90%
of the Giro peloton were doping the other '10% don't care about the Giro
d'Italia'.
Winner of the 2007 Giro
Danilo Di Luca (who will probably have that title taken off him now) said in an
interview with Italia 1 that 90% of the peloton were doping during the sports
second largest race, the Tour of Italy, which aired on Wednesday night. This
has sparked outrage throughout the cycling world between professionals,
journalist and fans. Team Garmin-Sharp's Andrew Talansky got some attention
when he tweeted '[Di Luca's] statements are delusional. I feel genuine hatred
towards Di Luca. He's a worthless lying scumbag'.
Doping is a subject that has been of main concern for cycling for decades and the world got a very large and bitter mouth full of it in January of last year when Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout his seven Tour de France victories in an interview with Oprah. Now, 12 months later, Danilo Di Luca has gotten the cycling community up in arms with his 'delusional' accusations. Without naming people he has ignited a flame that could potentially burn a lot of people and with plans to release a book I'm sure there are some worried people out there in cycling community. Prime Italian newspaper Gazzetta have asked what does Di Luca want out of this. 'A high-profile trial with shocking revelations? Tyler Hamilton like attention? 'This could become the Armstrong affair of Italy, considering the level of person [Di Luca is, in Italy].' I don't think people would waste money by paying for a book written by a disgraced and widely hated ex-professional who has recently been described as 'an idiot' by many people including Luca Scinto who was Di Luca's directeur sportif last year before he was fired for a positive EPO test. 'I was against hiring him' says Scinto, claiming he only hired him to secure funding for the team. I guess with statements like 'The best thing would be to legalise drugs so the entire peloton is on a level playing field' it is hard to disagree with Vincenzo Nibali( current Giro champion) that Di Luca is 'at the end of his tether' and 'has become a little brain-damaged'. That is contemptible talk but it seems like he doesn't care. 'It doesn't change a lot.' 'I feel I can say anything. Whoever was my fan will remain my fan and whoever wasn't a fan won't be a fan now' Di Luca said when being questioned about his statements on Wednesday night. A man comfortable with himself and obviously doesn't care what others think of him. With three doping violations to his name he has not apologised to the sport and it fans, it's almost safe to say remorse is not in Di Luca's vocabulary or whatever the Italian is for remorse (rimorso. I looked it up). Danilo Di Luca was banned for life on December 5th 2013 by Italian National Olympic Committee.
Doping is a subject that has been of main concern for cycling for decades and the world got a very large and bitter mouth full of it in January of last year when Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout his seven Tour de France victories in an interview with Oprah. Now, 12 months later, Danilo Di Luca has gotten the cycling community up in arms with his 'delusional' accusations. Without naming people he has ignited a flame that could potentially burn a lot of people and with plans to release a book I'm sure there are some worried people out there in cycling community. Prime Italian newspaper Gazzetta have asked what does Di Luca want out of this. 'A high-profile trial with shocking revelations? Tyler Hamilton like attention? 'This could become the Armstrong affair of Italy, considering the level of person [Di Luca is, in Italy].' I don't think people would waste money by paying for a book written by a disgraced and widely hated ex-professional who has recently been described as 'an idiot' by many people including Luca Scinto who was Di Luca's directeur sportif last year before he was fired for a positive EPO test. 'I was against hiring him' says Scinto, claiming he only hired him to secure funding for the team. I guess with statements like 'The best thing would be to legalise drugs so the entire peloton is on a level playing field' it is hard to disagree with Vincenzo Nibali( current Giro champion) that Di Luca is 'at the end of his tether' and 'has become a little brain-damaged'. That is contemptible talk but it seems like he doesn't care. 'It doesn't change a lot.' 'I feel I can say anything. Whoever was my fan will remain my fan and whoever wasn't a fan won't be a fan now' Di Luca said when being questioned about his statements on Wednesday night. A man comfortable with himself and obviously doesn't care what others think of him. With three doping violations to his name he has not apologised to the sport and it fans, it's almost safe to say remorse is not in Di Luca's vocabulary or whatever the Italian is for remorse (rimorso. I looked it up). Danilo Di Luca was banned for life on December 5th 2013 by Italian National Olympic Committee.
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