Is a drug test valid...

DaveyL

If the analyst doesn't personallly know the athlete whose sample is being analysed?

SpaceJunk

Sounds like a loaded question DaveyL

Could one therefore conclude that a test is invalid if the tester knows the athlete who's sample they are analysing?

skavanagh.bikeradar

DaveyL, cut to the chase and tell us what is on your mind.

OffTheBackAdam

I thought that was the whole idea of assigning id numbers to samples, so the analysis is blinded.
Otherwise, there's potential for all sorts of shennnanagins.

cougie

Aaah - this is to do with DennisN and 6288 isnt it ? Nomal folk arent fit to talk about riders we dont personally know ?

skavanagh.bikeradar

DaveyL stop being oblique! Is this aimed at those two miscreants?

DaveyL

cougie wrote:

Aaah - this is to do with DennisN and 6288 isnt it ? Nomal folk arent fit to talk about riders we dont personally know ?

Give that man a cee-gar!

cougie

Cheers !

<cough cough splutter splutter>

blazing_saddles

Piepoli B sample positive, too
The French laboratory of Châtenay-Malabry confirmed yesterday the initial positive finding for Leonardo Piepoli during the Tour de France. The rider's counter-analysis for third-generation EPO, CERA, also returned a positive.

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) will likely call for another meeting with Piepoli in the coming weeks, where he could decide to collaborate. Piepoli skipped its last meeting, October 22.

A spokesperson for the Italian climber said, "We are contesting the validation of these results, as there is some doubt as to whether the tester actually knows Leonardo, or is, in fact, only a friend of a friend."

DaveyL