Equal time

I've been meaning to mention this guy for a while.

Maybe the greatest stage racer you never heard of, Gilles Delion. He had the misfortune of coming into prominence at exactly the same time that EPO hit the peleton.

I love this quote from Verbruggen, who was always SHOCKED !!! that anyone would suggest riders were taking EPO. Anyone claiming that was just sour graped (take note Lemond haters)

In the Team of the 1/17/1997 , Hein Verbruggen, then President of UCI, said in connection with declarations of Gilles Delion implying that many runners are doped with EPO:
" I am not impressed at all by testimonys of runners like Delion or (Graham) Obree which are people in end of a career, who cannot follow the group any more. I find that release, I do not have an other mot."

Other guys who were nutso losers whos careers ended because they were making up stuff about drug use:

Chirstophe Bassons

Jesus Manzono

Filippo Simeoni - His career didn't end, he just went into anonymity until a certain other rider retired and the sport cleaned up a bit. Then he won a National Championship in Italy.