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The current dominance worries him, he said on Radio Monte-Carlo’s “The Big Mouth in Sport” program. “There is no evidence, but with Armstrong we didn’t have it and everyone knew it.” And he became even more specific. “We see the pictures. I’m not talking about doping here, but about something much worse, about mechanical doping. If you look at Sepp Kuss’ attack on the Tourmalet against riders like Juan Ayuso, Cian Uijtdebroeks and Marc Soler… those are “No losers on the bike, right? Kiss was 10 km/h faster than them when he attacked, then had to brake because of a spectator and then drove 10 km/h faster again. How can that be explained?” asked the Frenchman afterwards.
There is already a reaction from Jumbo-Visma. “Comments from a ‘team manager’ who signed numerous drivers and staff members and was ultimately convicted of duping everyone and making them look bad? Someone like that is allowed to talk about others?” writes Merjin Zeeman, sports director of Jumbo -Visma. Team boss Richard Plugge continued: “Apparently everyone has forgotten the damage Pineau himself did to cycling last year.”
Pineau and his team B&B Hotels-KTM-, for which Sebastian Schönberger from Innviertel also rode, actually had big plans for this season. But due to a lack of sponsors and commitments, the team simply disappeared from the scene.
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