Paolini done for cocaine
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Bah, I'd rather they went after the guys that are cheating...0
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Richard Moore @richardmoore73 · 7m7 minutes ago
Paolini tested positive for cocaine the day of the cobbles #TDF2015“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Bah, I'd rather they went after the guys that are cheating...
In competition positive for cocaine is cheating.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
Gutted.
Still. Doesn't make him a bad person and we enjoyed his performances.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
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Bah, I'd rather they went after the guys that are cheating...
In competition positive for cocaine is cheating.
Bollox is it, I've known plenty of people that partake and I'd fancy my chances against all of them on a bike...0 -
All he needs now is a few teenage girlfriends and we have our new Boonen.0
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He will probably come up with the excuse he was touching notes currency, depending on levels.
It would be great to have a Tour without the backdrop of this kind of sh1t, detracting from the results.0 -
Seems a bit odd. If he has that bad a habit that he's prepared to snort a few lines during a stage race you'd have thought he'd have been caught before now. It's not like he'd have been out clubbing and taking it recreationally though. I would have thought it would be far too risky to take as I assume it's easily detectable and wouldn't offer much performance enhancement (well, not on the bike anyway!).
Makes you wonder if others are doing similar, might explain all the crashes. Paolini had an strange one himself on stage 3 or 4 from memory.0 -
http://www.corriere.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Sport/Doping-Procura-Coni-assolve-Paolini/12-10-2011/1-A_000259073.shtml
He was linked a while back to a gym-based doping ring, but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
Not that that necessarily means anything.0 -
More likely he was taking cocaine around the time he took the blood out, and transferred it back in.....0
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So Tom Boonen wasn't at the tour this week solely as a spectator? :twisted:0
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Geezer.0
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Seems a bit odd. If he has that bad a habit that he's prepared to snort a few lines during a stage race you'd have thought he'd have been caught before now. It's not like he'd have been out clubbing and taking it recreationally though. I would have thought it would be far too risky to take as I assume it's easily detectable and wouldn't offer much performance enhancement (well, not on the bike anyway!).
Makes you wonder if others are doing similar, might explain all the crashes. Paolini had an strange one himself on stage 3 or 4 from memory.
The metabolite they found can stay in body for around 10 days, longer if combined with booze.
The story probably is well off guy hit a club, got offered some gak, thought why not, had a good night and started the TdF a couple of days later.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
not sure i give a toss about this really. its a short term stimulant that makes you a total bell end. would be next to no use in a bike race. shame as i've always liked the way paolini rides a bike.0
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Ned Boulting tweeted that it wouldn't be much of surprise to those who had read his book. In that when he's in the same hotel as Katusha and late at night he finds Paolini in the bar knocking bar beers with the mechanics.
Yep. They're just people, after all.
The rumours you hear about parties and recreational drugs with pro cyclists just make them sound like a lot of other people their age. Funny that.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
This is more fuuny than sad. Dunno why just is.
Pleb.It's not so much about winning, I just hate losing.0 -
Well at least we've found an explanation for him being a meerkat.
Correlation is not causation.0 -
Ned Boulting tweeted that it wouldn't be much of surprise to those who had read his book. In that when he's in the same hotel as Katusha and late at night he finds Paolini in the bar knocking bar beers with the mechanics.
Yep. They're just people, after all.
The rumours you hear about parties and recreational drugs with pro cyclists just make them sound like a lot of other people their age. Funny that.
He's a bit old to pass that off on youthful exuberance.0 -
I still like his beard0
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Shame, I've always liked him and he's been an excellent domestique.
Will wait to hear the excuse / explanation.0 -
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A 38 year-old cocaine user - suggesting he has an adventurous approach to nutrition, can ride with the elite on his day. You'd imagine that the best in the world, in their prime, could beat such a rider without necessarily requiring illegal PEDs....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0
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Lots of love for Paolini despite him doping...typical double standards.
Soft 'doping' though so in my mind it is not too much of a deal. Pot belge.
I wonder how dish_dash is doing right now...Contador is the Greatest0 -
Yeah... Ghost positive seems quite plausible doesn't it.More likely he was taking cocaine around the time he took the blood out, and transferred it back in.....0 -
RichN95 wrote:Ned Boulting tweeted that it wouldn't be much of surprise to those who had read his book. In that when he's in the same hotel as Katusha and late at night he finds Paolini in the bar knocking bar beers with the mechanics.
he should try the Pamela excuse
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/6834876/Richard-Gasquet-cleared-of-cocaine-offence-by-Court-of-Arbitration-for-Sport.html0
