In 2017 both Bjarne Riis and Jeroen Blijlevens will (again) be leading World- and Continental Teams.
Blijlevens steps in (Womens) WM3 Pro Cycling Team (ex Rabobank-Liv) with a two year contract. This is only three years after being sacked by Dutch team Belkin as their team manager, after admitting he used PED’s during his active cycling career. This was a breach of contract, since he signed a statement when joining Belkin, saying he “never used doping”.
The second name on the list makes an even greater comeback. Bjarne Riis will be at the helm of two teams. Another Womens WorldTeam (BMS Birn) an a Danisch Continental Team will be able “to benefit from the tons of experience he (Riis) brings into the team, to take it to a higher level”. Dixit Michael Rasmussen. Indeed, the same Rasmussen who was expelled from the TdF when wearing the leader jersey, after messing around with his whereabouts to avoid out-of-competition-testing.
Apparently all common sense goes out of the window, and the credibility of cycling is of no concern to the people who are hiring these types of guys.
A life-time ban for any position in any sport is appropriate, and the only logical solution.
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