He can't stay off it
Had a story came my way today I thought i would share with you:
Michael Rasmussen, pulled from this year's Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey, is now reported to have been racing on Dynepro, a blood-boosting EPO-like product. Dynepro is not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned drugs because an official testing protocol has not been established. It's made from human cells, so WADA is wary of false positives if naturally occurring EPO is mistaken for Dynepro. Reports say Dynepro has been detected in the urine tests of about 10 other athletes. Rasmussen was on the way to Tour victory when he was sent home for lying to his team, Rabobank. At issue was his whereabouts during missed out-of-competition drug tests.
What is with this guy? Why does he feel the need to be on something to perform his performances? To me that is not an athlete. Not remotely. :x
Michael Rasmussen, pulled from this year's Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey, is now reported to have been racing on Dynepro, a blood-boosting EPO-like product. Dynepro is not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned drugs because an official testing protocol has not been established. It's made from human cells, so WADA is wary of false positives if naturally occurring EPO is mistaken for Dynepro. Reports say Dynepro has been detected in the urine tests of about 10 other athletes. Rasmussen was on the way to Tour victory when he was sent home for lying to his team, Rabobank. At issue was his whereabouts during missed out-of-competition drug tests.
What is with this guy? Why does he feel the need to be on something to perform his performances? To me that is not an athlete. Not remotely. :x
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Errr, there are at least 2 other threads about this.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0
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giant mancp wrote:
What is with this guy? Why does he feel the need to be on something to perform his performances? To me that is not an athlete. Not remotely. :x
Because he could not remotely reach the level of performance without doping? Dope and win or don't dope and get a real job. He's made his choice.It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.0 -
giant mancp wrote:
What is with this guy? Why does he feel the need to be on something to perform his performances? To me that is not an athlete. Not remotely. :x
The short answer is yes. If he's been doing it for a long time, he will have built up a depndency/addiction to doping, believing he can't cope without it.
Wiily Voet's book about the Festina Affair goes into this - particularly with reference Virenque. Tricky Dicky begged him for a dose before a key time trial, Voet thought he'd had enough and gave him a placebo. Virenque, mentally satisfied, places second in the TT.Twitter: @RichN950
