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Canyon and Erik Zabel

  • 05-08-2013 10:08am
    #1
    smcclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭


    This caught my eye as I thought it was a somewhat different approach to the many instances of a corporate dropping an individual after admissions of past doping.

    The cynic in me wonders if EZ is still such a cycling icon in Germany that it is in Canyon's interest to maintain a relationship with him. The other part of me thinks maybe this approach is more realistic in that the company is accepting that EZ was (at least in part) a product of the culture of the time.

    I don't know much about EZ but presume he didn't bully and abuse people while all the time protesting his innocence as Lance did?


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  • #2
    el tel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Guys like him weren't merely products of the culture, they were the culture and they perpetuated it.

    He won so much it was ridiculous. Other people coming into the game would have to dope to complete with him.

    Still, its true he didn't come across as a total dick but he was a cheat and a liar. He did a good job as sprint strategist HTC so perhaps there still is a place for him somewhere.


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