http://velonews.com/news/fea/11517.0.html
Very interesting interview with Maarten Michielssens (who broke the PL story).
VN: You have also used information from a source that reportedly is a current member of the Quick Step team. Explain what he has told you.
MM: Yes, another thing we have is a cyclist from Quick Step who says that the doping system that was used at Mapei is still active today in the team of Quick Step. It's the team doctor, Ivan Van Mol, who gives these products and programs to riders. You pay 20,000 euros a year and Van Mol provides you with everything - products included. These drugs are EPO, IGF and human growth hormone. There are also real drugs like ecstasy, cocaine and speed. The top cyclists of Quick Step are on these drugs and Ivan Van Mol is aware of this. For that reason he has to call a friend of his at the UCI, and the guy at the UCI tells him in this week or that week there will be some doping controls in Belgium. Then Ivan Van Mol can say to his cyclists you can't take any ecstasy of whatever. Then [the anonymous rider on Quick Step] says that Ivan Van Mol has to pay 10,000 euros for the information from this one guy at the UCI.
VN: You say that the anonymous rider from Quick Step claimed that top cyclists on the team were using drugs? Did he name them?
MM: He gave me seven names but I did not release them because this guy is anonymous himself. I did not think it was honest to release the names of the cyclists.
VN: How did you come in contact with the Quick Step informant?
MM: He called me the morning we published the first stories with the eight witnesses. Then Patrick Lefévère gave a statement that he did not know anything and that he would sue for 50 million euros. Then this guy called me and said you are right about the story except one thing. The case of Marc Lotz did not go like your witness said. But all the other accusations are correct and then he told me his stories.
VN: How did you verify that he was a member of Quick Step and what he was saying was true?
MM: He called me and we arranged a meeting. I saw him for over one hour.
Very interesting interview with Maarten Michielssens (who broke the PL story).
VN: You have also used information from a source that reportedly is a current member of the Quick Step team. Explain what he has told you.
MM: Yes, another thing we have is a cyclist from Quick Step who says that the doping system that was used at Mapei is still active today in the team of Quick Step. It's the team doctor, Ivan Van Mol, who gives these products and programs to riders. You pay 20,000 euros a year and Van Mol provides you with everything - products included. These drugs are EPO, IGF and human growth hormone. There are also real drugs like ecstasy, cocaine and speed. The top cyclists of Quick Step are on these drugs and Ivan Van Mol is aware of this. For that reason he has to call a friend of his at the UCI, and the guy at the UCI tells him in this week or that week there will be some doping controls in Belgium. Then Ivan Van Mol can say to his cyclists you can't take any ecstasy of whatever. Then [the anonymous rider on Quick Step] says that Ivan Van Mol has to pay 10,000 euros for the information from this one guy at the UCI.
VN: You say that the anonymous rider from Quick Step claimed that top cyclists on the team were using drugs? Did he name them?
MM: He gave me seven names but I did not release them because this guy is anonymous himself. I did not think it was honest to release the names of the cyclists.
VN: How did you come in contact with the Quick Step informant?
MM: He called me the morning we published the first stories with the eight witnesses. Then Patrick Lefévère gave a statement that he did not know anything and that he would sue for 50 million euros. Then this guy called me and said you are right about the story except one thing. The case of Marc Lotz did not go like your witness said. But all the other accusations are correct and then he told me his stories.
VN: How did you verify that he was a member of Quick Step and what he was saying was true?
MM: He called me and we arranged a meeting. I saw him for over one hour.