Its now "King Doctor Kelly"

emadden

King Kelly becomes King Dr Kelly ... about time too, certaintly :-)

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/ ... -1.1593564

oneof1982

Maybe if this had happened 30 years earlier, Dr Kelly could have avoided this....


"Ten days before Paris-Brussels 1984, a race made for him but one curiously he had never won, Kelly fell ill. Bronchitis. He treated himself with ephedrine for a week, an excellent treatment to unblock the lungs but which could be detected in tests. Sean stopped his treatment three days before the race because even if the tests weren't as frequent as today, it wasn't worth taking the risk. At the end of the race, which he finished third behind Eric Vanderaerden and Charly Mottet, the Irishman was called to a test. In his shorts we hid a small container of urine volunteered by one of the mechanics, and he went through the test without problems. For top riders, as we've seen before, it's always easier. "Several days later, Kelly received a letter from the international federation saying he had tested positive after Paris-Brussels. The product? Stimul, based on amphetamine. I asked around and the culprit was soon unmasked: to stay awake at the wheel of his van, the forgetful mechanic had perhaps taken a charge!"
Willy Voets....as quoted in wiki...

mm1

A "complete professional and a gentleman" it says in the Irish Times. Read Hunger and there's no sense of any wrong doing, it was just faire la metier.

rayjay

Making the muthorfudging calculation ...Kelly is awesome. what a catchphrase and the best drinking game ever invented while you watch a cycling race although you will get very very very drunk.