I think he was clean, as he never raced again for winning the Tour. He once won a mountain stage ( can't remember which year ) and was leading in front of Armstrong. When asked if he would try to win the Tour, he answered he wouldn't stand a chance, there was a big gap between his capabilities and "others' .de don said:Do you think R Virenque was doping when he came back after his ban or did he do it clean when he came back???
He was not a good when he came back and not as lean
de don said:Do you think R Virenque was doping when he came back after his ban???
Sounds like he probably spun his blood when he came back.poulidor said:Virenque responding to a french interwiew has said that he would dope again if he was sure to be not caught.
For me and many others he was back with PED... just a little less than precedent. Without PED he would have never be able to climb with the first groups of riders.
Almost certainly.de don said:Do you think R Virenque was doping when he came back after his ban or did he do it clean when he came back???
He was not a good when he came back and not as lean
de don said:Do you think R Virenque was doping when he came back after his ban or did he do it clean when he came back???
He was not a good when he came back and not as lean
Hmmm, I actually might reconsider, as you're right he did not race under French controls anymore after his return. So yes, that w..ker might have been loaded after all. I hate him because of his stupid comments on French Eurosport, when doping cases mentioned. Example, when rumours about Ullrich being involved with Puerto case on Giro back in ...2006 ??...he said: "Come on. Again these rumours about doping? No way these guys are doping today. One should focus on the race, not on accusing those poor riders." SIGH...Wayne666 said:Almost certainly.
IIRC, when the French Federation cracked down on the doping in the wake of the Festina scandal and instituted longitudinal controls, Virenque and Jalabert were the two notable riders that left the country and took out foreign racing licences.
He could be with Once and could have had a french licence.adamastor said:Concerning Jalabert don't forget he did not leave the country when France instituted longitudinal controls, he had been with Once well before that.
Yes, I'm pretty sure he moved and raced under a Swiss license once the French got serious about the dope testing.poulidor said:He could be with Once and could have had a french licence.
Sure for a none french license.!Wayne666 said:Yes, I'm pretty sure he moved and raced under a Swiss license once the French got serious about the dope testing.
According to some comments on other older French forum posts, after 1998 Manolo Saiz forbid Jalabert to take part at the longitudinal tests. In 99 Jalabert took part at the Giro, not the Tour. I remember the whole Once team left the Tour in 98 in protest. Jalabert's comment became famous: "We are no cattle..."poulidor said:Sure for a none french license.!
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