Doping in Belgium?

A package allegedly for triple Lanterne Rouge winner Wim Vansevenant was intercepted by customs two weeks ago and found to contain cutting edge doping products.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vanseve ... g-products
Het Nieuwsblad (Belgian newspaper) has some more details
Research showed that the package contained ultramodern doping products. It would be a brand new drug for animals. The product would be prized by drug users as it increases both muscle mass and endurance would improve.
Translated from http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1297/Doping-In ... ping.dhtml
The courts arent saying anything about the planned recipients at the moment, Vansevenant has retired. He is still affiliated to the Lotto team and is supposed to be escorting guests of Omega-Pharma Lotto around during the tour.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vanseve ... g-products
Het Nieuwsblad (Belgian newspaper) has some more details
Research showed that the package contained ultramodern doping products. It would be a brand new drug for animals. The product would be prized by drug users as it increases both muscle mass and endurance would improve.
Translated from http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1297/Doping-In ... ping.dhtml
The courts arent saying anything about the planned recipients at the moment, Vansevenant has retired. He is still affiliated to the Lotto team and is supposed to be escorting guests of Omega-Pharma Lotto around during the tour.
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Either way, what is he doing buying illegal drugs from Australia, for cycling or farming?
As much as I hope that were true, I think it is only reasonable that the assumption, unfortunately, is made the other way.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/investi ... enant-case
Hmmmmmmm...
He also mentions that he had bought it previously on the internet & that it was advertised as amino acids...
Apparently it's rather rare & expensive to purchase so that seems a little unlilkely.
He's not going to be VIP bus driver for Omega Pharma now during the Tour (his own decision he claims to avoid damaging the reputation of cycling)
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1297/Doping-In-Wielrennen/article/detail/1285203/2011/06/29/Vansevenant-bekent-aankoop-product-tegen-aftakeling.dhtml
--Jens Voight
You mean at the time they hired Popovych and Dekker
Classics and Grand Tours are different types of races. Evans and Gilbert are different types of rider. Comparisons are pointless.
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Comparisons are not pointless...I read it that fixie71 is questioning the level of support which Evans received to that of Gilbert and looking for reasons why that should be the case...its not an unfair comparison.
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It is an unfair comparison. Lotto have always had predominantly Belgian riders and Belgians are better at Classics than they are at Grand Tours, therefore the Classics rider gets better support. Similarly if Tom Boonen went to Euskaltel we wouldn't get the same quality of support as Sanchez.
If the comparison was between Evans and JVdB then that would be fair. But JVdB gets sod all support in the mountains too, so it's not quite as good for making insinuations.
I also believe Evans' supposed lack of support at Lotto was exaggerated
Stage 1, 2nd - not a bad start!!!
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