Re: Jan Ulrich out of TdF

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, debe
('hulk@kill_kunich.com') wrote:

> T-Mobile suspended Jan Ulrich and Rudy Pevenage.
>
> For those who can read the german language
> http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,424396,00.html

Here's T-Mobile's own statement, in English:
http://www.t-mobile-team.com/cms/tm...alPage/yearID=2006/itemID=100582/id=7030.html

Key points:

* The sponsor insisted on the implicated people pulling out;
* All team members had been made to sign written declarations that they
were not involved;
* The reason for the suspension seems to be that the riders lied to their
management, not actually that they had been blood doping (which is
presumably still unproven).

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[Tony Raven]

Simon Brooke wrote on 30/06/2006 11:36 +0100:
> in message <[email protected]>, debe
> ('hulk@kill_kunich.com') wrote:
>
>> T-Mobile suspended Jan Ulrich and Rudy Pevenage.
>>
>> For those who can read the german language
>> http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,424396,00.html
>
> Here's T-Mobile's own statement, in English:
> http://www.t-mobile-team.com/cms/tm...alPage/yearID=2006/itemID=100582/id=7030.html
>
>
> Key points:
>
> * The sponsor insisted on the implicated people pulling out; * All
> team members had been made to sign written declarations that they
> were not involved; * The reason for the suspension seems to be that
> the riders lied to their management, not actually that they had been
> blood doping (which is presumably still unproven).
>

Basso as well. How much longer do you think sponsors will put up with
being associated with this sort of thing?


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