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*Musik*
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Hast du noch was von dem Zeug? *Musik* Wir sind
fertig. Diese Leistungen sind nicht zu erklären.
Kann ich nicht sprechen. Es ist immer jemand in
der Nähe. Ich kenne welche, die Aussagen wollten.
Die wurden mit dem Tode bedroht. Weißt du schon
in welchem Hotel die Slowenen bei der WM sind?
Wenn das alles so stimmt, dann wird der
Anti-Doping-Kampf schaltet.
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Plastikbeutel, 60 Stück, ohne Beschriftung.
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Daran könnte der Radsport sterben.
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Der Radsport behauptet, er habe seine düstere
Doping-Vergangenheit hinter sich gelassen.
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Seine Protagonisten seien glaubwürdig.
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Stimmt das? Das Aostatal im Norden Italiens.
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An diesem Morgen Ende Mai beginnen die letzten
Dreharbeiten für diesen Film.
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Beim Giro d'Italia.
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Vorletzte Etappe.
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Wir sind hier auf der Suche nach Personen mit
dubioser Vergangenheit in diesem Sport. Bei den
besten Teams.
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Es geht um zwielichtige Figuren, die mit
Codenamen arbeiteten,
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Geheimtreffen organisierten, zu einem Dopingring
gehörten.
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Beim zweitgrößten Radrennen der Welt sollen sie
sich aufheiten.
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Wir sind im Lager der Top-Teams unterwegs und
suchen einen von ihnen.
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Und finden ihn.
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Dieser Person werden wir in diesem Film noch öfter
begegnen.
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Ein paar Monate zuvor.
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In Slowenien, dem Land zwischen Alpen und
Mittelmeer, ist die Liebe zum Fahrrad groß. Und
die Begeisterung für die Schnellsten auf dem Rad
ebenso. Ein Kreisverkehr hält die Erinnerung an
die Siege von Tadej Pogacar bei der Tour de
France und beim Girovach. Pogacar ist ein
Volksheld in Slowenien. Und auch das Idol vieler
Nachwuchsfahrer. Boer Ebner ist einer der besten
seines Landes. Gewann bereits einige Rennen. Ebner
trainiert hart, um das zu erreichen, was auch
Pogacar schaffte. Wir träumen alle davon, eines
Tages auf demselben Niveau zu sein wie er.
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Also, dieses Gefühl ist unglaublich.
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Wenn du die Ziellinie überquerst, du deine Arme
hochreißt, das ist einfach so besonders.
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Daran werde ich mich nie gewöhnen.
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Der 18-Jährige gehört zum Progi-Team. Benannt
nach dem Radsporthelden, der einst selbst in
dieser Mannschaft gefahren ist.
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Pogacar pulverisierte gleich mehrere Rekorde bei
großen Rennen. Aber nicht nur er. Tour de France
2024, Plateau de Bay. Eine 26 Jahre alte Bestzeit
fällt, gleich drei Fahrer sind schneller. Pogacar,
Jonas Wingegaard, Remco, Evenepol. Alle drei
schneller als der bisherige Rekordhalter Marco
Pantani 1998. Wie später herauskam, ein
jahrelanger Doper.
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Auch ein Rekord vom wohl berüchtigsten Doper,
Lenz Armstrong, fällt am Pladae im Jahr 2024.
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Bei allen Rennen steigt das Tempo.
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Auch bei Klassikern wie Paris-Roubaix.
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1998 die Siegergeschwindigkeit noch 38,2
Stundenkilometer.
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2024 47,8 Stundenkilometer bei annähernd gleicher
Streckenführung.
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Wie kann es sein, dass die Fahrer immer schneller
werden und heute Rekorde von gedopten Legenden
knacken?
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Ist das ohne Manipulation überhaupt möglich?
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Und ohne Leute, die ihnen dabei helfen?
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Wie sind die extremen Leistungen zu erklären?
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Für diesen Film haben wir nachgefragt bei den
Teams und Partnern der Besten.
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In der Nähe von Mailand liegt das beschauliche
Campiago. Der 7000-Seelen-Ort ist der Stammsitz
eines der traditionsreichsten Fahrradhersteller der
Welt. Coenago. Seit 1954 entstehen hier
Hightech-Räder in Handarbeit.
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Zuerst entwickelt und designt, danach
zusammengebaut.
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Die Produktentwickler hier kennen die Debatten um
Doping.
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Ich denke, die großen Entwicklungen übertreffen
sogar die Vorteile illegaler Substanzen in der
Vergangenheit.
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Wir sprechen über viele Verbesserungen.
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Material, natürlich Aerodynamik, Gewicht,
Radhandling, Grip, Komfort.
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Bei Colnabu sagt man uns, der Radsport heute sei
sauber. Inspiriert von den Trikotfarben der
Siegesfahrten von Tadej Pogacar entstand hier sogar
dieses Rad.
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So teuer wie ein Kleinwagen.
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17.000 Euro.
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Im Hauptquartier des niederländischen Rennstalls
Wismar-Liese-Bike.
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Hier sind 250 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt. So viele
braucht es, um Männer, Frauen und Nachwuchsteams
zu betreiben.
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Die Entwicklungsingenieure hier konzentrieren sich
auf Optimierungen, selbst in kleinsten Details.
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Sogar die Trikots spielen eine wichtige Rolle
dabei. Die Stoffe an den Ärmeln, die dem Wind
besonders ausgesetzt sind,
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sind anders als die vom Rest des Trikots. Schaut
man sich den Luftwiderstand an, ist er zu 75
Prozent vom Fahrer abhängig, nur zu 25 Prozent
vom Rad. Das, was man am Fahrer optimiert, hat
daher den größten Einfluss. Viel Forschungsaufwand
steckt man etwa auch in die Optimierung von Helmen
fürs Zeitfahren. 100 Kilometer entfernt in
Belgien. Hier interessieren wir uns für die
Entwicklung bei der Ernährung für Radsportler.
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Der Experte des Teams Alpecin de Koinig sieht
darin einen wesentlichen Faktor für die
Leistungsentwicklung.
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Die Entscheidung, dass die Anti-Doping-Regeln
sogar Infusionen mit Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln
verbieten, hat wie ein Booster gewirkt.
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20 years ago, it was said the body
could only absorb 60g carbs per hour.
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In the meantime, the composition of
food has been optimised so that...
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...almost double the amount of carbs,
or up to 150g, can be absorbed.
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This means the rider gets more energy
that he can use to the max.The rider
gets more energy that he can use.
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The riders' energy turnover is
precisely logged during races.
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The scientist has developed an app
for this purpose.
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Immediately after the race, the
values are transmitted and the meals
are exactly matched to calorie use.
So, the experts have a simple reason
for the performance explosions.The
optimisation of man, machine, material.
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Based on the info, we've calculated
that in similar conditions and with
identical effort, pros are faster.
Around 4 km/h faster than 10 years ago.
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Lyon, France.
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We're here for an interview.
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Our interviewee knows all about
performance developments in cycling,
especially the Tour de France.
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Sports scientist Pierre Salé. He
already analysed data in the days of
Lenz and German cycling hero Jan Ulrich.
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His company had a contract with the
Tour de France organiser ASO, providing
performance data for media.
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Salé also looked at champions like
Bradley Wiggins and Christopher Froome
from Team Sky.That was ten years ago.
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In an interview with French TV, he
said what conclusions he had come to.
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They're aliens. What we're seeing
cannot be understood physiologically
with scientific literature or data.
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And those who previously showed such
performances were all caught doping.
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Salé hasn't forgotten what steps Tour
de France organiser ASO took after his
statements.
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I got a call from a few top managers.
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They asked, "Hey, what did you say on
the show?" I told them, "I can still say
what I want." I don't know if that's why
my contract wasn't renewed. Anyway, that
was my last year at the Tour. No contract.
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Was he too uncomfortable for ASO?
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Was he too uncomfortable for ASO?
In any case, he can no longer collect
specific performance data. But he
follows studies very closely.Salé
criticises that experts now assess
performance based on tech alone, whilst
doping plays hardly any role in analysis.
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We know the limits of human performance.
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We know what's possible for a human.
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There are grey areas, but at some point
the zone turns black, and it's 100% doping.
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I can't explain what's going on out
there on the road.
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For example, a normal adult man is
between 1.60m and 2.20m tall.
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But the performances we're seeing,
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it's like the man is 3 metres tall.
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So, these achievements are not
explainable.
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Completely impossible in your opinion?
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Completely impossible.
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So, doping after all?
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How is doping controlled in cycling?
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Compared to other sports, testing
is very frequent here, especially
in road cycling.
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13,700 tests worldwide in one year.
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400 tests a month before Tour de France.
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600 during the Tour.
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In road cycling, less than 1% test
positive. "The last positive doping
test at the Tour de France was in 2015.
So for ten years, there hasn't been a
single positive test. Either there's
no doping, or tests can't detect it.
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We're meeting a man who was a
professional cyclist for many years.
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In a top team.
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He took part in the Tour de France.
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He's an insider who has also
experienced doping personally.
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He assures us that his statements
are made under oath. He says he only
appears anonymously because many people
in cycling are afraid to talk.
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They were threatened with death when
the doping masterminds found out they
wanted to talk.
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There is clear evidence of criminal
energy in parts of cycling, and that
the doping control system fails.
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Cyclists doped for years without being
caught. One method was blood doping.
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Organised by Marc S., a German sports
doctor. His network was exposed by an
ARD doping doc in 2019. The dopers
weren't only cyclists. One winter
athlete was caught blood doping.
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The police investigations were codenamed
"Operation Aderlass". It is still the
doping trial in Europe that has played
a pioneering role. Marc S. had to go
to prison. Some of the network were
convicted. Not all. And this person,
who we met at the Giro d'Italia, plays
a role.
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We gain access to documents that have
never been public. Documents from the
2019 Operation Aderlass. Including
chats between the doping organiser
Marc S. and the person mentioned.
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Drafted a few years earlier.
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The focus is on the riders of a country.
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Do you know which hotel the Slovenians
are staying at during the World Cup?
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I need a room by Wednesday at the latest.
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His partner warns him about being seen.
Just FYI.
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Is also at the hotel. Get out of the way.
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He apparently, or so it seems, doesn't
want to attract much attention.
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I'll be at the track on Sunday. But it's
better if people only see me in the group.
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And his accomplice also communicates
very carefully. I can't speak. There's
always someone nearby. There's always
someone nearby.
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We evaluated a lot of text messages and
reviewed the transcripts of what was
said in court at the time.
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There was constant talk of a remedy.
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IK.
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Order IK.
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IK. A complete cure.
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IK. for 5000 euros.
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Eika, a miracle drug?
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The drug can increase energy levels in
the muscles and increase performance.
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That's why it's on the doping list.
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We meet a man who is familiar with
many details about doping practices
in cycling.
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He has deep insights into the
professional cycling scene and is
known there.
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That is why he also wants to remain
anonymous.
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People who work in professional cycling
today say
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EIKA was and is the drug of choice in
the peloton. This was the case after
the major doping scandals and remains
so to this day. San Diego. We traveled
to the west coast of the USA. To the
Sorg Institute for Biological Studies,
because we want to find out more about Ica.
Ron Evans is researching here.
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He is the father of the drug EIKA.
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EIKA occurs naturally in the body.
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But with his research, the molecular
biologist paved the way for its use as
a highly effective drug, as early as 2008.
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The substance is used, for example, in
the regeneration of cancer patients.
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The potential for abuse in sport was
recognized from the start.
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The Tour de France organizers also saw
the danger and quickly inquired with us.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency was already
informed. I never thought that the drug
could be manufactured so quickly.
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And also not that someone would get
access to it so quickly.
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That was quite a lot.
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And I'm sure they benefited from this drug.
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This opened a door that never closed
again afterwards.
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never close again. 200 kilometers north,
on the way to Los Angeles. Host city of
the 2028 Olympic Games. Here we meet
the man who knows that, using the
example of the substance Icar alone,
manipulation in cycling is wide open.
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Even if IKAR is banned in sport, that
it is on the banned list?
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Or would I rather take the relatives
of IK who are not on the banned list?
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It's pretty easy for someone to go to
our friend Google and say,
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okay Google, what other similar remedies
are there in the world?
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I did that myself once and found 166
such preparations. Only four of them
are specifically on the prohibited list
of the World Anti-Doping Agency."
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According to Oliver Ketlin, there are
166 substances with a possibly similar
mode of action to IK.
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And only four of them are specifically
on the prohibited list.
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However, the vast majority are not
routinely tested for in doping samples.
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162 of them are therefore potentially
available to cyclists who could use them
for doping.
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You know, doping controls are like IQ tests.
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If you are caught in competition with
things that are on the prohibited list,
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that would be unsurpassed in stupidity
in today's world.
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that would be unsurpassed in stupidity
in today's world.
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Apparently the scene is specifically
exploiting these loopholes.
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When we worked for cycling, I was once
at the bar with a prominent representative
from the industry.
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He told me, Oliver, we won't do
anything that crosses the red line,
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but we'll go right up to it.
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But some have crossed this red line.
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IK was already confiscated during
raids by Italian doping investigators.
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And German cyclist Björn Thurau was
even penalized under sports law for
illegally dealing with IKAR. He was
banned for many years for this reason.
Due to the evidence in Operation Adalas.
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We are now getting insight into further
chats from the doping ring. This time
also involved, another accomplice of
doping organizer Mark S.
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Slovenian prepaid phone cards are
used for communication.
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Many cell phone numbers, hard to trace.
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There is constant talk of money.
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Cash payment 4196.
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Presumably euros and there is
enticement with financial incentives.
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You'll get a bonus from me.
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There is talk of funds that a German
professional racing team needed.
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Do you still have some of the stuff that
Müllrahm used during the races?
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If so, can you bring it for the boys?
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There is also talk of medical
supplies needed for blood doping.
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200 metal plates.
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And?
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Plastic bags, 60 pieces, unlabeled.
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Plastic bags, 60 pieces, unlabeled.
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Handover locations are arranged.
For example, in Frankfurt am Main
and in Erfurt.
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Hospital, Nordhäuser Straße 74.
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Handover should have taken place in
this parking garage in downtown Erfurt.
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Come to the parking garage, second
floor. I'm at my car.
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According to the text messages,
business was conducted in the parking
garage, goods were handed over.
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They are also said to come from a
company in Slovenia.
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This name keeps popping up.
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Medico-Tekna.
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Medico-Tekna.
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Medico-Tekna.
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What's that all about?
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We travel to Ljubljana, the
capital of Slovenia.
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The goods are said to have come
to Germany from here.
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The company Medico-Tekna, a
medical technology company in an
inconspicuous house on the outskirts
of the city. We're filming with a
hidden camera.
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And we will pose as trusted people
of cyclists.
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We are cycling enthusiasts.
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And some of our friends have heard
a great deal about transfusions and
how they can become faster and faster.
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And since we're already here, we
wanted to ask for our friends what
options are available to them.
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The main question is, who would buy
the device? We are a group of people
who would pool the money for it.
We are a group of people who would
pool the money for it.
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We are told that Medico Tekna is only
allowed to sell to medical facilities.
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The man still gives us his business card.
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My recommendation for you is to find
someone, some facility or company.
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You can also found one, whatever.
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And then we can talk about it. You
have my card now. Then we can clarify
everything else by e-mail. Is it really
that easy to get a device in Slovenia,
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that you can use for blood doping?
The company sends us a brochure for
a transfusion device suitable for this.
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The cost, we are told, is up to
50,000 euros including accessories.
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Blood doping. The removal and
later reintroduction of autologous blood.
The removal and later reintroduction
of autologous blood.
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Using special plastic bags like this.
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The effect of the method, an
increased concentration of oxygen
in the body.
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The endurance performance is greatly
increased.
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An immense doping effect. And for
sports cheats, the advantage: the method
is difficult to detect.
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Denmark. In the country where the Tour
de France started in 2022, we are
tracing another way to illegally boost
performance.
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At the University of Odense, Carsten
Lundby works at the Institute for
Sports and Biomechanics.
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The researcher has developed a device
for measuring performance.
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With the addition of carbon monoxide in
small doses, it measures the
effectiveness of altitude training.
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However, the method can also be misused
for doping purposes if used frequently.
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If you inhale carbon monoxide five times
a day for five weeks, you get more red
blood cells.
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This increases maximum oxygen uptake and
thus performance. Then it would be
doping with carbon monoxide. Carbon
monoxide has also been used in cycling,
by at least three professional teams.
For measuring purposes, in small doses
was explained. This photo shows the
two-time Tour winner Jonas Winkegaard
using it.
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The method was also used by Tadej
Pogacar.
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There is no evidence of abusive use of
the method by riders or teams for doping
purposes.
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or teams for doping purposes.
Nevertheless, in cycling, the
application has now been banned because
of the potential for abuse, including
as a measuring method. I would never
send my children to a cycling club if
it says that if you want to win, you
have to inhale carbon monoxide. In
addition, it's like blood doping.
Proof is virtually impossible.
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So nobody can say whether carbon
monoxide doping is taking place despite
the ban or not.
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The so-called movement for credible
cycling, the MPCC, also fears that many
doping machinations are still
undiscovered. It was founded after the
big scandals, gave itself and its
members,
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whether teams or individual riders,
stricter rules than the World Cycling
Federation and the World Anti-Doping
Agency prescribe.
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Such as lifetime bans even for the
first doping offense.
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For me, all of this is very important.
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Because the UCI and WADA are doing
nothing.
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That's why I say it's the job of the
team managers, the doctors, the sports
directors, the riders.
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They have to do it.
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All these people from cycling, they are
the ones who have to ensure ethical and
clean sport that is less suspicious.
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is. Less suspicious? With trustworthy
players? We looked at the current
staff table of the best professional
teams. Professional cycling is still
rife with convicted doping offenders or
riders and other team members implicated
in investigations.
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They are still employed in the
industry.
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In 14 of the 18 World Tour teams.
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And only seven of the 18 World Tour
teams belong to the MPCC.
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Some of the best teams terminated their
membership.
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The anti-doping regulations, it was
said, are now sufficient.
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The three top stars and their teams are
also not involved.
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For this film, we asked them why they
don't even want to belong to the MPCC
as individual members.
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There was no response from any of them.
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They are in the MPCC.
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John Degenkolb, one of the most
successful German professional cyclists
in recent years.
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And Guillaume Martin, a top French
rider.
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Both criticize that many in the scene
find it difficult to deal with the
topic of doping and many riders don't
want to talk about the problem at all.
It is always important to look closely
there and not just blindly say that
cycling is clean,
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but you always have to ask critical
questions.
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Being part of the MPCC movement is also
a symbolic act for me.
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Such symbols are important in cycling.
It's about ethics for me.
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I think it has definitely become much,
much, much cleaner than it was in the
2000s. But there will be no 100% clean
cycling. That, I think, is also an
illusion that we can actually exclude
from the outset. And I don't think
every rider follows the same ethical
principles as I do. But I don't want
to criticize that. Everyone has to
decide for themselves how to deal with
ethical questions.
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Our research in Slovenia also deals
with ethical questions.
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We contact Medico-Tekna again, the
medical technology company in the
capital Ljubljana. The medical
technology company in the capital
Ljubljana.
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In the meantime, we have informed the
contact persons.
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Say we represent a management company
in cycling.
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We now want to get into business.
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Regarding the machine for blood doping.
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Our German company only exists in name.
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We are calling from Germany.
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Good day, this is Maria Hoffmann.
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Good day, this is... I wanted to come
back to your device that we talked
about last week.
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As far as our machines are concerned,
they were once used by athletes for
doping. We as a company then had a few
problems. You understand what I mean.
That's why we're hesitant. They are
for use in human medicine. Do you
understand? I'll discuss the matter
with my manager." So we have to wait.
Is the hesitation of the Medico-Technah
employee related to the fact that
traces had already led to this company
in Operation Adalas? Doping doctor Marc
S. was asked by one of his accomplices:
"Marc, do I have to tip Medico-Tecna?
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If so, how much?
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If you are alone with ***, give him 100.
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Only if you are alone and nobody's watching.
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In this case, 1560 euros were paid to Medico-Tecna.
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And elsewhere in the chats, there is reference to
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who brought the sum with them.
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The money comes from ***.
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It's the man we met at the Giro d'Italia.
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The accomplice of Marc S.
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Often, as the chat messages show, he was
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at major cycling events on site.
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At the Giro, the Tour de France and Worlds.
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The accomplice wasn't just a helper, but connected in the doping scene.
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Mediated a suspected dealer.
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Code name in the text messages?
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Maestro Balthasar.
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One of many code names used by people in the blood doping ring. Lucky Luke.
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Bin Laden.
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Frenchman.
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Junior. Prince Charles. General. Putin. Professor Quack. Maxi. Mountain guide. Triple X.
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Secret meetings. Anonymous phone cards. Delivery of doping equipment, dubious cash payments.
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All apparently for doping purposes.
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And all punishable acts under German law.
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Professor of sports law Jan Ort teaches at University of Cologne.
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What would be the penalties for people committing such acts today? From my point of view, these are at least accessory negotiations to commercial dealing with doping agents or substances or tools for them. This is punishable under §§ 4(1) and 4 of the Anti-Doping Act. And if this qualification applies, we are in a penalty range of up to ten years in prison for the main offense.
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Under German law, such offenses would have been punishable in 2019.
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The suspicions against this person were present when the doping ring around Mark S. came to light and the trial for Operation Adalas took place in Munich. There were a number of facts. We have evaluated the chat logs.
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We then had to draw the line,
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because we couldn't investigate due to limitation.
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The possible offenses are time-barred because they took place more than five years ago.
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But under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the situation was very different.
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The doping allegations could have been clarified for ten years under sports law.
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There would have been enough time to prosecute.
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Their names were even mentioned publicly in the criminal trial.
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But nobody reacted in sports. No consequences. Nobody reacted in sports. No consequences.
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In France, we present our findings to cycling and doping expert Pierre Salé on the accomplices who got away with it.
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I wonder what anti-doping organizations are doing about it? I don't understand with evidence. There was so much to investigate and nobody knows why they didn't investigate further.
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Because sports anti-doping organizations had not investigated promptly and limitation has now occurred,
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legal expert Jan Ort says that for privacy reasons, the media may no longer disclose the person's identity. That's why we're not allowed to mention the name here, despite all the suspicions. We have now asked the organizations responsible at the time, such as the World Cycling Federation, for a statement on these facts.
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Our questions about the accomplice of the German doping doctor were not addressed.
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Girouditalia three weeks ago. Giro d'Italia three weeks ago.
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Here we will meet the man who is an accomplice in the Blue Doping Ring Bar.
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We know he has been working in international professional cycling for many years.
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In an important position.
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Was always close to the athletes.
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We also know that he now works for Team Ineos, the successor to Team Sky.
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It was the most successful team in cycling for many years.
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The man was involved in numerous major successes.
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We want to talk to him. Talk to him about his doping past. He's not ready for that. The man was also employed by Team Sky during Christopher Froome's time. When Froome won the Tour de France three times in a row, the man was an important part of the team.
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There are no suspicions of doping by Froome in connection with this person or Team Sky.
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What is certain is that the chat messages from the doping ring shown in the film come from him and his accomplices.
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We have now asked the man for a written statement. There was no response. He continues to work unmolested at Team Ineos.
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The question remains in the room. Did
the racing team know? We asked the team
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management if they were informed about
the facts regarding the person. The
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answer? We don't want to comment at this
time. If we assume a highly organized and
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highly professional team in cycling, I
can't imagine that this information has
remained hidden from all the scene insiders
who are employed there. If that was
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actually the case, then I would be
surprised.
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Then that is negligent to the highest
degree. The team cannot and must not only
be concerned with pure sporting success.
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For economic, legal and self-promotion
reasons, it is incredibly important to
keep your own house and reputation clean,
of course.
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So his opinion.
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The man from the Ineos team is not an
isolated case.
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According to ARD information, he is just
one of many.
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not an isolated case. According to ARD
information, he is just one of many. In
the case of far more suspicious persons in
connection with the German blood doping
ring, incriminating evidence has not been
followed up by sports officials. As we
have learned, most of them are from
cycling. All remained unmolested. Could
still be active in sports today.
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This underlines once again the image that
the responsible ladies and gentlemen and
organizations in the fight against doping,
at least in cycling, still have to be
carried to the hunt.
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Haven't those responsible in cycling
learned their lessons from the dark past?
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We received a call from Slovenia shortly
before this film was broadcast.
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From Medico Tecna, the company where we,
the alleged sports management company,
want to buy a device for blood doping.
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For cyclists.
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Hello.
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This is... from Medico-Tecna.
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Thank you for calling back. We want to
buy the device now. What is the price?
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Approximately 20,000 euros for the
device. The manufacturer will tell me the
exact price by tomorrow. And is there
anything extra on top for accessories,
consumables? Do I have to expect the same
amount on top, so maybe 40,000? Yes, that's
about right. Of course, it depends on how
often you use the device. Good, then I
just need your bank details and a purchase
agreement. Okay, just send me your company
details and everything you want to buy.
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And when can you deliver?
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Only in two to three weeks.
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It would be great if it goes quickly
because we need it for some events.
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Uh, sports.
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But it's good that it's working out.
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Okay, no problem. Thank you.
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Okay.
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Not only in Slovenia.
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The suspicion of doping in cycling
continues.
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The Tour de France starts in two weeks.
Trust and believe, it helps, it heals the
divine power!