I was a bit shocked yesterday when I read Erik Zabels Tweets regarding the Katusha rider, Denis Galimzyanov’s admission had he doped.
First Tweet After yesterdays SadNews about Katusha’s DenisGalimzyanow’s positiv Test!he confessed,regrets,apologized&say Sorry!end of Story!
— Erik Zabel (@EteZabel) April 17, 2012
Followed by this.
I wish Denis,that he’ll find Rest&that his Family&good Friends are Strong enough to help him Out in the next Months!good Luck&dont Comeback!
— Erik Zabel (@EteZabel) April 17, 2012
Sent from his iphone, I really hope the “dont Comeback” part was a typo. I had started writing a post about this yesterday, but got a bit muddled up in my own mind in what I wanted to say. Since then, 2 terrific articles have been written.
The first by Cillan Kelly on his site, The Irish Peloton. The second by Philip Gomes at Cycling Central. Both articles are worth a read. They articulate how I feel about it better than I could.
Lets hope Zabel’s iPhone went on a auto correct spree of some sort. Otherwise the hypocrisy is astounding.
Maybe he meant “don’t return to doping”.