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Is Sylvia Schenk behind the Armstrong affair ?
"Tom Kunich" wrote in message ink.net... "benjo maso" wrote in message ... "Tom Kunich" wrote in message oups.com... Not to put too fine a point on it but Dr. Ferrari is one of the greatest sports physiologists in history whereas Balco was a pharmaceutical company that was inventing new drugs to beat the detection process. I don't want to dispute your statement that Ferrari one of the greatest sports physiologists in history, but you know of course that he thanked his fame in the cycling world being the medical adviser of the Gewiss-team in 1994/1995 when the hematocrite level of his clients rose sharply in six month (Furlan 38-51, Ugrumov 42-60, Riis 41-56, Gotti 40-57, Berzin 41-53, etc.), resulting in the stunning results of the team in 1995 and Ferrari's popularity among other ambitious riders. Benjo And if you suspected your clients were going to use a drug that wasn't detectable and all of his competition was going to use, would you explain to your clients how to safely use the substance or would you hope they get good enough advice elsewhere to prevent them killing themselves? This is CERTAINLY a case of ethics. But how to define the right side from the wrong? I know I am repeating myself, but I'm convinced the anti-doping policy is a disaster and that bicycle racing would be much better off when riders were allowed to prepare themselves the way they see fit. I think it's a pity that products as epo, do exist, making it "clean" riders impossible to be on equal footing with the rest. But that is a fact of life. All those efforts to prevent riders and other athletes to use performance enhacing products have been quite useless. I'm convinced riders are using more, amnd more dangerous products than 40 years ago when it all started. IMO there is no doubt that physicians as Ferrari would be a blessing if doping is legalized. If the 17 or 18 Dutch and Belgian riders who experimented with epo at the end of the 1980's would have been supervised by a man as Ferrari they would probably be alive right now. No wonder that almost every rider wants to associate himself with Ferrari or one of Conconi's other pupils. But what I don't understand is that on this forum a lot of people are dead against the use of doping products and at the same time praising Ferrari. Only because of Armstrong? Well, everybody knows that Armstrong approached Ferrari in 1995, the year that the Italian doctor became famous because of the performances of the Gewiss-team. And let's be fair, everybody knew the reason why the Gewiss was so much better than most of the other teams: epo and nothing else. Even I knew it, although I had only superficial contact with some journalists and (ex-)riders. Of course that every rider who wanted to have Ferrari as an adviser was using epo as well, but they were - and still are - like men frequenting a brothel and Armstrong no less than the others. Perhaps they are going there only to have a nice chat with the girls, but it isn't very likely. In other words, I have no trouble characterizing Ferrari as "one of the greatest sports physiologists in history", but I can accept that statement only because I know that the present day cycling he owes his reputation to, is far from perfect and hundreds of miles remote from the idealized image some people still seem to accept. Benjo |
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Is Sylvia Schenk behind the Armstrong affair ?
"benjo maso" wrote in message ... Perhaps they are going there only to have a nice chat with the girls, but it isn't very likely. Benjo Priceless. |
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Is Sylvia Schenk behind the Armstrong affair ?
"benjo maso" wrote in message
... "Tom Kunich" wrote in message ink.net... "benjo maso" wrote in message ... "Tom Kunich" wrote in message oups.com... Not to put too fine a point on it but Dr. Ferrari is one of the greatest sports physiologists in history whereas Balco was a pharmaceutical company that was inventing new drugs to beat the detection process. I don't want to dispute your statement that Ferrari one of the greatest sports physiologists in history, but you know of course that he thanked his fame in the cycling world being the medical adviser of the Gewiss-team in 1994/1995 when the hematocrite level of his clients rose sharply in six month (Furlan 38-51, Ugrumov 42-60, Riis 41-56, Gotti 40-57, Berzin 41-53, etc.), resulting in the stunning results of the team in 1995 and Ferrari's popularity among other ambitious riders. Benjo And if you suspected your clients were going to use a drug that wasn't detectable and all of his competition was going to use, would you explain to your clients how to safely use the substance or would you hope they get good enough advice elsewhere to prevent them killing themselves? This is CERTAINLY a case of ethics. But how to define the right side from the wrong? I know I am repeating myself, but I'm convinced the anti-doping policy is a disaster and that bicycle racing would be much better off when riders were allowed to prepare themselves the way they see fit. I think it's a pity that products as epo, do exist, making it "clean" riders impossible to be on equal footing with the rest. But that is a fact of life. All those efforts to prevent riders and other athletes to use performance enhacing products have been quite useless. I'm convinced riders are using more, amnd more dangerous products than 40 years ago when it all started. IMO there is no doubt that physicians as Ferrari would be a blessing if doping is legalized. If the 17 or 18 Dutch and Belgian riders who experimented with epo at the end of the 1980's would have been supervised by a man as Ferrari they would probably be alive right now. No wonder that almost every rider wants to associate himself with Ferrari or one of Conconi's other pupils. But what I don't understand is that on this forum a lot of people are dead against the use of doping products and at the same time praising Ferrari. Only because of Armstrong? Well, everybody knows that Armstrong approached Ferrari in 1995, the year that the Italian doctor became famous because of the performances of the Gewiss-team. And let's be fair, everybody knew the reason why the Gewiss was so much better than most of the other teams: epo and nothing else. Even I knew it, although I had only superficial contact with some journalists and (ex-)riders. Of course that every rider who wanted to have Ferrari as an adviser was using epo as well, but they were - and still are - like men frequenting a brothel and Armstrong no less than the others. Perhaps they are going there only to have a nice chat with the girls, but it isn't very likely. In other words, I have no trouble characterizing Ferrari as "one of the greatest sports physiologists in history", but I can accept that statement only because I know that the present day cycling he owes his reputation to, is far from perfect and hundreds of miles remote from the idealized image some people still seem to accept. Benjo, I think that you are trying to be completely fair and compliment you on that. I don't agree 100% with you but nonetheless you probably have a better idea of what's going on than the rest of them here. However, I've grown weary of the bitterest hatred spouted off here on virtually every subject and I'm done for now. |
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