He is hosting a press conference at 2 pm CET. Apparently, he will admit to ped use. No surprise though
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According to twitter, he has admitted to use from 1998 to 2010. He didn’t magically stop using in 2005 like so many other greats did once the evil of Lance was gone.
He should have been looking for a PED that would help him stay upright while riding a TT.
I never expected him to be a doper. He seemed such a paragon of fitness and health.
He was on crack that day.
that is a CRISP tan line. it takes great attention to detail to keep your shirt in one spot like that. especially on arms that HUGE
Tim
He is hosting a press conference at 2 pm CET. Apparently, he will admit to ped use. No surprise though
some websites just said Rasmussen, and i thought it was referring to Alex Rasmussen. Thank goodness it isn’t
Re: the chicken, makes you wonder about the guy to whom the chicken finished second on stage 14 of the 2007 TdF
So this is what is coming out
He doped from 98-10 (interesting that he mdid not even stop after he was thrown of a team, must be have such a “normal” part of training)Apparently Bjarne Riis knew all about it when Rasmussen was in CSC in 2002 (Riis has to get out of cycling soon if we want a clean sport)
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I never expected him to be a doper. He seemed such a paragon of fitness and health.
How is it humanly possible for his chest to never see the sun? That just boggles my mind.
At least when I see a guy climbing like a rocket and he looks like that, it at least seems plausable that he wasn’t doped. Obviously he was, but even surrounded by skinny guys he stood out.
And everytime this happens its good for Lance.
Photoshop.
He have now admitted using the following PED:
Cortisol
Growth hormone
Testetorone
EPO
Blood transfusions
Insulin
DHEA
IGF-1
Alongside this, the most important part, is that he has revealed how the systems works / was working, who had delivering, who was partners, which directors knew it, which team-mates who doped and who he thinks was doping… must importantly is that he has revealed all of his knowledge of how they avoided getting caught… Anti-doping denmark (the danish, USADA), has said publicly that they have gotten a lot of new, very important informations, on how they all avoid getting caught…
At least, he is not choosing to do the same as Lance… To avoid accusing others… At least Michael Rasmussen, is come 100% clean and tries to help clean up the sport, by telling how, when and who.
Announcement: direct link (translated by translate.google.com, reason for the long link)
Was this unprompted - as in there was no carrot or stick to do so?
No obvious carrot or stick but there are some:
- with several Rabobank riders coming clean and providing names, it was probably increasingly hard to claim innosence and still be somewhat trhustworthy - I guess he sponsor has been pushing him to come clean
- he would probably like to continue to be involved in cycling and with his confession, that is more likey
That said, it seems like he was happy to get the burden off his shoulder.
I’m so over these retired or close to retired cyclists coming out and admitting to doping. I don’t care. Your not doing anything for cycling by doing it. Your just making non cyclists think less of us and young cyclist think that hey that shit really does work. So now he gets banned but he’s been a pro for like 20 years. That’s like telling the boss on the day your going to retire you banged his wife 10 years ago.
Your not doing anything for cycling by doing it.//
SO they should just all keep quite and pretend nothing to see here? Would that make you think more highly of them?
Was this unprompted - as in there was no carrot or stick to do so?
I believe so, but can’t be sure, esp. given this quote:
“I’ve informed the anti-doping authorities of what I specifically used, when and how. My agreement with them is confidential, which means I can’t disclose further details at this time. That time may come later.”
John
How is it humanly possible for his chest to never see the sun? That just boggles my mind.
That’s a good point. As a climber, when he’s cracked the field and is approaching the summit he’s required to open his jersey so that the cameras can get a his necklace swinging back and forth in front of his bare chest. He must gave gotten a little sun in such situations.
Voeckler, of course, does it best.
