I'm genuinely surprised, I thought they'd never see the light of day...
I think cyclists in general have the least to worry about though given that cycling did actually make an effort to investigate this when it happened...
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this just in
Unfortunately Samuel Sánchez will not be starting #tourdesuisse stage 4 due to a respiratory infection. Get well soon Samu!
p.s. i love the silence in asylum , you would have thought that anti doping heroes would be on this immediately. but i guess it's not Sky related so no interest to crusade.
Astana would still sign Contador! It's not as if they give a $h!t.
Hopefully the other sports with their heads buried in the sands will get exposed - could be a few Spanish football teams sweating, along with a few from the world of tennis...
I don't suppose too much will come out of this. I expect one, maybe two, retired and long forgotten professional sports people will be sacrificed to public opinion. The source of the rest of the blood bags will remain "unknown" due to medical confidentiality, human rights legislation, or super injunctions. I wouldn't be surprised either if a recently malfunctioned refrigerator rendered many of the samples untraceable.
You all know my big interest is the Ullrich blood bag and other T Mobile bags.
The Italians went whole hearted after their riders but the German Federation looked the other way and did nothing untill the riders had come to the end of their careers.
Still hold the record for TDF green Jersey's and the many MSR wins.
Bollox.
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Will actually be surprised if anything comes out of this. It has dragged on for so long and no doubt there will be further delays before bags are released.
If people do get named the only good message to come out will be that we will still come after you long after you've doped, possibly even after you've retired.
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You all know my big interest is the Ullrich blood bag and other T Mobile bags.
The Italians went whole hearted after their riders but the German Federation looked the other way and did nothing untill the riders had come to the end of their careers.
Still hold the record for TDF green Jersey's and the many MSR wins.
Bollox.
Ullrich's career ended when Puerto broke, he was banned, lost results and he had admitted to his involvement. I'm not sure there's anything left to do to him apart from taking away his cakes.
Do the blood bags correspond to anything that can be identifiable? Otherwise surely you have a bag of blood that contains a PED - great but if you cant link it so a high profile named sports star then it isn't much use - I guess WADA haven't DNA profiled all the previous samples to match with a couple dozen of bags.
so this also goes before the rise of the Spanish football team into world beaters. think 2008 was when they really started dominating the euro's and world cups. do we think that this in any way infers any form of drugs or doping, or were they just really good?
also the cyclists on this list would have all retired with the exception of a few 35+year olds I'd suggest...
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I think cyclists in general have the least to worry about though given that cycling did actually make an effort to investigate this when it happened...
- @ddraver
yeah i know
but with the fire burning again and with the noise around it i don't think he will ride in 2017
Right, because he's been so repentant and up front about his involvement before?
this just in
Unfortunately Samuel Sánchez will not be starting #tourdesuisse stage 4 due to a respiratory infection. Get well soon Samu!
p.s. i love the silence in asylum
Would be really interesting to see the full list.
What about Fabian?
very probable
but i guess this will ignite a shitstorm
if you are named again who will sign you? for example Contador, if his name appears now do you think anyone would give him 1 cent to ride?
Hopefully the other sports with their heads buried in the sands will get exposed - could be a few Spanish football teams sweating, along with a few from the world of tennis...
That. I'd imagine that there's a few footballers (and clubs), tennis players and athletes who may be shitting themselves quietly at this news.
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Fuentes cleared in court so his promise to name names will disappear down the pan.
All very convenient for non-cycling sports.
This. 35 cyclists were named already.
Other sports have more to be worried about.
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The Italians went whole hearted after their riders but the German Federation looked the other way and did nothing untill the riders had come to the end of their careers.
Still hold the record for TDF green Jersey's and the many MSR wins.
Bollox.
23 are cyclist's, 12 "athlete's" and 1 unknown, so don't expect any other sports will be too worried.
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that will be that bog snorkler - it's rife
If people do get named the only good message to come out will be that we will still come after you long after you've doped, possibly even after you've retired.
Zidane has already admitted to going for a boost twice per year (not with EF).
Yes, you are correct.
also the cyclists on this list would have all retired with the exception of a few 35+year olds I'd suggest...