Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
It's not right Nick, but in order to make a watertight legal case procedures have to be followed to the letter and those things don't happen overnight.
Contador fails drug test
- Thread starter Flying_Monkey
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According to McPratt, he's waiting on WADA results so at least it may be thorough.
NickM
Veteran
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- Darwin's birthplace
Ah, now I see the strategy behind the comeback - well, maybe. With any luck (and given that they no longer had the watertight "support" services of Bruyneel teams) the principal rivals would be found out while his nibs, either riding 100% clean or confident that his "support" team simply don't screw up, wouldn't. His visible decline would be attributed to advancing years; and seen in comparison, his heyday would be assumed to be genuine. So he would look good to history. Oh, the vanity.
e-rider
Banned member
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- South West
very good point - I don't even know who 'won' the Landis tour!
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Perreiro after an unlikely breakaway.
NickM
Veteran
- Location
- Darwin's birthplace
That just leaves the plasticisers to account for, then. No doubt he'll assert that the "contaminated meat" came wrapped in the same plastic that they make blood bags out of.
Do they allow saline after hard stages - I assume the bags are the same -
oldroadman
Veteran
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- Ubique
Not quite sure, any infusion via a drip has to be for "medical" reasons. I clearly remember the use of drips after particularly hot races to aid recovery, contents glucose and saline. The simple medical reason being that with the demands of a multi-stge event, it's simply not possible to rehydrate quickly enough via the usual method for good recovery to take place. In the same way, recovery drinks and foods have advanced to a level now where the use of the drip can be restricted, but who would police some of the less fastidious teams? Nothing would show in any test, it's natural to ingest lots of glucose and saline after a hard day.
Mind, if the raids in Cararia show clenbuterol being illegally imported into Spain (it's use is banned in EU) for use to fatten cattle, then there may be something to the explanation offered, however odd it sounds.
The problem is simply that nothing showed in the days before, and as leader you get tested every day, so why would anyone risk it? I'm 100% in support of anti-doping, but if this one is prosecuted then every competitor in every sport will be a possible positive.
Finally, in other sports, now there are FIVE positives from Delhi, boxing, weights, wrestling...and no-one is shouting in the press about "filthy cheating boxers" trying to tarnish the sport, and apply it to all the clean people in the who compete. Good job there were no cycling positives, eh?
philipbh
Spectral Cyclist
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- Out the back
The WADA Guidelines clearly refute this assertion btw
No they don't. There are no transfusions allowed unless it's a medical emergency
NickM
Veteran
- Location
- Darwin's birthplace
A transfusion isn't an infusion, though...perhaps this is giving rise to confusion?
oldroadman
Veteran
- Location
- Ubique
A transfusion isn't an infusion, though...perhaps this is giving rise to confusion?
Correct. Not blood, just saline/glucose. WADA seem to have a thing: needles = bad (must be something dodgy).
Doesn't seem to worry footie/rugby/runners/tennis where guys and gals get cortisone injected into injured areas so they can play and make the injury worse long term, or even worse, "pain killing injections"!! Bit of a contradiction, when you can be banned for using a cold symptom relief tablet. Careful look at WADA lists needed before anything is done/takem.
