Kelme

Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?



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>From: lazysegall usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com

>Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
>to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?

It's not worth having them there, and having the Italian police staging hotel
raids every other day. The last thing the Giro organizers want is the news to
be led off by police reports and footage of riders being taken for questioning.
just my $.02
Bill C

"lazysegall" <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message
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> Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
> to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?


You can hardly blame the organizers. Thanks to the current anti-doping
policy they are more or less obliged to be hypocrits.

Benjo Maso

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:42:10 GMT, lazysegall
<usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:

>Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
>to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?

The hell with dope. When they announce that Beamish gives you an
unfair advantage, I'm back in training. Actually, if Beamish gives you
an unfair advantage, I guess I'm already in training.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

lazysegall wrote:
> Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
> to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?
>
A few.

Kyle Legate wrote:
> lazysegall wrote:
> > Spanish team Kelme, riddled by doping accusations, will not be allowed
> > to compete in the Giro. Thoughts?
> >
> A few.



A comment of my own is that I feel bad for Valverde. His form was so
good and I like the way he rides just trying to win every race that he
is in. Of course if he was doping then I don't feel so bad for him.



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lazysegall wrote:
> A comment of my own is that I feel bad for Valverde. His form was so
> good and I like the way he rides just trying to win every race that he
> is in. Of course if he was doping then I don't feel so bad for him.



Valverde just took his 8th win of the season today. Since it looks
like he'll be relegated to races in Spain he'll probably be taking
a lot more.



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In article <6zykc.47823$mJ2.12460@fe04.usenetserver.com>,
DiabloScott <NOSPAMdiabloscott@terra.es> wrote:

> lazysegall wrote:
> > A comment of my own is that I feel bad for Valverde. His form was so
> > good and I like the way he rides just trying to win every race that he
> > is in. Of course if he was doping then I don't feel so bad for him.
>
> Valverde just took his 8th win of the season today. Since it looks
> like he'll be relegated to races in Spain he'll probably be taking
> a lot more.

He's actually had 11 wins now in this season, if you count the two
points jerseys and the combination jersey he took home with him. I hate
to say it, but the best thing for Valverde will be if Kelme folds,
leaving him to jump elsewhere. I started a speculative thread about
where he might go a while back... dare I suggest he might want to follow
Oscar Sevilla to Phonak?

-Sonarrat.

"Sonarrat" <sonarrat@stormloader.com> wrote in message
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> I hate to say it, but the best thing for Valverde will be if Kelme folds,
> leaving him to jump elsewhere. I started a speculative thread about
> where he might go a while back... dare I suggest he might want to follow
> Oscar Sevilla to Phonak?

BS. Kelme is going through a tough time right now. But they're the longest
running team still racing and they deserve a second chance. But they also
deserve a kick in the ass which they have assuredly received.

Tom Kunich wrote:
> "Sonarrat" <sonarrat@stormloader.com> wrote in message news:sonarrat-EB4411.15384230042004@corp.supernews.comnews:sonarrat-
> EB4411.15384230042004@corp.supernews.com...
> > I hate to say it, but the best thing for Valverde will be if Kelme
> > folds, leaving him to jump elsewhere. I started a speculative thread
> > about where he might go a while back... dare I suggest he might want
> > to follow Oscar Sevilla to Phonak?
> BS. Kelme is going through a tough time right now. But they're the
> longest running team still racing and they deserve a second chance. But
> they also deserve a kick in the ass which they have assuredly received.



They got their second chance last year after the financial fiasco. If
Comunitat Valenciana pulls out Kelme will crumble.



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