Positive testosterone on Stage 11

Greggyr
Greggyr Posts: 1,075
edited July 2007 in Pro race
name to be released at 15.00 CET, reported on Cycling News..
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  • Moose11
    Moose11 Posts: 235
    I'm dreading hearing this. Please let it be a random test of some rider we haven't heard of and hopefully it'll fly somewhat under the radar. Then again maybe we need the pain of a big name to get sorting this out once and for all.
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  • ajohn9
    ajohn9 Posts: 260
    i predict Tom Boonen
    it really had better not be, hes one of my favourite riders, but nothing would surprise me!
  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    edited July 2007
    These were the riders tested after that stage:

    Michael Rasmussen, Robert Hunter, Kim Kirchen, Erik Zabel, Patxi Vila Errandonea, Lilian Jegou, Maxim Iglinskiy and Cristian Moreni.

    Take your pick.
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Can't be Boonen realistically. He didn't finish top 3 that stage but did on others so it would be a strange occurence if he tested positive on the day he didn't win/place!

    We'll find out very soon. But I really hope it isn't Hunter!
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    so we are 14 minutes away from a potentially even bigger disaster.
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  • ajohn9
    ajohn9 Posts: 260
    or it could be another astana?
    but yeah it could be likely its hunter!
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Fingers crossed it's not Hunter or Kirchen!

    The way things have gone recently you'd put your money on Kirchen or Iglinsky. My money's on them or Patxi Villa (for no particular reason).

    Unless of course they've decided to frame Rasmussen just to get rid of him :wink:
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    I'll give you evens on it bein Iglinsky!

    It'll be bad news if it's Ras, Hunter, Kirchen or Zabel! Though I won't shed a tear if Ras is stuffed!
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Langenberg wrote:
    These were the riders tested after that stage:

    Michael Rasmussen, Robert Hunter, Kim Kirchen, Erik Zabel, Patxi Vila Errandonea, Lilian Jegou, Maxim Iglinskiy and Cristian Moreni.

    Take your pick.

    If he's French, that's it, I'm off.

    Iglinksy all the way.
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  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    T-Mobile will fold if it is Kirchen so hope it is not him.

    Rasmussen out would not be bad news but that is not how the general public would see it.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    Have any of those riders left the Tour since that stage?

    I can't imagine they would be letting them ride today when their positive test is about to be made public.
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Kirchen would be a catastrophe for T-Mobile and pro cycling sponsorship in general and we know about it by now if it was Iglinsky.

    I'm going to bet on Hunter although Patxi Vila Errandonea is dodgy as fcuk so it could be him for sh1ts and giggles.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Moose11
    Moose11 Posts: 235
    surely it wont be zabel. other than hunter and kirchen I havent heard of the other guys.
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  • ajohn9
    ajohn9 Posts: 260
    news must be imminent now!
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    I say Patxi Vila....

    If it is Zabel or Boonen I might just breakdown :cry:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    AAAHHH TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    edited July 2007
    Moose11 wrote:
    surely it wont be zabel. other than hunter and kirchen I havent heard of the other guys.

    Cristian Moreni is a former Italian national champion (2004) and was a wearer of the maglia rosa during the first week of the Giro (in 2000).
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  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    I don't think it is going to be one of the guys who were bound to be tested, i.e. Rasmussen. It would be too stupid but then again we have had recent examples of that stupidity.
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  • pete236uk
    pete236uk Posts: 58
    I am getting sick about this I just hope its them saying they are catching them and cleaning it up interesting what Merx has said he is finished with cycling very sad
    peter
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Not announced yet! Back to work...
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    Cyclingnews say that the rumours are that it was one of the random picks - so not Hunter or Rasmussen
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  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    Right, here is my guess: Zabel.

    Why? He is past his best but at the time still in contention for the green jersey, i.e. a lot to win for but unlikely to win a stage and be tested. And he has doped before. :cry:

    Used to really really like him... not anymore.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Langenberg wrote:
    Right, here is my guess: Zabel.

    Why? He is past his best but at the time still in contention for the green jersey, i.e. a lot to win for but unlikely to win a stage and be tested. And he has doped before. :cry:

    Used to really really like him... not anymore.

    Here's my guess: Not Zabel

    Why? Already won a stack of green jerseys so ome more won't be that important, has plenty of cash so doesn't need more, a +ive would disrupt severely his imminent director/media career and he doped the least of ALL his generation (with 1 or 2 honorable exceptions). AND he's cycling because he likes it, not cos he has to so why put yourself through the guilt/scared of knock on door crap for what is essentially now a hobby...

    See, you can like him again now!
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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    calvjones wrote:
    Langenberg wrote:
    Right, here is my guess: Zabel.

    Why? He is past his best but at the time still in contention for the green jersey, i.e. a lot to win for but unlikely to win a stage and be tested. And he has doped before. :cry:

    Used to really really like him... not anymore.

    Here's my guess: Not Zabel

    Why? Already won a stack of green jerseys so ome more won't be that important, has plenty of cash so doesn't need more, a +ive would disrupt severely his imminent director/media career and he doped the least of ALL his generation (with 1 or 2 honorable exceptions). AND he's cycling because he likes it, not cos he has to so why put yourself through the guilt/scared of knock on door crap for what is essentially now a hobby...

    See, you can like him again now!

    Amen. The only one on that list that would shock me with a positve is Eric.

    He has it all to lose and nothing to gain
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    'See, you can like him again now!'

    Ok, calvjones, actually in my heart I don't disagree with much of what you've said so would like to be convinced....
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    any news?
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  • bigdawg
    bigdawg Posts: 672
    what we should be looking at here is also the fact that yet again the news has come from a 'leaked source' - these guys at the labs :x are as trustworthy as the dopers
    dont knock on death\'s door.....

    Ring the bell and leg it...that really pi**es him off....
  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    I suspect that they are now waiting until the end of the stage.
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  • bigdawg
    bigdawg Posts: 672
    wasnt it CET 3pm, in which case isnt that still in about half an hour??

    what are they going to do send the camera helicopter over with flashing lights...??

    Oi you in the green jersey, pull over... :? :shock:
    dont knock on death\'s door.....

    Ring the bell and leg it...that really pi**es him off....
  • llanberispass
    llanberispass Posts: 146
    In case you feel like shrugging off the mortal coil here is something to cheer you up:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sportspeople_who_tested_positive_for_banned_substances

    So why is cycling always the one that gets beatun up by the press? OK it needs to clean up but i suspect a lot of other sports in other countries are hiding it under the carpet.

    What chance some amazing Chinese results in the Olympics per chance.

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