ave wrote:Timo wrote:aerozy wrote:I have my doubts over Indurain though. He was a freak of nature with oversized lungs and heart. But then again he was heavy and still climbed like a goat.
Doubts about Indurain? Francesco Conconi was his personal doctor, nuff said.
So, Riis was just a better rider, you say?
Riis worked with Luigi Cecchini and Michele Ferrari (Ariostea) then with Ferrari and Conconi (Gewiss) and confessed to using EPO from 1993 to 1998. Not sure what you mean by "better rider".
For a better picture:
Clients of Conconi, Casoni, and Grazzi
Guido Bontempi
Maurizio Fondriest, 1988 World Champion
Clients of Conconi and Casoni
Marco Albarello
Eugeni Berzin, winner 1994 Giro d'Italia
Vladislav Bobrik
Bruno Cenghialta
Maurilio De Zolt
Manuela Di Centa
Silvio Fauner
Francesco Frattini
Giorgio Furlan, winner of 1994 Milan – San Remo
Ivan Gotti, winner of 1997 Giro d'Italia
Nicola Minali
Gianfranco Polvara
Antonio Santaromita
Piotr Ugrumov
Giorgio Vanzetta
Alberto Volpi
Clients of Conconi and Grazzi
Stefano Checchin
Claudio Chiappucci
Mario Chiesa
Massimo Ghirotto
Marco Pantani, winner of 1998 Tour de France
Wladimir Poulnikov
Stephen Roche, winner of 1987 Tour de France
Fabio Roscioli
Marcello Siboni
Rolf Sørensen
Enrico Zaina
Clients of Conconi
Gianni Bugno, former World Champion & winner Giro d'Italia
Maurizio Damilano
Luigi Della Bianc
Emma Scaunich
Mario Cipollini, former world champion
Laurent Fignon, Tour de France winner
Miguel Indurain, Tour de France winner
Francesco Moser
Denis Zanette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Conconi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Clients of Ferrari include
Lance Armstrong
Alessandro Bertolini
Gianluca Bortolami
Gianni Bugno
Mario Cipollini
Claudio Chiappucci
Armand de Las Cuevas
Fernando Escartín
Gianni Faresin
Giorgio Furlan
Ivan Gotti
Andreas Kappes
Kevin Livingston
Eddy Mazzoleni
Axel Merckx
Abraham Olano
Daniele Pontoni
Tony Rominger
Paolo Savoldelli
Filippo Simeoni
Pavel Tonkov
Enrico Zaina
Beat Zberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Ferrari