Dopers Reputation Worth 71 Euro.

There are two possible response which will resonate and follow the father for the rest of his life. I will not even vocalise the retort. It is up to you to imagine the answers, of a father if he were (A) previously caught doping, cheating on his friends, fellow riders and fans. And (B) the answer of a father who had a career, possibly not successful but defiantly filled with memories of pride and stories of courage and effort and doing his best. Stories, which will fill the son with pride in his father. Provide a school yard legend to his friends and framed pictures of history on the wall. The other is a cocktail of shame not disgust and disgrace about past glory.

Doping is a choice for a rider. Not even an easy choice and we cannot pretend to fully understand the individual pressures forcing the decision to go down the dark path of drugs. Risk of contract termination – lost of self belief…whatever – we are aware, that if a rider is caught or not – the shadow of cheating, the lies and the mindset will be there forever. Not only in your lifetime, but the repercussions will pass down, haunting the next generation.

Bernhard Kohl tested positive to third-generation variant of erythropoietin (EPO) (CERA) during the 2008 Tour de France.  Kohl’s former manager Stefan Matschiner recently auctioned off an autographed mountains classification jersey from the 2008 Tour de France. The new cost of the jersey from the tour official website is 79 euro including postage. Matschiner received only 71 euro for the jersey and a feedbag. The doper’s signature took 8 euros of the face value of the jersey.