Did Tom's Meds Finally Kick In?



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He almost sounds reasonable. From letters to CyclingNews:

Manzano The letter from Mr. Taylor troubles me. His point
appears to be that in some manner Jesus Manzano must be
lying about the use of drugs in a sport renown for drug
dependence. Let's admit it, when someone like Jacques
Anquetil can essentially laugh about drug use without
response from the sport's controlling bodies it isn't likely
to change.

There is sufficient evidence from any number of revelations
be it the books from ***** Voet or Paul Kimmage or the fact
that the strategies for avoiding testing positive described
by Manzano are completely logical. Would you suppose he made
this entire thing up?

No, drugs are a scourge upon the sport because those who
could win clean feel the need to use drugs to maintain a
status quo among less talented riders. And those, whose
honor forbids them to use drugs, are punished by lesser
performances in relation to those who use drugs without
compunction.

As for his Kelme vs. Cofidis comparison. Perhaps I didn't
get the full story but it was my understanding that Cofidis
was a problem with a rider whereas the concerns about Kelme
was that the TEAM was forcing drugs upon their riders not
directly but in a manner that gave them little choice in the
matter. "You must listen to the doctors."

Tom Kunich USA Friday, April 9, 2004
 
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> He almost sounds reasonable. From letters to CyclingNews:
>
> Manzano The letter from Mr. Taylor troubles me. His point
> appears to be that
in some
> manner Jesus Manzano must be lying about the use of drugs
> in a sport
renown
> for drug dependence. Let's admit it, when someone
> like Jacques
Anquetil can
> essentially laugh about drug use without response from the
> sport's controlling bodies it isn't likely to change.
>
> There is sufficient evidence from any number of
> revelations be it the
books
> from ***** Voet or Paul Kimmage or the fact that the
> strategies for
avoiding
> testing positive described by Manzano are completely
> logical. Would
you
> suppose he made this entire thing up?
>
> No, drugs are a scourge upon the sport because those who
> could win
clean
> feel the need to use drugs to maintain a status quo
> among less
talented
> riders. And those, whose honor forbids them to use drugs,
> are punished
by
> lesser performances in relation to those who use
> drugs without
compunction.
>
> As for his Kelme vs. Cofidis comparison. Perhaps I didn't
> get the full
story
> but it was my understanding that Cofidis was a problem
> with a rider
whereas
> the concerns about Kelme was that the TEAM was forcing
> drugs upon
their
> riders not directly but in a manner that gave them little
> choice in
the
> matter. "You must listen to the doctors."

Not bad from Tom, despite the incomplete sentence at the
start of the last paragraph.

Phil Holman
 

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