Tricky Beltran Tests Positive for EPO

andy_wrx

Moomaloid

A sad day but it shows again that the sport is doing its best to get rid of these guys. Outing them in the middle of the tour is bad for ASo yet at the same time good because it shows they are doing whats right.

I guess though that Liquigas has to suffer now which is a shame for Kreuziger who's looking really strong, and he;s in my fantasy team too!

In a weird way i think its a good thing.

mr_hippo

In my, never too humble, opinion:-
Positive A sample - out of the race.
Positive A + B samples - ban sine die + name and achievements expunged from all records.
No appeals, no excuses.

deal

mr_hippo wrote:

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No appeals

:? a step too far

... let them appeal - they never win anyway, just let them waste there ill gotten gains paying expensive lawyers

blazing_saddles

It says it all when I'm currently watching (France 2) Curly Pozzato chatting merrily away to all the lads in the peloton, as if nothing has happened.

Tom Butcher

I don't see what you expect Pozzato to do.

Kléber

Get a hair cut

dave_1

iainf72 wrote:

I had the same thought. But then I'm pretty sure we've all raised eyebrows at Liquigas even before the Basso signing.

According to l'equipe they're continuing in the Tour. €100K lighter in the pocket no doubt.

But Iain, you and all the shady lawyers working for doped athletes claim the EPO test doesn't work...of course no rich athlete has yet had your verdict proven in court ..so for now, I believe Beltran is dodgy. Anyway, isn't it time you got back to trashing people who criticise doping and dopers? ...perhaps that why you don't answer PMs?...to busy on that

steviedonut

signing Basso now looks even more of aPR disaster for Liquigas now.I dont think we'll be seeing yucky green in the Tour peleton next year(though we'll no doubt see loads of whining by riders who sign for liquigas between now and then about how unfair it is theyre not allowed to compete)

iainf72

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The Danish ADA were the ones who tested the EPO test and found it lacking. Did you actually read the report and how terribly it failed their experiments?

Beltran is very likely guilty.

DaveyL

Wasn't the main thrust of that report that (a) there's only a very limited time window to be able to successfully detect it, and (b) some labs (for some reason) seem better at carrying out the test than others? Neither of which is a particularly stunning revelation as we already knew that.

I can't be bothered digging up the old thread on this topic though...

Anyway, I thought Dave_1 was OK with dopers, as long as they didn't spill the beans...

RichN95.

Dave_1 wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

I had the same thought. But then I'm pretty sure we've all raised eyebrows at Liquigas even before the Basso signing.

According to l'equipe they're continuing in the Tour. €100K lighter in the pocket no doubt.

But Iain, you and all the shady lawyers working for doped athletes claim the EPO test doesn't work...of course no rich athlete has yet had your verdict proven in court ..so for now, I believe Beltran is dodgy. Anyway, isn't it time you got back to trashing people who criticise doping and dopers? ...perhaps that why you don't answer PMs?...to busy on that

It didn't work in the fact that it didn't always give a positive for those who had been taking EPO. There was no indication that it could give false positives - so no lawyer get out there.

le_patron

Triki almost getting away

http://tv2sporten.no/sykkel/article2066948.ece

redddraggon

le patron wrote:

Triki almost getting away

http://tv2sporten.no/sykkel/article2066948.ece

I think he's just a bit pissed 'cus he's just got busted for dope test, while the camera was there with him knowing he's on the sauce