[merckxman]

ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL: Cipollini in 2002: EPO, Transfusions & Hormones

 

[foto]

No way!

 

[cda 455]

No way!

:lol:


Shocked; I'll tell you!

 

[foto]

:lol:


Shocked; I'll tell you!

Cipollini might be the only cyclist ever where no one genuinely cares if he doped.

 

[azpeterb]

If only Rock Racing had known that before they signed him. Now their image is all besmirtchified.

 

[cda 455]

:lol:


Shocked; I'll tell you!

Will he lose his MSR win, then?

 

[cda 455]

I forgot the World Championship too!

Will he lose that too?

 

[foto]

Will he lose his MSR win, then?

Yeah and then Freddy Rodriguez will be the winner!!! Oh but wait, he rode for Maipei, now we have to suspect him! Ok, what about Zberg? Can a man buy a vowel? Nope, Rabobank. Plankaert? Yeah, he can spare a couple of vowels, but he rode for Cofidis. Freire? Maipei.

eh...I'm new here. How does this work? Am I doing it right?

 

[cda 455]

Yeah and then Freddy Rodriguez will be the winner!!! Oh but wait, he rode for Maipei, now we have to suspect him! Ok, what about Zberg? Can a man buy a vowel? Nope, Rabobank. Plankaert? Yeah, he can spare a couple of vowels, but he rode for Cofidis. Freire? Maipei.

eh...I'm new here. How does this work? Am I doing it right?

:lol:


Your poast would be funnier if it weren't so true!

Sad, isn't it?!

 

[foto]

:lol:


Your poast would be funnier if it weren't so true!

Sad, isn't it?!

Is it sad? It was still a great season.

One of my favorite Cipo wins is his 2002 GW win, that was awesome. Can you imagine making the final selection a few km from the finish, and all of a sudden Cipo is there with you? "Um...WTF..."

 

[rufus]

C'mon, he must have been doing something to get this bod.

 

[cda 455]

Is it sad? It was still a great season.

One of my favorite Cipo wins is his 2002 GW win, that was awesome. Can you imagine making the final selection a few km from the finish, and all of a sudden Cipo is there with you? "Um...WTF..."

With all the dopers that were lined up behind Cipo during his MSR and WC wins.

 

[foto]

With all the dopers that were lined up behind Cipo during his MSR and WC wins.

 

[spookyload]

If EPO was all he did, I would be shocked. I loved watching Super Mario but wasn't shallow enough not to think he would win at all cost, even back then. Abdujaparov was the only one doing more and getting caught back then.

 

[cda 455]

Hey, I'm a Cipollini fan !




What's ironic is that I was also a big Pharmstrong fan once too.

Not. Anymore.

 

[spade2you]

I knew his hair was too good to be true.

 

[kbiker3111]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Cipollini has the least suspicious set of palmares of the whole EPO era. None of those wins required an especially high hematocrit (except maybe '02 GW and MSR) and he was notorious for hopping in the team car the moment the race got hard.

Am I surprised Cipo was juiced up? Of course not. In the 90s everyone (especially in Italy) was doing EPO so why wouldn't the Lion King?

 

[LostViking]

This thread is too funny!

Anyway, is anybody surprised by these revelations anymore?

Cipo is still the man...among all the other dopers!

 

[LostViking]

Cipollini might be the only cyclist ever where no one genuinely cares if he doped.

Agreed! He was a showman.

 

[LostViking]

I knew his hair was too good to be true.

Too funny Spade!

Wonder, does human growth hormone give you great hair? If so, I want some!