Forget his media invented persona. His actions and inactions speak so loudly that you can't hear his voice.
Uber fast, super doped, highly skilled. A super talented gene pool combined with blood doping machinery.
An out-of-wedlock child, who in turn, begot an out-of-wedlock child.
A man of empty denials, blood bags, doping inquiries and abruptly sacked by his long-time employer, T-Mobile.
That sums it up in my book. Not too much different than Pantani, Anquetil, Heras, Hamilton, Landis, Bugno, Berzin, Thevenet or Zootemelk. Misunderstood, yet still beloved.
The good Jan: (2000 Olympic Road Champion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGZ49bg2mM
The bad Jan; as he fled from doping compliance inquiries via quiting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKXLbuFlMc
and, in the end, the ugly Jan. The typical pro cyclist's legacy. A man of no words on the subject of doping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh-M4fKQlhc
Uber fast, super doped, highly skilled. A super talented gene pool combined with blood doping machinery.
An out-of-wedlock child, who in turn, begot an out-of-wedlock child.
A man of empty denials, blood bags, doping inquiries and abruptly sacked by his long-time employer, T-Mobile.
That sums it up in my book. Not too much different than Pantani, Anquetil, Heras, Hamilton, Landis, Bugno, Berzin, Thevenet or Zootemelk. Misunderstood, yet still beloved.
The good Jan: (2000 Olympic Road Champion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGZ49bg2mM
The bad Jan; as he fled from doping compliance inquiries via quiting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKXLbuFlMc
and, in the end, the ugly Jan. The typical pro cyclist's legacy. A man of no words on the subject of doping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh-M4fKQlhc