Comments on Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News: Bernhard Kohl Retires for Good, Recklessly Claims ...

That's a big statement from a young 23 (??) year o...

2009-05-27T19:27:20.605-07:00

That's a big statement from a young 23 (??) year old rider. My first response is to ask - how do you know? If you did try to win clean, you didn't try for very long.

Such a short and stupid career. Oh well, good riddance.

While I admire your idealism, I think at this stag...

2009-05-27T00:03:35.778-07:00

While I admire your idealism, I think at this stage of pro cycling that same idealism is blinding you to the reality of the peleton. For years there have been whistle-blowers, scandals, police investigations and still we have blood doping, and EPO use while at the same time passing the doping controls.

To put the Giro up as some example of a counter point to Kohl is the height of naivety. For starters does anyone think DiLuca is riding this clean? Really? This same DiLuca?Secondly the Giro is synonyms with doping. This was highlighted recently when they turned down the opportunity to retest the 2008 blood samples for CEVA after the development of the test following the TdF.

Following the Tour last year I was beginning to hope that cycling is cleaning up, now I am not so sure (and this feeling came from before Kohl's press conference)

While I sure hope that this year's Giro protagonis...

2009-05-26T07:14:15.250-07:00

While I sure hope that this year's Giro protagonists are all riding clean, I'm not willing to put any money on it. Kohl's comments may not have been entirely warranted, but to say that he is wrong about dope being necessary to win is a pretty big leap of faith in my opinion.

Yes, Kohl should have said he couldn't win without...

2009-05-25T14:30:19.549-07:00

Yes, Kohl should have said he couldn't win without doping. He could have been a good helper-most of the peloton rides in support of the strong men. And the strong men, if they have prepared right, don't need to dope.

Can't imagine Levi not making the podium. Astana was almost perfect today, except they ran out of gas. Popo out in front. Leipheimer with 3 other teammates in an elite group. Rabobank (not represented in the break) doing all of the work today. Ideal situation for Astana. Great team. Hope they rally.