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Jimmy_Fingers

Oh

The Le Groupement story is described in Obree’s autobiography, “Flying Scotsman”, where he recounts how Robert Millar outlined the £2000 fee that would be deducted from his salary to pay for the “medical assistance” provided by the team. Obree informed Millar that he didn’t require this service.
(just to pre-empt some of the replies that were posted last time I mentioned Millar, I am referring to Robert, who tested positive for testosterone in the ’92 Vuelta, not David, who confessed to EPO use in 2004)

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deleted in reply to @Jimmy_Fingers

York/Millar publicly admitted doping years ago in a very roundabout way and explained why and what the background was in an article at a time when not many were for fessing up... http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert-millar/the-bare-minimum/

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert-millar/robert-millar-silence-wont-stop-the-doping-stories/

...was pretty well received:
https://twitter.com/kathylemond/status/260760717614010368

Doesn't make it right but I don't see it as totally invalidating anything she has to say on the subject now either.

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Jimmy_Fingers in reply to @deleted

I didn’t know for some reason, hadn’t bothered checking so assumed better. And it is very disappointing.

As far as validation is concerned, she can have her opinion and CN can give her a platform, but like Landis I’m not sure I’m interested. A lot of ex-dopers operate on the ‘we had to dope to race’ and so apply that to modern riders.

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