Rumours of another...

2»

Comments

  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    a reality check would be a start.
    http://www.pontypoolrcc.co.uk/
    www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44397853765
  • allaction
    allaction Posts: 209
    How comes neither Saunier Duval riders were caught at the Giro where they both rode? They seem to allow the TDF to take all the flak or are tests different?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    allaction wrote:
    How comes neither Saunier Duval riders were caught at the Giro where they both rode? They seem to allow the TDF to take all the flak or are tests different?

    The test is blinging new.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    Like I said before (and got roasted), the giro is like the tour without the drug tests. Anyone who believes either the Italian or Spanish authorities, with the odd exception, have any interest in catching one of their own cheating is sadly mistaken.
    Dan
  • steve_pushbiker
    steve_pushbiker Posts: 91
    iainf72 - my understanding is that there is no new test. The anomalous bands are just shifted further up the gel as CERA compounds have a higher mol mass than epo.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    I believe the test is new (developed by WADA and LNDD in conjunction with Roche) but no information was released as WADA were building a bear-pit for Tour riders to fall into.
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare ... s/tb/10188

    I wonder if CERA would be beneficial if you were required to take part in a Grand Tour at 8 days notice?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • josd
    josd Posts: 107
    piepoli confessed
    he told his manager that he had done the same as ricco and taken EPO
    makes ricco's protests of innocence look even stupider...
  • Rob Sallnow
    Rob Sallnow Posts: 6,279
    josd wrote:
    piepoli confessed
    he told his manager that he had done the same as ricco and taken EPO
    makes ricco's protests of innocence look even stupider...

    Not quite in the Festina 98 league of looking stupid though....8 admitted it...one twat didn't.
    I'd rather walk than use Shimano
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Rob Sallnow wrote:
    josd wrote:
    piepoli confessed
    he told his manager that he had done the same as ricco and taken EPO
    makes ricco's protests of innocence look even stupider...

    Not quite in the Festina 98 league of looking stupid though....8 admitted it...one fool didn't.

    Neil Stephens? Even RV admitted it in the end. Don't think the battling ausies ever fessed up.
    http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    andrewgturnbull wrote:
    Neil Stephens? Even RV admitted it in the end. Don't think the battling ausies ever fessed up.

    Yes, pretty sure Stevo never admitted it.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Procycling story this month (nice timing) has Stevo down as never 'fessing up, and another one too ? I think ?
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited July 2008
    Stephens admitted to taking EPO but maintained he didn't know it at the time, he thought he was getting vitamins. He refuses to say any more but he did confess to police. He then moved seamlessly to become a DS for Manolo Saiz, and now performs the same role for Caisse d'Epargne. :roll:

    Only Pascal Herve remains in denial.
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    IIRC, Stephens spent at least one year in the 'wilderness' chaperoning wealthy package tourists round le Tour. Certainly spotted him in a Grenoble hotel one year.
    Tour de France
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Wasn't Bassons on the team as well at that time?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Oops. No, he wasn't.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    As some of the positives have taken a week to come back i hope no-one realises that the tour would have to face a Landis-style embarassment if someone tests positive this week and ends up winning the tour.
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    As some of the positives have taken a week to come back i hope no-one realises that the tour would have to face a Landis-style embarassment if someone tests positive this week and ends up winning the tour.

    Though presumably by now the whole peloton is wise to the fact that there is a test for CERA, they may be slightly more cautious in what they consume. Then again, I've long since given up on thinking professional cyclists were that intelligent.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Given how long one dose of Mircera is supposed to last, anyone who's taken it in the first week, before the poo hit the fan, could probably still get busted, though I guess the amount of sample required would be an issue. They probably know from blood profiles, who's potentially been naughty, and who to target though.
    Le Blaireau (1)

Categories