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07-26-04, 10:56 AM
From cyclingnews.com
Former US Postal doctor speaks out
Prentice Steffen, a team doctor with the US Postal team in 1997, has alleged that he was sacked by the team that year for refusing to supply drugs to some of the riders. In comments made to AFP, Steffen said, "It was out of the question to carry out practices of this kind. But, after of my adamant refusal, I was simply thanked a few months later."
According to Cyclingnews sources, the US Postal team felt that Steffen, emergency room physician by training did not have the expertise to be a cycling team doctor.
Dr. Steffen left the team before Lance Armstrong arrived in 1998. He explained that "at that time, we were a small team with average ambitions. Everyone was clean. But one day, Marty Jemison and Tyler Hamilton came to ask me whether I could supply them with illegal products. I got the impression that they were speaking for everyone and that they had come to test the waters...To get to the top level, the team leaders were convinced that only doping would allow the team to obtain good results. From there, I understood that the whole mentality was changing."
Google tells me that Prentice Steffen is the Assistant Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, Ca
December 1999-Present. As well as the team Doctor for Healthnet/Maxxis
Wow
Former US Postal doctor speaks out
Prentice Steffen, a team doctor with the US Postal team in 1997, has alleged that he was sacked by the team that year for refusing to supply drugs to some of the riders. In comments made to AFP, Steffen said, "It was out of the question to carry out practices of this kind. But, after of my adamant refusal, I was simply thanked a few months later."
According to Cyclingnews sources, the US Postal team felt that Steffen, emergency room physician by training did not have the expertise to be a cycling team doctor.
Dr. Steffen left the team before Lance Armstrong arrived in 1998. He explained that "at that time, we were a small team with average ambitions. Everyone was clean. But one day, Marty Jemison and Tyler Hamilton came to ask me whether I could supply them with illegal products. I got the impression that they were speaking for everyone and that they had come to test the waters...To get to the top level, the team leaders were convinced that only doping would allow the team to obtain good results. From there, I understood that the whole mentality was changing."
Google tells me that Prentice Steffen is the Assistant Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, Ca
December 1999-Present. As well as the team Doctor for Healthnet/Maxxis
Wow