Hamburg - Rudy Pevenage, a former top official at the Telekom cycling team and mentor of its star rider Jan Ullrich, said on Saturday he will talk about doping in the team in the near future. Pevenage said he will talk sometime after the Tour de France which started on Saturday, with French sports daily L'Equipe reporting that he revelations will come in a Belgian magazine.
"I have to sort out a few things. The publishing will come some time after the Tour. It is about time to tell my truth about the whole thing," Pevenade told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Pevenage worked at the team since 1995 and was later the mentor of the 1997 Tour winner Ullrich until the rider was kicked out of the team 2006 over alleged cooperation - together with Pevenage - with Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes who is at the centre of a Spanish doping probe.
Ullrich has denied cheating. He has not spoken about his role when many former Telekom riders including 1996 Tour winner Bjarne Riis and sprinter Erik Zabel said they and other teammates used doping substances in the 1990s.
