Asthma-Jet under investigation

iainf72

In Italy

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacch ... n-in-italy

Oooof.

Why do all of Cav's sprint mentors appear to have doping problems :oops:

cougie

Petacchis his mentor ? Not read that before.

iainf72

cougie wrote:

Petacchis his mentor ? Not read that before.

Well, not really, but Cavendish credited Petacchi with his turn around in the Tour.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... -tour.html

Orleandrew

iainf72 wrote:

cougie wrote:

Petacchis his mentor ? Not read that before.

Well, not really, but Cavendish credited Petacchi with his turn around in the Tour.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... -tour.html

Quick chat in the peloton is hardly crediting him with his turn around

Gypsum_Fantastic

Salbutamol is a banned substance?

takethehighroad

I thought the haematocrit test came in after the Tour in '98. Is it Bad Blood that says that?

tarquin_foxglove

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

Salbutamol is a banned substance?

Without a medical certificate it is.

andy_wrx

tarquin_foxglove wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

Salbutamol is a banned substance?

Without a medical certificate it is.

About half of the peloton are apparently asthmatic and have a ATUE for salbutamol - Petacchi's issue was that a test showed he'd not just had a puff or two from an inhaler but had a much higher amount of it

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php ... sion_may08

Contrast Petacchi's suspension though with Piepoli - and we know what he did next...

Thick Tester

My two penneth on this.....
Theres no test, and no evidence as yet until any may arise there is no story.

term1te

I read this as Astana-jet under investigation. Now that would put mechanical doping in a different league!

Italiano

The funny part is that Lampre seems to enjoy getting riders with a bad past (see Hondo, Kasheckin and there's already rumors talking about Di Luca).

Kléber

PFC is what almost killed Mauro Gianetti. Worth investigating.

Bakunin

Italiano wrote:

The funny part is that Lampre seems to enjoy getting riders with a bad past (see Hondo, Kasheckin and there's already rumors talking about Di Luca).

Yes, but the little prince is clean -- the tattoo says so.

redddraggon

Italiano wrote:

The funny part is that Lampre seems to enjoy getting riders with a bad past (see Hondo, Kasheckin and there's already rumors talking about Di Luca).

I'd imagine that they are still quality riders, but now have far lower contract expectations and so Lampre are getting the riders for a bargain price.