Thankfully Ullrich is at the twilight of his career so I dont think it
will be any big shakes him missing out. I felt sorry for him during
the Lance reign cos I would have loved to have seen him win one more
tour. Doubt that will ever happen now.
Unfortunately though, Basso has years ahead of him and so could
potentially be 'a new lance' for Discovery....leaving us fans and the
peloton, press etc forever tarnishing him with Puerto brush. these
allegations will follow him forever.
Name one thing Ben Johnson was famous for? Breaking 100m world record?
Or being banned afterwards?

Landis will fall into this catergory too. I just hope they nullify his
victory in the Tour because its so obvious he's guilty.

Biggest victim in 2006 in my opionion is poor Vino - all fit and
raring to go in the Tour after missing last years through injury...and
his team gets pulled on the eve of it

hats off to a fine Veulta win! THATS the way to answer critics and
fight back, cant see Jan doing the same...




--- In roadracingukandireland@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Green"
<sayandy40@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>