Jesus Manzano

[bkotch]

Has anybody been following the confessions of Jesus Manzano, a former rider for the Spanish Kelme cycling team? There's been an ongoing interview with him in the Spanish sports newspaper AS, and he is detailing his drug use like no one has ever done before. The revelations are coming daily:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... mar24news2

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... mar26news2

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /mar27news

The denials are flying hot and heavy and he apparently has an ax to grind, but there's no way he could be making this stuff up!

[MJD]

Re: Jesus Manzano

>Has anybody been following the confessions of Jesus Manzano, a former rider for
>the Spanish Kelme cycling team?

http://trackandfieldnews.com/tfn/discus ... hread=3683

[bkotch]

Re: Jesus Manzano

Oops! Missed that post in the middle of that thread. But you've got to admit, his statements are so detailed that the matter deserves its own thread.

[RJMB_1]

Re: Jesus Manzano

from the first link, in original message:
"In the morning they injected 50 ml of this product into me. Before the start I was in the village, I spoke on the phone with my girlfriend, Marina, and I told her: 'Prepare yourself, because I know today that I am going to ride well."

This is akin: to when a sprinter confidently stipulates the PR time he will be able to run by the end season, often declared after running a PR in the first place.

How can they be so sure? - They know, all things being equal, what level of improvement that cycle of their drug program will afford them.

A sprinter not on such a program would not be so sure of any improvement occuring, and would not feel able to predict this in such a precise manner. Like medicine in general, Drugs in athletics is subject to scientific logic.

Sprinters who have made such declarations are Ben Johnson, and Dwayne Chambers to name the proven, there are others but not 100%!

[Pego]

Re: Jesus Manzano

I am usually quite skeptical about those kinds of declarations (taken by the press at their face value). More often than not they are fantasy or wishful thinking. During today's Duke-Xavier game I "learned" from the announcers that the broken wrists and subsequent casts are the reason why J.J.Redick is such a good free throw shot. Give me a break!

[RMc]

Re: Jesus Manzano

Another article on his claims. He says he'll provide documentation:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... 0401170914