The Paris Roubaix Vial

tailwindhome

The report states that “it has been possible to highlight the presence of ibuprofen, caffeine, theophylline and quinine” in the white powder contained in this vial. It goes onto state that “None of those substances is part of the WADA prohibited list”, and concludes by saying that “no doping substance could be detected in the white powder transferred by the UCI”.

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDe ... LangId%3D1


So ready to go into water for a 'finishing bottle'?

The_Boy

Assuming it's legit, sounds like it would just be a wee pick me up for later stages of the race. Can't see any references to amounts of active ingredients, but not all that much different to the sugar 'pills' HTC use to use, is it?

above_the_cows

Or Froome's double espresso.

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

Or Froome's double espresso.

He did he avoid spilling it until the end of the race?

above_the_cows

The_Boy wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Or Froome's double espresso.

He did he avoid spilling it until the end of the race?

Why do you think he keeps looking down?

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

The_Boy wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Or Froome's double espresso.

He did he avoid spilling it until the end of the race?

Why do you think he keeps looking down?

Checking the crema.

ddraver

s'not great is it, but it's refreshingly pathetically old school and once again it's reassuring to A) be told what was in it and know it wasn't drugs

Again if this is the sort of thing riders are doing then we re doing a lot better

deejay

ddraver wrote:

s'not great is it, but it's refreshingly pathetically old school and once again it's reassuring to A) be told what was in it and know it wasn't drugs

Again if this is the sort of thing riders are doing then we re doing a lot better

So that means BR posters will have to carry on with asthma spray's. ?
Well they are sure there is something for them to find.

DiscoBoy

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

Pross

DiscoBoy wrote:

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

Presumably WADA only care if a drug is performance enhancing.

tailwindhome

Pross wrote:

DiscoBoy wrote:

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

Presumably WADA only care if a drug is performance enhancing.

If it's nay performance enhancing, what's it doing in the vial?

RichN95.

Pross wrote:

DiscoBoy wrote:

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

Presumably WADA only care if a drug is performance enhancing.

Cocaine isn't banned out of competition after all.

The_Boy

TailWindHome wrote:

Pross wrote:

DiscoBoy wrote:

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

Presumably WADA only care if a drug is performance enhancing.

If it's nay performance enhancing, what's it doing in the vial?

Masking agent for blood transfusions, obvs.

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

The_Boy wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Or Froome's double espresso.

He did he avoid spilling it until the end of the race?

Why do you think he keeps looking down?

Balanced under his helmet? I may have to change my opinion on this white Kenyan of yours...

Mad_Malx

DiscoBoy wrote:

I'm surprised that Theophylline isn't banned, it is a prescription drug in the US and UK.

It's all about dose - (very) small amounts in tea and dark chocolate. Difficult to legislate against low levels, compared with clenbuterol, which is much less likely to be in european food.

Chemically and pharmacologically theophyline is similar to caffeine, for which there is much better evidence as a performance enhancer than ventolin.

above_the_cows

The_Boy wrote:

Balanced under his helmet? I may have to change my opinion on this white Kenyan of yours...

Why is Chris Froome mine? I don't think he belongs to anyone but himself.

The_Boy

Above The Cows wrote:

The_Boy wrote:

Balanced under his helmet? I may have to change my opinion on this white Kenyan of yours...

Why is Chris Froome mine? I don't think he belongs to anyone but himself.

It was very much a tongue in cheek riff on Frenchie's use of the phrase "my man". I wouldn't have used the phrase "white Kenyan" in any serious context.

Apologies.

above_the_cows

^Ah OK.