Museeuw convicted

Kléber
Kléber Posts: 6,842
edited December 2008 in Pro race
Johan Museew, known as the "Lion of Flanders" copped a suspended 10 month prison sentence for his involvement in doping. Fellow riders Mario De Clercq, Chris Peers and Jo Planckaert were busted as well as were the Jos Landuyt - supplier of doping products - and the soigneur Herman Versele, who was implicated in smuggling and dealing the banned substances.

Museeuw confessed to doping at the end of his career but said he'd been working with Versele for 17 years, raising question marks about the credibility of his confession.

http://www.sportwereld.be

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  • Grimone
    Grimone Posts: 95
    interesting story, thanks.
    Don't rake up my mistakes, i know exactly what they are.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    kind of sad really..Mussuew was Lemond's domestique at 89 TDF...his clashes with Abdu made me respect him...is he still worth some sympathy?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    I'm so surprised. I never thought I'd see it happen. I still see clips of famous flandrians who are cycling mad watch his flanders exploits with dewy eyes.

    Is this the first conviction of this nature?
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    Dave_1 wrote:
    is he still worth some sympathy?
    Sure why not? They all* did it back then.

    (* legal disclaimer - some didn't)
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • Grimone
    Grimone Posts: 95
    vermooten wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    is he still worth some sympathy?
    Sure why not? They all* did it back then.

    (* legal disclaimer - some didn't)

    I'm loving that covering of your own back! :lol:

    They did though.....*

    *(This is not a statement of fact, just conjecture)
    Don't rake up my mistakes, i know exactly what they are.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Johan Museew, known as the "Lyin' of Flanders".......
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    teagar wrote:
    I'm so surprised. I never thought I'd see it happen. I still see clips of famous flandrians who are cycling mad watch his flanders exploits with dewy eyes.

    Is this the first conviction of this nature?

    Marc Lotz, the former Rabobank and QS rider, was given a 6 month suspended sentence and a 17,000 euro fine sometime last year.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    I always knew he was dirty, but he was still tough as nails and had one of the finest cycling brains in the history of the sport.

    What now for his brand of bikes?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I'm pretty sure that Festina watch sales went up after their 99 drugs bust ?

    Maybe this will work for him too ?
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Timoid. wrote:
    I always knew he was dirty, but he was still tough as nails and had one of the finest cycling brains in the history of the sport.
    I agree. He was probably one of the few who, if approached by LA, would have told him where to get off, and at the same time had a better appreciation of team members than LA ever did.

    Dirty as the rest yes, although it's a pity the likes of van Hooydonck called it a day in 1996, when not yet 30 years old, because he felt he had no chance against Museeuw specifically and the rest of the doped generally (van Hooydonck said something along these lines, naming Museeuw in particular, in an interview in 2007).
  • mylesrants
    mylesrants Posts: 37
    i supported him
    his flanders victories were amazing

    but all dirty. we must move on and support real heros. true results


    bikpure
  • iloveshimano
    iloveshimano Posts: 26
    would have been nice if he did all those clean. but he didnt. sad, but he should not be admired anymore, and all his tainted records erased.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Hmmm - yeah - cos everyone else was clean... :?:
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Of course the others were not clean but we don't know which riders had bodies that reacted better to the programs, which riders were more willing to risk their health for elusive wins. These doubts render practically every professional race from the early 1990s onwards as nothing more than worthless pharmaceutical competitions.

    It's only now, over 15 years later, that the governing bodies, teams, riders and authorities are waking up to this and trying to change. Better late than never...
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    You may as well wipe all records ever away as well. People cheated in the first tour too.


    OK - peoples bodies react differently to drugs apparently - but isnt it the same for training normally ?

    Drugs are bad and we should try and keep it as clean as possible now. Theres no point in going back and purging old records and then handing it to the bloke in second or fourth or whatever who didnt fail a dope test cos he didnt have to have one.

    (and most riders dont get busted in the tests anyway).

    Whats done is done - lets focus on the present.

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