Republica released two videos from 2001 that shows Rebellin and his wife in a room with doctor Enrico Lazzaro, (guilty of doping in the Guard of Finance inquiry that led to a blitz at San Remo in the 2001 Giro d'Italia), receiving a delivery of supplements, all ok, but then requesting of him banned materials including epo and testosterone boosting preparations. These videos were not admitted as evidence at the time because of procedural violations, which were not elaborated upon.
Well, for me this is stinky. Not that I am a fan of Rebellin, or that I believe he is clean. But that Repubblica has in it's possession this type of evidence and releases it 8 years later as a friggin scoop bothers me. What kind of surveillance is being done on athletes? don't they have any rights at all. Perhaps this is a way to fix outcomes of events as well. Get incriminating evidence on every athlete and then they can be manipulated at a moments notice, or destroyed if it sells news.
Well, for me this is stinky. Not that I am a fan of Rebellin, or that I believe he is clean. But that Repubblica has in it's possession this type of evidence and releases it 8 years later as a friggin scoop bothers me. What kind of surveillance is being done on athletes? don't they have any rights at all. Perhaps this is a way to fix outcomes of events as well. Get incriminating evidence on every athlete and then they can be manipulated at a moments notice, or destroyed if it sells news.