Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Ullrich was asked by team management whether he had any relationship with the doctors in Spain. He swore to management that he had never had any sort of relationship with them. He promised them that all of the allegations were false.
Later, the team was given access to documents proving Ullrich had been doing business with those doctors. Ullrich then admitted he had been lying to the team management.
He was not fired for "doping". He was fired for lying and attempting to mislead his team's management and owners.
Of course, this IS cycling, so most members of the Forum will defend Ullrich. Only in cycling are the guys who lie and cheat defended...a sport where the athletes are criminals, and the fans LOVE a criminal.
If he doped, fine. Can him. If he didn't, fine. But this laundry list of allegations of doping for every cyclist that manages to do well is getting old. I'm still waiting for allegations on Landis after yesterday's performance. I'm certain that because he isn't French they'll be coming.