Contador fails drug test
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philipbh
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You might be on to something here - trying to replicate previous results without being in possession of all the knowledge and / or technology would certainly account for it.
What was damning (for me at least) was hearing AC say something like - you have to question the system [of testing]
If its a genuine occurrence, surely better to stick to that (even if he was lying) vs. questioning the testing regime?
philipbh
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A bit reductive though, isn't it?
PM - I dont know what you are talking about
JS - PM @ UCIis a liar
Clearly PM wants to control the release of information and on his time table - not to be forced by a journalists enquiry ahead of the time, thereby losing control of the "narrative"
philipbh
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Agree on both counts -
Time for PM to go and go quickly (as they say in politics) or face some serious scrutiny over his stewardship of the UCI
denying - that is what innocent people do, as well as guilty
trace - from that voets book, the whole game was to take things that were a benefit but things that you could get through tests, so the trace points back to something that was of benefit earlier I suppose, you have to magine that the drugging experts are alwasys one step ahead
who knows, no-one quite possibly
trace - from that voets book, the whole game was to take things that were a benefit but things that you could get through tests, so the trace points back to something that was of benefit earlier I suppose, you have to magine that the drugging experts are alwasys one step ahead
who knows, no-one quite possibly
Smokin Joe
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They do, but they don't come out with outlandish excuses about dead brothers, beer or gifts of meat.
Smokin Joe
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Which means that anyone who wasn't prepared to risk his life by consuming ever increasing amounts of more and more powerful stimulants could forget about a career in pro cycling.
As novel ideas go, it's a non starter.
Not us mere mortals that's for sure. But, my word, the speculation is fun!
Re the plasticizers; they are chemicals used to soften plastic. There are amounts of plasticizers in varying degrees in many plastics, such as gel tubes, drink bottles, etc. Simple infusion of products from such plastic containers is unlikely to lead to significant amounts of it entering the blood system. Transfusion of blood from a soft plastic bag, however, would do the trick. Plasticizers themselves are clearly not a banned substance, they are not 'performance enhancing'! And they are no smoking gun. They do not tell you what the 'soft plastic bag' contained (if indeed you can show they came from a blood bag). Certainly, in context, they are a pointer to blood doping but not proof. It's like finding syringes and blood bags in the team's trash; less than that imho.
More importantly, the test for plasticizers is apparently not approved/ratified. So my guess is that the 'Contador blood doped' will remain speculation and wont be acted upon. I reckon they'll take action over the clenbutoral though.
I am somewhat intrigued to know how the German TV station ARD were able to get these "exact values", how they even knew of the positive test, but that's a side issue and somewhat irrelevant.
GrumpyGregry
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Hardly a non starter. It's exactly what is happening now. Doesn't seem to be putting people off taking part.
