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Tyler Hamilton has continued to expose his and cycling's dark past by alleging former Olev Tinkov, former owner of Tinkoff Credit Systems and now sponsor of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, suggested his riders do what was required to achieve r♏e🍒sults, "just don't get caught."
Hamilton's claims follow in quick succession after revealing his former CSC team director Bjarne Riis 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:was aware of his relationship with doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
that Tinkov expressed his attitude toward untold practices at the team's first meeting. The American 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:joined Tinkoff Cred🤡it Systems in 2007 after serving a two-yeaꦐr b🏅an for failing a blood test at the 2004 Vuelta a España.
"Already at the first team meeting, where we sat in a conference room, Oleg Tinkov said: 'I do not care what you do, just do not get caug🅠ht'. You can write this because there were many people in the room who can confirm it, if Tinkov decid🗹ed to sue me for saying this," said Hamilton.
"There were 20-year-old riders around the table. Was it really something they should hear? He did not say anything spec🥃ific about it, but he said 'do not be caught'. We do not need such a person in cycling."
Tinkoff Credit Systems disbanded at the end of 2008 with the team structure transferred to Team Katusha however, Hamilton was not on the team to witness the change. He was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:suspended by the team shortly before the 2007 Gir🍰o d'Italia after being named in Operación Puerto. He left the team at the end of 2007 before joining Rockꦬ Racing in 2008.
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"When I read that he came back to cycling and to Bjarne Riis, I wished I had a good relationship with Bjarne, as I would have called him and said 'stay 🔥away from Oleg'."
"I do no✃t like Oleg Tinkov. I do not trust him. And I do not think I should trust him. His return is a setback for cycling."
