Doping git thread

[Adam4868]

Are you free?

No substitute for Nairo Quintana on Arkea's Vuelta team. They'll start with 7 riders.

 

[Mike_P]

Possibly not the best phrase Amanda Spratt could have used - starts to wonder about Trek

View: https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/status/1560159602834128899

 

[mjr]

Possibly not the best phrase Amanda Spratt could have used - starts to wonder about Trek

Careful: I posted something similar about Jumbo linking WVA's climbing with Vingegaard's comments in his final press conference about the team's wonderful "preparation" methods and a few on here got really upset!

It's probably safest to assume that the current cohort of riders are ignorant of the loaded language associated with past dopers.

 

[matticus]

No substitute for Nairo Quintana on Arkea's Vuelta team. They'll start with 7 riders.

That's bonkers! (I assume they were *permitted* to bring in a sub?)

 

[cougie uk]

That's bonkers! (I assume they were *permitted* to bring in a sub?)

Maybe everyone else was on holiday or racing elsewhere.

 

[Adam4868]

That's bonkers! (I assume they were *permitted* to bring in a sub?)

Teams must have a certain number of riders on startlist that they are allowed start a race....don't want any more negative publicity maybe.A lot of there team are racing elsewhere ? Or im guessing maybe Covid...some sort of protocol?

 

[matticus]

Maybe everyone else was on holiday or racing elsewhere.

But it's the VUELTA!!!

Oh well 🤷‍♂️ ...

 

[cougie uk]

But it's the VUELTA!!!

Oh well 🤷‍♂️ ...

Exactly! I'm usually fatigued by the time the Vuelta comes around. It definitely gets less watching than the other two GTs from me.

 

[Adam4868]

Opposite for me...I'm thinking noooo not the last race of the season 😲

 

[rich p]

There's a report on Inrng that if Nairoman loses his points from the TdF then Arkea's position in the relegation fight becomes more precarious.
Also the lower placed riders would move up a place and gain more points.
It also poses the question of his defence.
As it's not freely available without prescription in France, he either took it to France with him (which screws his denial) or a doctor prescribed it illegally which throws up other implications.

 

[rich p]

And now an MTB rider and one of Tommy P's biggest rivals has tested positive for old school anabolic steroids FFS
https://www.velonews.com/news/mount...ropean-championships-due-to-doping-violation/

 

[Adam4868]

@roadrash Velogames if you can be arsed Gaz...Hope you and yours are well 😁

 

[roadrash]

@Adam4868 Thanks,done, a bit rushed, but done, mrs just getting over gastro enteritis on top of all she has going on, shes on the best side of it now though , hope you and yours are all well mate.

 

[Stonechat]

Well the Portuguese are making up for the lack of avtivity in this thread. Some fairly whoslae doping had gone on

 

[mjr]

Well the Portuguese are making up for the lack of avtivity in this thread. Some fairly whoslae doping had gone on

Seven from FC Porto. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/seven-riders-from-portuguese-squad-w52-fc-porto-banned-for-doping/

Are there more I've not seen?