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I doubt that Kloden has much reason to be angry. There is most likely a good reason why he opted to not be the T-Mobile leader for the Tour after they announced their new drug testing policy and chose to be a domestique for Vino instead. Do not forget, he was on T-Mobile during the years when there was doping going on and probably realized the new regime would not eb to his liking. No proof of course, but a good basis for conjecture.
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From: Sarah
> Kicking the entire team out definitely ups the stakes and creates incentive
> between the riders on a team to make sure everyone is clean (or at least won't
> get caught). I bet Kloden is pretty pissed at Vino...
>
> More importantly, it ups the ante for sponsors - losing one rider is bad, but
> losing your entire team is quite a blow. By kicking out the entire team, doping
> may finally be such a risk that it's not worth it.
>
> So, I agree that this could be the "dark before the dawn" where riders start to
> realize this new situation. Of course, Mao said, "It's always darkest before
> it's totally black."
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Malcolm, Gary"
> To: Lisa ; obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:20:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] le Tour
>
>
> L,
>
> It does put a damper on the fun to say the least. However, this really could be
> the turning point. Vino disgraced, Astana out, Cofidis out, The Yellow Jersey
> stripped, Rasty fired and Rabobank unlikely to start tomorrow. This could go a
> long way toward making riders unwilling to dope themselves and more likely to
> pressure their peers into clean riding. At the very least, the sponsors deep
> pockets are going to dry up nullifying the root cause of all this stupidity. The
> glaring spotlight on the problem is the best disinfectant.
>
> My solution would also to include the lifetime banning of support staff for
> these riders? and the subsequent banning of those groups who maintain
> professional contact with banned persons.
>
> Oh? and unlike David Millar - I?m glad they didn?t stop for a moment of silence
> to commemorate Tom Simpson (the rider who died 40 years ago due to excessive
> Meth consumption).
>
>
> Gary Malcolm
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lisa [mailto:karmarenoir@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:17 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] le Tour
>
> It sucks that each year seems to get worse with all the doping...sure woulda
> been nice if all this had been examined and released prior to the start like
> last year instead of making us sit thru all the BS now
>
>
>
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