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  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    :shock: :
    :roll:

    Oh dear...his exploits were keeping my faith in the tour alive.....Perhaps Millar will end up as the first non-climber to score the KOM!!!!

    Barloworld have also been linked to signing Basso when his suspension ends...I guess ethics is not at the top of the agenda
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    The original South African focussed team was hijacked by Italian management a couple of years ago, wasn't it?
    Tour de France
  • steveaguy130169
    steveaguy130169 Posts: 44
    TheBigOne wrote:
    Sorry guys,
    It's solar.
    Press conf tmw at 11pm.


    if this is true its a disaster for the tour, beginning to agree with greg and Brad !!!!
  • saisie
    saisie Posts: 20
    Where are you guys getting your information? There is nothing on the web other than the rumour from one Danish website.
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    edited July 2007
    http://www.cyclingpost.com/tour/article_005202.shtml

    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/ticker/hu ... em=1259979

    The press conference is 11 am today

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  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    There's not a peep about this on "cyclingnews.com", so I'm not convinced as to its truth.
    Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    There is a mention of doping and a press conference

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/to ... /jul28news

    george

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  • the grinder
    the grinder Posts: 72
    No, it is on cyclingnews, sadly

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/to ... /jul28news

    if it's true, no longer just the older riders
    getting there......
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Perhaps the best way to look at the TDF now is that this will deter the cheats...5 riders thrown off the race potentiially if Solar is gone. It would be a tragedy for Geraint Thomas as he will be removed too as part of the team of Sollar. How sad if true. But still, if you dope you will be caught is the message from this TDF..at least that's better than the 1990s where police raids were the only way to find out who took what
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  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    If it is true it will be 3 jerseys for Contador, if the race ever gets to Paris

    george

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  • BenR
    BenR Posts: 34
    They only need to chuck out ten or so sprinters and Contador can have the full set
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    Cannondale will have to change their site, if the rumour is true

    http://gb.cannondale.com/bikes/index.html

    From Cannondale's site

    Soler, The Tour's Polka-Dotted Bright Spot
    Posted on July 26, 2007 7:09:14 AM

    Mauricio Soler climbing into the dots!
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    With the Tour de France (and pro cycling itself) reeling from the latest round of doping announcements, Team Barloworld's Juan Mauricio Soler has emerged as one of the top stories of the race.

    With suspected yellow jersey (and then polka-dotted jersey) Michael Rasmussen still in the race and winning stage 16 atop the Col d'Aubisque, Soler attacked early to take as many points as possible in the stage, and defended well on the final climb to finish fifth in the stage and finally capture the polka dots for himself. Soler had previously been wearing the polka dots, as Rasmussen held the lead in the climbers' competition, but was also in yellow at the time.

    With the bombshells of this week and the removal from competition of Alexander Vinokourov, Christian Moreni and finally Michael Rasmussen, the underdog Team Barloworld has been one of the few positive stories to survive this scandal-ridden Tour. Two stage wins (Robbie Hunter's stage 11 and Soler's win of stage 9) and the polka dot jersey for the wild card international team are an incredible story. Add to that Soler's top ten in the general classification and the gutsy performance of the Tour's youngest rider Geraint Thomas and you are left with a deep appreciation for the work of this united group of riders and staff.

    Cannondale congratulates Team Barloworld and Mauricio Soler on this incredible achievement!

    Team Barloworld rides the Cannondale system Six and Super Six bicycles featuring System Integration.


    Just in case it is removed today
    george

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    For what it's worth, Geraint has started his ride which would indicate Barloworld weren't binned overnight.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • JohnDouglas
    JohnDouglas Posts: 144
    still no news on cyclingnew.com nor l'equipe (the official communication channel of Chatenay-Malabry.
  • ilittle
    ilittle Posts: 6
    Solar back to 1/10 on on betfair!
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    looks like afx may clean out the bookies after all :lol:

    Press conference in 15 minutes...
  • ilittle
    ilittle Posts: 6
    Well you could never say this tour was dull! Something happening every day!
  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Er, what happened to the press conference? This whole thing smells like manipulation of the odds.

    I blame afx.
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  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    Breaking news....


    afx is the head of a Far East betting syndicate.
  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    If they are going to say something I would imagine that it will happen after the stage today. I seem to recall reading something about the Moreni positive being talked about in a press conference during the stage, and that was left until after.

    Hopefully it will turn out to be nothing but a rumour, but having had loads of riders saying drug taking is something the over 30s are doing it would be terrible to have someone like Soler (only 24) testing positive.
  • Jeff Jones
    Jeff Jones Posts: 1,865
    Tour director Christian Prudhomme confirmed this morning that Soler didn't test positive. Hell, I don't think the guy was even tested after stage 14.
    Jeff Jones

    Product manager, Sports
  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    I think Prudhomme has said that Soler was not 'positive'.

    However, this is NOT what all of these rumours (below what Het Laatste Nieuws says based on a Radio France / Sudouest report) say. What they say is that the test had annomalies. I seem to remember a rumour that quite a few tests performed at the Giro showed no or very little testosteron suggesting maybe that riders had doped with testosteron and the body's natural production had shut down (this is just my assumption though) or that the tests had been tampered with.


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  • ilittle
    ilittle Posts: 6
    Why would you confirm someone DIDNT test posiitve ??
  • Jeff Jones
    Jeff Jones Posts: 1,865
    ilittle wrote:
    Why would you confirm someone DIDNT test posiitve ??
    Because Prudhomme was asked that question at this morning's press conference.

    'Abnormal' usually means positive, in dope testing language.
    Jeff Jones

    Product manager, Sports
  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Eurosport have really screwed up - it's still on their news ticker, even though they've just said on air that it was only a rumour!
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I was routing for Soler in the KOM. Glad to hear the rumours are untrue.
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  • Langenberg
    Langenberg Posts: 453
    jjones wrote:
    ilittle wrote:
    Why would you confirm someone DIDNT test posiitve ??

    'Abnormal' usually means positive, in dope testing language.

    Are you sure about this? I think if for example a substance (e.g. testosteron) is missing from a sample when you would expect it to be there, a test could be abnormal but not positive (which would be the case if a substance was found, which is not supposed to be there e.g. artificial testosteron).

    Anyway, let's hope it is good news.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It could mean contamination or something too?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    :D:D:D As they say on the BF forum, RAMP!!!!
  • Jeff Jones
    Jeff Jones Posts: 1,865
    Langenberg wrote:
    jjones wrote:
    ilittle wrote:
    Why would you confirm someone DIDNT test posiitve ??

    'Abnormal' usually means positive, in dope testing language.

    Are you sure about this? I think if for example a substance (e.g. testosteron) is missing from a sample when you would expect it to be there, a test could be abnormal but not positive (which would be the case if a substance was found, which is not supposed to be there e.g. artificial testosteron).
    Sure it could be that or something similar, but as I said, abnormal usually means it's positive. Details on this story are very sketchy.
    Jeff Jones

    Product manager, Sports

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