EPO benefits certain kinds of riders more than others (just think about what EPO actually does, in medical terms, and you'll see what I mean). Thirdly, this the most complacent, dangerous attitude possible in terms of the health of riders, especially young riders trying to break into the sport. Who knows how many potentially great careers were wrecked because of all this? How many lives were shortened (again, think about what EPO does to blood)?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

my sentiments too, the endemic doping at the top end of the sport levelled the playing field back out again, just at an artifical plateau, he was still a better rider than most of his chemically or blood enhanced peers.

How?