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That'd be the Marcel Kittel:
blood manipulation to be /effective/, and there was no scientific evidence that UV treatment was
Now that was a young Marcel Kittel, 19 or so, I guess vulnerable to going along with whatever his coaching staff said was needed. However, it's the same Marcel Kittel who only a few years ago, aged 24 or 25 or so, said in an interview he had /never/ seen anything /like/ doping happen. That means Kittel doesn't think that watching your blood being taken out, treated, and then re-infused is anything like doping - and we can reasonably assume he'd be fine with autologous blood infusions.
The clean new generation!
drosco - what you're watching now is a peleton microdosing epo and taking cortigosteroids continually out of competition. this leads to different style of racing compared to previous era when certain riders would take massive dose of epo for a certain stage.
plus a blood transfusion.
Sorry but this no reversion to tactics of old. There were still massive breakaway in the pre 80s. The waiting game we see today is because of team tactics and power meters. USPS did more than just take drugs, they invented defensive team tactics that Sky now use. Even tempo climbing that protects the leader and doesn't over react; marking GC contenders. Team Radio.
Technology and tactics are the reason it all comes down to a uphill sprint at the end.
Pro cyclists are screened enough. If the anti-doping regime doesn't find anything then that's good enough and is the end of it. Even if there is a bit of doping going undetected I don't care - they are tested and punished far more severely than other athletes and they sacrifice far more for far less remuneration and fame.The constant bloody speculation and witch hunt by the press and social media "experts" does nothing for the sport.
To me, Grand Tours don't look like they used to. The days of riders putting a couple of minutes into each other on the final climb are over. All the team leaders are much of a muchness and everyone looks like they're suffering. If not drug free, it's a world away from the days of too good to be true performances.
Its not a question of belief. Quite clearley there is doping as we saw recently with trek rider Andre Segafredo.I still cant understand how that got swept under the carpet.All hell would have broken loose if he was a sky rider.
Presumably cos he owns the team
If you believe that there's no doping in cycling, then I've got a bridge I can sell you
The headline doesn't represent what he says, one is probably lying right, the other is bollocks!