I have not read it yet, but I skimmed a portion where Tyler stated that the
conditioning MD at CSC (Luigi Cecchini, who worked with Riis since his time
with Ariostea) completely reworked his conditioning protocols.
This leaves me to wonder what in the hell Chris Carmichael was doing for all
of the riders other than Lance? I know Chris has not been educated formally
(or has he?) but I thought he was more than a 1 rider specialist. I have
always heard that the non-elite CTS athletes he directed were always given
training protocols that seemed to be intended for Lance. Does this include
the whole team at USPS? I thought I remember that CC was doing Tyler's
training, and if so this makes CC look even worse than before. Yes, he is a
real coach and yes, he seems to be in way over his head. As far as LA cares,
CC gets him the info he needs (from real MDs) but I guess he is not really
doing much for anyone else, Hincapie included (his sprint has left him since
he started his super domestique duties for Lance). Does CC train them all at
USPS for optimal domestique work?
As far as Cecchini goes, I knew he was one of the top training guys, but are
the others that far behind him? I ask because of how many athletes are
having their best performances while at CSC and it can't be entirely due to
Riis.
OK Cynics, Cecchini knows how to dope better than any of the others..