"Richard Sachs" <
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> "jerry" <[email protected]> wrote (snipped):
> "Uggh. So sick of this doping **** taking over. Lets go watch some
> cross. Oh wait, the biggest needle sticker of them all is going to
> come over here for ALL SIX cup races. Pontoni. Funny how he only
> races at a few UCI races a year, and avoids them other then that. Now
> he comes over here to the "backwater" of cross maybe hoping to pull in
> here and make some good cabbage and not get tested."
>
>
> are you serious?
> send this info to crank brothers and see if they can look
> into it; they hold the title sponsorship to the gran prix.
> e-RICHIE
As far as I know, he has never tested positive. Dont want to sound
like "all the others" but he is one of those guys that is just average
(in the teens) at the world cups he still shows up to (and pretty much
none anymore), races only a little in Italy, and then shows up at
worlds and gets still mangages 4th, etc.
Smells like the stay away and prepare for the big race routine you
read so much about these days from the admitted dopers. If he was
really that good wouldn't he be out on the scene making money? I
doubt he is that rich.
Then there is _all_ the rumors, winks, and nods from inside the cross
scene about that guy, but probably best not to go there as its all
conjecture unless you have a picture of the needle hanging out of his
leg. Plus, I only hear it second hand.
Bottom line, I guess his appearance will be good for the series, so we
can leave it at that.
But its my PERSONAL opinion that (euro) cross is one of, if not the
dirtiest cycling sports at this time.
just my 2 cents.
J
