Jerome Pineau on Ricco...

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited July 2008 in Pro race
Just mentioned on Eurosport...

http://jpineau.blogs.velomagazine.fr/

Dodgy translation:

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... 26hs%3DA4B


Ricco has been doping since he was 15 and had no qualms about people knowing it... him and his mouth, eh?

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    He idolises Pantani down to the nth degree eh ? Nobber.
  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    cougie wrote:
    He idolises Pantani down to the nth degree eh ? Nobber.

    Lots of people still do. they're as silly as Hamilton fans.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Hilarious translation. getting wet humm! :shock:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    sing_for_absolution wrote:
    cougie wrote:
    He idolises Pantani down to the nth degree eh ? Nobber.

    Lots of people still do. they're as silly as Hamilton fans.

    Good point.

    Hmmm - maybe I should start making the 'I believe Ricco' badges now and flog them on Ebay ?
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    cougie wrote:
    sing_for_absolution wrote:
    cougie wrote:
    He idolises Pantani down to the nth degree eh ? Nobber.

    Lots of people still do. they're as silly as Hamilton fans.

    Good point.

    Hmmm - maybe I should start making the 'I believe Ricco' badges now and flog them on Ebay ?


    :lol:
    Either that or "Ricco to Ride", "let Ricco Ride" , what a T*sser
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  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Geez... that translation is horrible.

    Here's mine:

    "For the last two days, the race has not only been animated by sporting feats alone. There was the case of Moises Duenas, where I was impressed by the deployment of gendarmes, who quickly circled the hotel we shared with Barloworld for the rest day, in Tarbes. Then, today around noon, we learned of the positive control for third-generation, supposedly undetectable EPO by Ricco. I'd heard of this product a while ago and went on a website where I found information on its composition.

    CERA, this retarded-effect EPO, is not so undetectable, as proven by the Ricco affair.I'm very glad he got caught because Ricco the arrogant was dragging quite a past. I have Italian friends who raced with him when he was 15, who told me he used to brag about the fact he was doping, going so far as to show them how he did it. When you're in deep water like him, the least you can do is have the decense to shut up, especially when you're at the center of the problem. He took himself for a star, he taunted us. I'm very glad that he's sleeping in a cell tonight.

    I'm split between two sentiments, tonight. On one hand I'm sad once again for the image of cycling among the general public. I'm sorry for the kids who dreamed of Ricco after seeing his "exploits" in the Pyrenees on TV. On the other hand, I'm satisfied with the fight against doping, which has no refuge for the cheats, who make us feel and look weak when they attack unjustly.

    To my eyes, the fact that Saunier Duval shamefully flee the race looks like an admission of organized doping. In those cases, the reaction is everything. Either the team stays in the race and affirms its surprise and despair in the face of such events, like Barloworld who, for me, were faced with an isolated case. Either that or the team wants to skirt questions they could face and run away like a kid who got caught in the schoolyard."
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    drenkrom wrote:
    Geez... that translation is horrible.

    Ricco the arrogant was dragging quite a past.

    I was wondering what "dragging pots behind him" meant
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  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    If as it seems he's caught red handed I can see him spitting in the soup as he can't keep quiet.
  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    Great translation :) Reads like it was done professionally, but better... (As someone who has proofread plenty of professional work ;))
  • andrew_s
    andrew_s Posts: 2,511
    If Ricco's been doping since he was 15, that could explain his "naturally high haemocrit", that he's got a UCI certificate for. I can't see the UCI having been able to check haemocrit values from earlier than that.

    On Saunier Duval, it would seem that Piepoli's reaction to hearing of Ricco's positive was to confess to his DS that he'd been taking the same stuff. He'd have been tested when he took the stage, so the withdrawal of the team was most likely in an expectation of a second positive test in a few days time.
  • deal
    deal Posts: 857
    andrew_s wrote:
    If Ricco's been doping since he was 15, that could explain his "naturally high haemocrit", that he's got a UCI certificate for. I can't see the UCI having been able to check haemocrit values from earlier than that.

    i agree i posted something similar before news of his postive broke in this thread on page 3 i beleive

    will be interesting to see if this certificate is revoked assuming he returns to pro cycling in a few years! might also be worth looking more closely at some of the other riders with an exemption.

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