Faces of T-Meth

Another day, another doping scandal for T-Mobile. This one concerns Bert Dietz, a rider for the squad from 1994 to 1998, and his claims that he received a variety of drugs from team doctors, including growth hormones, anabolics, cortisone, and EPO. His confession follows those of Christian Henn, soigner Jeff D'Hont, along with team doctors Andreas Schmid and Lothar Heinrich.

Sounds like they had quite a party back in the day. Had Mr. 60 been on that team would he have won a grand tour? Probs not. Every time I went on a drug binge, I woke up in Burbank getting peed on by R. Kelly.

And what of Jan's positive amphetamine test back in 2002? Did the team hold tweaker parties in Berlin? Did Kraftwek spin at those events? Sparse German Techno and Speed go well together, obvs. I'm working my way through the Faces of Meth archive. I'll let you know as soon as I find Jan.

Ullrich lashes out at Cycopaths

Der Kaiser apparently is not happy with how he's been portrayed in the news media of late, saying, "In the past few months, certain media outlets have not reported objectively on me. These sometimes manipulated media reports are purposely destroying my reputation." We all know who he's talking about.

EPO: The Renaissance

Shire Plc, the U.K.'s third-largest drug maker, last week started selling epoetin delta under the Dynepo brand in Germany and said it expects to begin marketing in other European countries in the coming months.
Epoetin delta is made from human cells.
Previous derivatives of erythropoietin, known to Cycopaths fans as EPO, came from animals such as hamsters and showed up in urine testing because they differ from naturally produced human cells.
Will Dynepo be the answer to our doping dreams?

Jan, on the inside.