On 04/19/2004 09:46 PM, in article
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Yeah, Jan is taking his time to get in form. But it's nothing that a
few
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:"disco vitamins" won't correct.Dave
Disco Vitamins. That is funny s**t.
What's funnier is that he thought it was a good excuse. "Ya, I was tak'n
ecstasy in a club. I don't take performance drugs," he pleaded with the
UCI. (Or something to that effect.) I suppose it is possible that he really
was just casually chomping down on disco biscuits and that they really did
contain some of the performance drugs that were tested for. Either way, he
screwed up big time.
Ecstasy is a variant of methamphetamine ... And will show up positive in a
drug test for same. Methamphetamine, as a stimulant, can be a performance
enhancer in competition, but it pretty useless in training.
Ullrich, due to his knee injury, was neither racing nor training at the time
he was surprise tested.
And he came clean right away ... No excuses, no denials.
For this, I will always respect Ullrich ... He screwed up, he admitted it,
and he did his time without complaint, and came back to nearly kick some
Armstrong ass in the 2003 Tour.
Quoted message said:I don't hold it against him. He came back and proved himself enough for me.
I like Jan. I want to watch him and Lance duke it out this summer. If he's
not in form, I will be disappointed.
Dave
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