British male road cyclist fails drug test [Mail]

stagehopper
stagehopper Posts: 1,593
edited June 2016 in Pro race
Mail reporting in last 15 minutes that a male British road race pro fighting for selection for Rio (and former track star) has failed drug test in March in race in France

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/others ... risis.html
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Beat me to it. Mods please delete the other thread if you want
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Guesswork time!
    Assuming it's a man, I can only think of one rider that fits. And it would be pretty gutting.
  • rudivoller22
    rudivoller22 Posts: 492
    If it's G I'm quitting cycling!
  • DL1987
    DL1987 Posts: 204
    Probably best not to mention any names.
  • hangeron
    hangeron Posts: 127
    Mail story doesn't specify sex or the event they were world champ at. It could also be utter cobblers story.

    I take that back - the Mail says its a bloke...down at the bottom when it's talking about contacting his father for comment.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,194
    Helen Pidd ‏@helenpidd 3m3 minutes ago
    British Cycling confirms one of its riders accused of "a potential anti-doping rule violation". Doesn't name cyclist. More soon.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Men’s time trial (1) – Chris Froome, Alex Dowsett
    Women’s time trial (1) – Emma Pooley, Hayley Simmonds
    Men’s road race (5) – Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe, Mark Cavendish, Adam Yates, Simon Yates, Steve Cummings, Alex Dowsett
    Women’s road race (4) – Lizzie Armitstead, Lucy Garner, Dani King, Emma Pooley, Hayley Simmonds, Nikki Harris
    Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/rac ... mz4bQpX.99
    _
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Failed test at Paris-Nice apparently
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    And not-Sky. Assuming all the other things are true that narrows it to a field of 1. And gutting if true.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    rudivoller22 wrote:
    If it's G I'm quitting cycling!

    Doubt he would have started Romandie if that was the case.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    According to Daniel Benson, Sky have said it's definitely not one of their riders.

    Which leaves Simon Yates as the prime candidate.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    So Brit starters at PN that I can find...

    Dan McLay
    Simon Yates
    Thomas
    Rowe
    Stannard
    Swift
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    You forgot about McLay at the random French team ;)
    _
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,584
    Oh balls, please let this be a mistake of some sort.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    McLay isn't a former world track champ though (unless we're counting juniors). Cummings was the other option, but he didn't ride in France at all this year.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Simon Yates it is

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/others ... risis.html
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    the Mail have just updated the story, says its Simon Yates :(
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,622
    The article (now) says Simon Yates
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    edited April 2016
    The less successful twin....

    hmmmm

    The clinic are gonna be gutted, can't link this to Froome...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    I wonder if Orica will pull Adam from Yorkshire tomorrow, just to protect him.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    That's gutting if true, but at least it wasn't Cummings or Thomas (man-love for both of them)
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    The shit has really hit the fan over the last few days!

    Disappointed if it's accurate.

    Story will be about British Cycling and bringing Team Sky into it, but questions have to be asked about OGE - they are starting to get a bit of a whiff about them over the last couple of years.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    zebulebu wrote:
    That's gutting if true, but at least it wasn't Cummings or Thomas (man-love for both of them)
    I thought it might be Stannard initially as he dropped out of Romandie.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    I look forward to the Backstage Pass/Breaking Bad mash-up
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Sheesh. Simon Yates confirmed
    _
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Adam was the one who seemed to make a huge jump from nowhere at l'Avenir that year. Unfairly it's going to be even harder to lose that impression now. This sucks in many ways.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    RichN95 wrote:
    zebulebu wrote:
    That's gutting if true, but at least it wasn't Cummings or Thomas (man-love for both of them)
    I thought it might be Stannard initially as he dropped out of Romandie.
    Shiiiit - yeah. if I'd put two and two together there that would have been even worse. No real affinity for either of the Yates' for some reason, so if it's possible to be 'relieved' at finding out who it was I suppose I am. It's in the Mail though, so quite possible it's bullsh1t and they've got a story out of a bio passport anomaly and spun it to increase the hysteria over the Sutton debacle. Witness the laughable detail in their photo of the Cervelos on eBay earlier:

    3399F24600000578-3562231-image-a-15_1461793166652.jpg

    OOOOOOHHH! CARBON FIBRE HANDLEBARS!!! 24.5 INCH WHEELS!!!
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    6mm rim depth???
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    That bike has got gears on it!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    twitter summary for tonight:
    But I thought Brits don't dope! HAHAHA
    one million times.

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