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mudman
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markie r
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exec summary:
got into bike racing
was good at bike racing
had a bad day
took EPO
didn't have any more bad days
was better than Lance in training
got kicked off lance's team
moved to riis's team as he did transfusions
got caught
went nuts
I should add that i met him in nwecastle after the tour of britain stage once and he couldn't have been nicer or more pleasant and willing to chat.
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AndyS..
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| markie r pretty much sums it up but it's still an interesting book. It's in big type and doesn't use any big words so ideal for bedtime reading.
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Pedro Peru
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| markie r wrote: | exec summary:
got into bike racing
was good at bike racing
had a bad day
took EPO
didn't have any more bad days
was better than Lance in training
got kicked off lance's team
moved to riis's team as he did transfusions
got caught
went nuts
I should add that i met him in nwecastle after the tour of britain stage once and he couldn't have been nicer or more pleasant and willing to chat. |
I think they're several chapters on that.
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GrahamO
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Do I find it in the fiction or non-fiction section at Waterstones ?
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markie r
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| Pedro Peru wrote: | | markie r wrote: | exec summary:
got into bike racing
was good at bike racing
had a bad day
took EPO
didn't have any more bad days
was better than Lance in training
got kicked off lance's team
moved to riis's team as he did transfusions
got caught
went nuts
I should add that i met him in nwecastle after the tour of britain stage once and he couldn't have been nicer or more pleasant and willing to chat. |
I think they're several chapters on that. |
actually, i think he'd done all the serious riding he was going to do as he was there with rock racing ffs.
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haych_seedy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| GrahamO wrote: | Do I find it in the fiction or non-fiction section at Waterstones ?
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Childrens 
Markie got it spot on
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skipper
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:47 am Post subject: |
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I recently read this book and found it riveting..before I read it I had been a big Armstrong fan but after reading it I'm not to sure and It's not to do with the drugs but just how much of a bully he comes across as.
Anyway I thought it was a decent read.
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markie r
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| skipper wrote: | I recently read this book and found it riveting..before I read it I had been a big Armstrong fan but after reading it I'm not to sure and It's not to do with the drugs but just how much of a bully he comes across as.
Anyway I thought it was a decent read. |
yeah agreed about armstrong. A tiny little bit of what lance was really about was revealed in the infamous SIMEONI incident a few years ago in the tour, remember it?
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ianmcl
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:26 am Post subject: |
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| markie r wrote: | exec summary:
got into bike racing
was good at bike racing
had a bad day
took EPO
didn't have any more bad days
was better than Lance in training
got kicked off lance's team
moved to riis's team as he did transfusions
got caught
went nuts
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I think it said that Postal were doing transfusions too, but Hamilton wasn't given the same treatment
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markie r
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the thing that really annoys me is that Sean Yates worked for postal when Tyler rode for them, and the went on to work for CSC tiscali when hamilton rode for them too, and yet has never mentioned anything about any doping or drug use, and now works for sky because they apparently have a totally drug free approach to cycling and all of their riders are clean and always have been.
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2 scheds
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| markie r wrote: | | the thing that really annoys me is that Sean Yates worked for postal when Tyler rode for them, and the went on to work for CSC tiscali when hamilton rode for them too, and yet has never mentioned anything about any doping or drug use, and now works for sky because they apparently have a totally drug free approach to cycling and all of their riders are clean and always have been. |
You know in a job interview when you get to ask them a question? Do you think Sean asks "Do you have systematic doping on your team?" and needs a "Yes, of course we do!", before he signs to work for them?
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TransitionTed
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| 2 scheds wrote: | | markie r wrote: | | the thing that really annoys me is that Sean Yates worked for postal when Tyler rode for them, and the went on to work for CSC tiscali when hamilton rode for them too, and yet has never mentioned anything about any doping or drug use, and now works for sky because they apparently have a totally drug free approach to cycling and all of their riders are clean and always have been. |
You know in a job interview when you get to ask them a question? Do you think Sean asks "Do you have systematic doping on your team?" and needs a "Yes, of course we do!", before he signs to work for them?
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It probably went more like this
Brailsford: 'So Yatez, do you think ve haff any doping in zee teeeam, ja?'
Yates: 'I just wanna job, like.'
Brailsford: 'You speak of doping again and vee vill keeeel all your family, ja?'
Yates: 'Where do i sign?'
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swim.bike.run
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| 2 scheds wrote: | | markie r wrote: | | the thing that really annoys me is that Sean Yates worked for postal when Tyler rode for them, and the went on to work for CSC tiscali when hamilton rode for them too, and yet has never mentioned anything about any doping or drug use, and now works for sky because they apparently have a totally drug free approach to cycling and all of their riders are clean and always have been. |
You know in a job interview when you get to ask them a question? Do you think Sean asks "Do you have systematic doping on your team?" and needs a "Yes, of course we do!", before he signs to work for them?
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very true
I have the book and am waiting for my holiday in a few weeks to read it - should be good
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markie r
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I remeber when sky were launched and there was Yates and shane sutton at a press conference.
member of cycling press: "so what will team sky do about doping in the sport?"
Yates: "we'll have our own in house doping programme"
Member of cycling press: "don't you mean anti doping programme?"
Yayes: "erm yeah that yeah"
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