Italian national RR champs (spoiler)

afx237vi

Now there's a blast from the past:

http://cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road ... 8/italy087

That's some field he beat too.

Bernie S

Anyone volunteer to tell Lance

campagchris

Theres been some surprises elsewhere too,apart from spain.

jimmythecuckoo

Bernie S wrote:

Anyone volunteer to tell Lance

beat me to it!

Well done to him, a nice win for the anti-drug lobby

mm1

Bet Pozzatto and Bettini are spitting blood

LangerDan

jimmythecuckoo wrote:

Well done to him, a nice win for the anti-drug lobby

Simeoni was a prolific doper His spat with LA wasn't down to some Bassons-type crusade -he was asked to name names as part of a potential plea-bargain. Simeoni is representative of the anti-doping lobby in the same way that Pat Sinkewitz is.

andyrr

Simeoni's did not name Lance - what happened was that initially he denied the doping (as most do / would do) but later changed his testimony to name his coach and hence prescriber of EPO etc as Snr Ferrari - the very same man that Armstrong used and said was a good guy. Armstrong seemed to take beef at the fact that his own coach was being pointed to as a bad guy and then took issue with Simeoni. Simeoni seemed to be someone who went to a coach, the one that was know to get results, and then did what he was told to even if it was illegal. Reading later interviews with him he seemed to be someone that loved racing and would prefer to be out of the must-take-drugs-to-win environment.

blazing_saddles

Having just read the chapter on Simeoni, from "Bad Blood", it's apt.
Whittle talks about all the Lance fan's hatemail regarding poor Filippo, that was sent to this publication. :oops:

He tells a horrific tale of a rider's career ripped to shreds. Spat upon by the USPS riders on the Champs Elsysees, in 2004. Shunned, almost to a man, by the riders from his home nation.
Cold shouldered by the Pro Tour teams; the only rider to actively try and help him get a ride was Gilberto Simoni, who described him as, " a super GT domestique".
Picked to ride for Italy in the WC's but ignored.
He thought, after testifying against Ferrari, the abuse would eventually fade. He was wrong. Lance never forgets.
Finally, he ends up riding way below his weight, having lost and estimated several hundred thousand Euros in earnings.

So, he ends his career by riding in the colours of his nation's flag. Who will dare to spit upon him, now?

Kléber

Philippo Pozatto was one of those who spat on him and he finished third on Sunday. Simeoni stood above him on the podium. Talk about "the last laugh" now.

In related news, former Fasso Bortolo rider Dario Frigo could be going to prison for his 2005 bust for EPO (I'm copywriting the "Frigo in the Cooler"© headline). Frigo has never denied things, saying he was just doing the job for his team, the EPO was for his team mates who included...

pat1cp

Kléber wrote:

Philippo Pozatto was one of those who spat on him and he finished third on Sunday. Simeoni stood above him on the podium. Talk about "the last laugh" now.

In related news, former Fasso Bortolo rider Dario Frigo could be going to prison for his 2005 bust for EPO (I'm copywriting the "Frigo in the Cooler"© headline). Frigo has never denied things, saying he was just doing the job for his team, the EPO was for his team mates who included...

The Chin and Basso :?: :?: :shock:

iainf72

pat1cp wrote:

The Chin and Basso :?: :?: :shock:

Basso was on CSC by then, no?

It was obviously for Kim Kirchen.

Kléber

Starting to name names? See you in court, chaps.

My point was that Frigo's team mate was Pozzato. Not that Pozzato would dope of course, "preparation" for him means a trip to the hairdresser.