Der Kaiser calls it quits - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

bluegoose · 02-27-2007, 05:39 AM

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/11792.0.html

Its kind of sad, reading about the last year of his life. He goes from being a favorite to win the tour de france to retirement in about 6 months. That sure sucks if he is telling the truth that he never cheated. He was always more adament about his innocence from Operation Puerto than Basso was. It appears this may have been his mistake. He probably should have stayed quiet, denied involvement through his agent or spokesperson, and he may have eventually found a team, much like almost all of the guys originally implicated.

That being said, I still think they're all cheaters.

02-27-2007, 05:39 AM	#1
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Der Kaiser calls it quits http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/11792.0.html Its kind of sad, reading about the last year of his life. He goes from being a favorite to win the tour de france to retirement in about 6 months. That sure sucks if he is telling the truth that he never cheated. He was always more adament about his innocence from Operation Puerto than Basso was. It appears this may have been his mistake. He probably should have stayed quiet, denied involvement through his agent or spokesperson, and he may have eventually found a team, much like almost all of the guys originally implicated. That being said, I still think they're all cheaters.