Jörg Jaksche has done a good word for Italian trainer Luigi Cecchini. In an interview in his home country the German cyclist said that the Italian sports doctor, who in the past also trained Thomas Dekker, has nothing to do with doping.
'I never talked with him about doping or Fuentes. Our talks were only about training, allways,' said Jaksche. 'The problem is that he never gives interviews. He is rich and he sees making training schedules as a hobby, not to make money with. That gives him the sort of charisma that makes people wanna accuse him of things. He is unreachable for them. Cecchini is not the problem, the teammanagers are the problem.'
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Basically he furthermore accuses Riis, Stanga and co, and in this small piece he defended Cecchini.
Like I allways said, Cecchini has as much to do with doping as I do. Which is, nothing.
Because since he got banned he's been blurting it out. And why shouldn't we believe him. He has nothing to lose by accusing the people that should be out of the sport.
I believe the sport isn't getting anywhere with ex-doped managers as Breukink, Riis, Bruyneel and co... Out with them! These team managers are the problem of cycling.
He has something to loose... after they retire all they say isnt 100% truth.
They still protecting someone..this is humanity...nothing to blame.
All statements they give is kind of half-truth..or some how twisted-truth...still subjective
Ruben wrote:
Because since he got banned he's been blurting it out. And why shouldn't we believe him. He has nothing to lose by accusing the people that should be out of the sport.
Sinkewitz, Scarponi, etc. also were banned and also said they "acted alone, there was no one else", bla bla bla.....why shouldn't we believe them?
I take anything Jaksche says with a grain of salt, no matter what it is. We may never know the truth about Cecchini but considering he no longer trains any cyclists it's an academic point.
Ruben wrote:
I believe the sport isn't getting anywhere with ex-doped managers as Breukink, Riis, Bruyneel and co... Out with them! These team managers are the problem of cycling.
My ideal punishment system would include a lifetime ban from the sport for everyone involved in a team (that means, directors, managers, doctors, and riders that have one previous strike even though they weren't the ones to be caught) from the moment a second rider from the team is convicted. 1 rider strike (=rider caught) and you let it slide...2 strikes and everyone's out.
not to mention the individual rider would get 4 years for his first strike.
it's a hard line but it is the absolute single way. I honestly believe the peer pressure would force them to quit all but the drugs that can't be traced.
Edited by issoisso on 22-01-2008 19:00
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Cecchini forced his riders to stop, because he didn't want to endanger their reputation.
And to enforce his own clean reputation, they never found anything, not an email, not a phone call, not a suspicious transaction or whatever against him.
