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"cycling's transformed...trust what we are seeing" Gianetti

How can we believe Gianetti's statement when numerous teams have staff members ingrained in cycling's doping past.

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UAE Team Manager Mauro Gianetti:

As a rider Gianetti collapsed during the 1998 Tour of Romandie with multiple organ failure after suspected use of a experimental drug PFC (perfluorocarbon) a blood substitute.

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Gianetti was Team Manager of Saunier Duval-Prodir Team.

The Saunier Duval-Prodir Team were withdrawn from the 2008 TDF after Riccardo Riccall tested positive for CERA a form of EPO. Later Leonardo Piepoli also tested positive for CERA.

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Gianetti was also head of the Geox-TMC team of Juan José Cobo, whose 2011 Vuelta a España title was eventually stripped for doping.

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Dr. Iñigo San Millán UAE Physiologist & Pogačar's coach:

“His cycling experience includes work with numerous pro teams Vitalicio Seguros, ONCE, Saunier Duval & Astana. He has worked with riders such as Beloki, Olano, Horner, Rodriguez, Jackshe, Piepoli, Millar, & Vinokourov”

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Dr Iñigo San Millán rider associations:

Joseba Beloki = Operation Puerto

Abraham Olano = EPO retest samples of 98 tour

Chris Horner =ABP abnormalities

Jorge Jackshe = blood doping

Leonardo Piepoli = CERA

David Millar = EPO

Alexander Vinokourov = blood doping

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Alexander Vinokourov Astana Team Manager 2013-2021.

Cought blood doping at the 2007 Tour de France.

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Team Sky/Ineos Team Manager Sir Dave Brailsford.

Sky/Ineos scandals:
Dr Freeman: banned ordering testosterone
Brailsford: repeated lies jiffy bag scandal
TUE's corticosteroids
Froome: Salbutamol sample twice legal limit
Locke & Heano: ABP abnormalities
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Deceuninck-Quick-Step Team Manager Patrick Lefevere

Admitted to taking amphetamines as a cyclist, Het Laatste Nieuws accused him of over 30 years of systematic doping.

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Alberto Contador & Ivan Basso Mangers of the Eolo-Kometa Pro Team.

Contador: Clenbuterol positive
Basso: blood doping

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Bjarne Riis (Mr 60) Team NTT Manager 2020:

Rider: admitted EPO use

Hamilton discusses how Riis helped him blood dope and other doping strategies in his book 'The Secret Race'.

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Servais Knaven Team Ineos/Sky Director Sportif.

French court documents show an expert at a 2001 criminal trial found Dutch rider, Servais Knaven, took artificial EPO. Team Sky fail to accept these findings. Knaven is still a DS at Ineos.

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Giuseppe Saronni UAE Team Management

Saronni managed Lampre & implicated in the Mantova Investigation. Allegedly, Saronni sent several of their riders to Nigrelli's Mantova pharmacy for illegal drugs.

Ballan used HGH, EPO & blood transfusions in 09 when riding for Lampre. ImageImageImage
Matxin Joxean Fernandez UAE Manager.

Matxin was Director Sportif of Saunier Duval team when they withdrew from the 2008 Tour de France after Riccardo Ricco tested positive for CERA.

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Matxin Fernandez UAE Manager doubles up with Gianetti on both Saunier Duval and Geox team. Matxin was one of the managers when Cobo won La Vuelta & later stripped for ABP abnormalities.

Another Notable rider of the Geox team include Menchov banned for ABP violations.

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More than 20kg heavier than world class elite Africans.

This is one of the reasons why East Africans dominate endurance running.

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The IOC trans guidelines are very weak.

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

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If many people knew why did no one speak out and stop this before it grew.

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I have sympathy for many pro athlete's in this situation where doping is systemic to succeed.

You train your whole life to achieve your life long dreams of becoming a pro athlete. Only once you get there you realise the game is rigged.

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You are forced with the dilemma after a few years of battling realising that many athlete's are not on a level playing feild.

Neopros UK their training to new heights for little success and end up battling over training. Training harder and harder with little success.

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More suspicious events from British Cycling & UKAD.

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As Shane's squad under went testing for nandrolone in an unacredited WADA lab against WADA's rules as few as 10 British Cycling staff were aware, including the gang: Brailsford, Sutton, Peters and Freeman.

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