Why did no one think of this one before? Mario de Clercq, three-time world cyclo cross champion, is ascribing doping allegations to his literary aspirations. From cyclingnews.com:
“Also seized were De Clercq’s training diaries from 2001 and 2002, which contained training plans, results and prize money, along with details of haematocrit levels in connection with the taking of unspecified products. De Clercq told the investigators that he planned to write a novel, and the markings in his diary were fictitious.”
Certainly looks like he has a good enough imagination.
duncan