Wayne666: Thanks. What an excellent read. Though dejecting. It was just frickin' typical all the rebuttals at the end over Jaksche's allegations in his autobiographical interview. Pathetic. But then again, the sport attracted liars because it was a necessary requirement of being able to do the job. Granted it didn't seem as wrong when everyone knew everyone was doing it, and the authorities looked the other way. If not for the actions of the independent police, ie Festina and Operation Puerto, then this **** would still be covered up.
I found his hearsay at the end that teams were doing deals with the UCI as interesting and demoralizing.
I also understand why Levi had a big smile on his face last July. He had finally found a team with some good **** and enough connections to skirt controls.