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Mauro Gianetti called for a kind of creed on Thursday.

He is quoted by the specialist portal Velonews.

He swears by a new culture in cycling, a new mentality in the peloton and put his good conscience first as something worth emulating: “Today, like many other team managers, I can believe in this sport, in this new generation.

It used to be impossible as a manager. "Gone are his nightmares:" Today I sleep much better. "

Anno Hecker

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It won't be the same for every one of his colleagues. On Wednesday evening, the quiet in the field was over. 50 French police officers searched the Bahrain Victorious team's accommodation and bus. As long as the investigation into suspected anti-doping rule violations is not closed, it is not just about the night's sleep. Team boss Milan Erzen came back into focus because he was mentioned in the course of the German criminal proceedings against the doping doctor Mark Schmidt, who has since been convicted.

Wasn't there something? Nothing tangible. The wheels purr softly as a symbol of the well-lubricated machinery of professional cycling. But the memory is too fresh for an unclouded creed. Mauro Gianetti? The Swiss was a professional cyclist in 1995 when the cancer drug Epo flooded the veins of the scene. He later worked as a manager of racing teams with drivers who tested positive. Around 2008, when the Epo variant "Cera" was en vogue, until manipulators discovered that investigators had tracked them down.

Why is it now looking back again?

Because Gianetti is the general manager of the UAE Emirates team with Tadej Pogacar in yellow, the new, youthful patron.

22 years old and already the maitre among the best.

This raises questions about the manager's vita, which the Slovenian answered journalists on Thursday: “The past is the past.

This new cycling is in a way much nicer. "

Then he listed: The many checks that he had three on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, there is also the story of the athlete who showed more than 150 negative tests, even though she was covered.

Only one thing can be deduced from this with a view to the new generation: neither to blindly suspect nor to believe.

Pogacar does that too: "I can only speak for myself."