In an interview given to “Corriere della Sera” SATURDAY, Vincenzo Nibali Long returned to his career, and in particular on doping within the peloton in his time. Currently 40 years old, the “Messina shark” run from 2005 to 2022. He claims that he never doped, however he returned to a very present practice. “”Ils (some of his teammates) were going to races as we go to war, doping was something usual for this generation “, he recalls.
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“If today cycling is clean …”
“I have never boosted myself in my life, and I never even thought of doing it. I have been checked a million times, they can test test pieces in a hundred years “, guaranteed Italian. “I won, I was Italian and the boss of my team, Vinokourov had an ambiguous past like other managers. I was followed, they searched my car and checked my phone, and I’m sure they also searched my house to find evidence that did not exist “he assures
He did not hesitate to declare that his teammates could dopy before him, but that no one was forced: “Ils (some of his teammates) were going to races as we go to war, doping was something usual for this generation. That said, if you didn’t want to, you didn’t get you doped: the next generation has changed mentalities and if cycling is clean today, I think it is also thanks to us. “
