Now that operation Peutro appears to be collapsing it is possible to
interpret the fallout in many different ways. My hunch is that only
since it collapsed have Ullrich and Basso really come out
fighting.Niehter have in my view behaved in a credible way since
being banned if they are innocent. If you are Jan Ullrich on the eve
of your last chance of the tour, and falsly accused of doping what
would you do. Launch the legal action from hell or slink off home and
wait to be sacked?

MY gues is that sadly the accused are all guilty but will escape
because the investigation will go wrong, and the follow up action
will be lost in a blur of inconsitency between the national
federations. --- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, "SueW"
<gswidemark@...> wrote:
>
> Did anyone else find Ulrich's articles to be a bit confusing?
>
> In the diary on his website he reprinted an article which intimates
that he could countersue both T-mobile for firing him illegally and
the Operation Puerta boys but Ulrich states maganimously that
he "just wants to end things peacefully" and ride again.
>
> In the article on cycling heros, he acts as if he's with a team and
all is just fine and Operation Puerta never happened.
>
> I have my own suspicions.... if Operation Puerta was a fake, what
was behind it? Because it cleared the stage for the American Floyd
Landis to win, by eliminating all the guys who could have beaten
him. Kind of coincidental only I don't really believe in
coincidence. I think some money could have exchanged hands. It sure
won't be the first time. But if there were some skullduggery on the
part of the Discovery Team, it backfired when their great white hope,
Landis, was caught using testosterone.
>
> Back to the article on Ulrich's website, he states he doesn't know
which team he will be riding with but he's confident of a positive
outcome.
>
> Very confusing situation all around...
>
> If Basso rides for Discovery team, is he going to be another Lance
Armstrong for the Americans? And will the Americans be able to look
to him as the "great white hope" as they did Floyd Landis?
>
> At last reading, Landis was still protesting that he did not do it
(even though he was just about caught with a smoking gun).
>
> I guess time will tell... :)
>
> Sue
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