Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: Is this sad??

Is this sad?
Greatest climber in the world for women arguebly, banned for life? :-(
http://www.luperini.150m.com/Jeanson.jpg
Bruce

"GoneBeforeMyTime" <f...@CyclingEuroForums.com> wrote in message
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Let me tell you a bit about this superb cyclist. First of all this is really
tragedy for women's cycling. Many might say, (stone her?) she is a cheater,
so off with her head! But she did show promise since the early days as a
junior winning the worlds. This was the greatest climber to come since
Luperini in 95 when she started her claim to fame. Certainly Jeanson is no
Luperini and she never got the chance to win the grand tours, but she was
working her way to Europe if it hadn't of been from what it appears the
misfortunes of having a coach who many think has steered her wrong.
Certainly Andre tactics of keeping her isolated and under his control has
not served her well, and many blame him for her troubles. I don't blame
Luperini for her troubles either, but Luperini is a survivor and Jeanson I
am afraid did not!
 Even so she won Fleche Wallonne and certainly would of gave the Italian
fans and the French a sweet time watching her climb in the grand tours of
the women's Giro and Grande Boucle. Wouldn't it of been nice to see Jeanson
climb with Luperini, Brandli and Joanne in the Giro? Jeanson would of added
spice, and from all account she is a gracious loser, but Andre is not,
spitting at races with contempt and alienating riders like Lynn Bessette who
used to be friends and wanted to work with Jeanson. I think her desire to be
the best was a genuine one, moving from Canada to Arizona to train and
getting an American cycling license. She won and won big here, winning both
the Gila and Toona, our biggest races here in America. There is no doubt she
was headed to Europe for the Giro and TDF if it was not for bad advise, and
bad luck. Yes, she had high hemocrat levels and may or may not have used
EPO, but a lot of girls are cheating, and that doesn't excuse her, but if
anything can be said, this in general is a great tragedy for women's cycling
to lose one wiht such great climbing abilities.
 I never got a chance to meet her personally, but a good friend of mine who
races in the top pro women here and is rated about 15th in climbing raced
with Jeanson and often tried to hold her wheel, but she couldn't. After the
race Jeanson would come over and sit and chat. Before the races my friend
used to water her dogs and play with them, as Jeanson always took her dogs
to the races. Once, another guy I knew went over to pet her dogs and he
looked up at a van and Jeanson was smiling at him through the window. She
was nice person from all accounts and took her dogs to all the races.
Jeansons career was short, like shooting up a flare repeatedly, a brilliant
short time in the spotlight. Her gutsy antics reminds me of Bouba sometimes,
and she was a decent looking gal. I just think she had a bad coach, who
really was a canoeing coach anyway, not a cycling coach. I had another
friend who walked up to her at a store after a race, and starting chatting
with her, but Andre quickly cut him off and told him to go away. I think she
was a prisoner in a cyclists dungeon, controlled by a cruel taskmaster, but
she certainly could of walked away at any time. You know Jeanson wanted to
open a pub when she retired in Canada, but I guess she will never get the
money from her cycling career to fulfill that dream. :-(
What a tragedy for women's cycling! :-(
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-1.jpg
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-2.jpg
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-3.jpg
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-4.jpg
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-5.jpg
http://www.luperini.150m.com/jeanson-6.jpg
Bruce