Doping git thread

[Pro Tour Punditry]

dum.dum. duuuuuuuuhhhhmmm
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/08/tour-de-france-samples-to-be-tested-for-epo-booster-fg-4592/

 

[User169]

Tom Danielson's tweeting he's tested +ve for synthetic testosterone.

 

[rich p]

Tom Danielson's tweeting he's tested +ve for synthetic testosterone.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tom-danielson-tests-positive-for-testosterone/

That's an odd one. It seems pretty perverse if it's true.

 

[Hont]

Bit of an odd one, since you don't join Garmin if you intend (in his case to carry on) doping, but then I can't see synthetic testosterone being a plausible contaminant. It's to his credit that he announced it and he's not offering weasily excuses, but we'll see.

 

[Mattonsea]

Bit of an odd one, since you don't join Garmin if you intend (in his case to carry on) doping, but then I can't see synthetic testosterone being a plausible contaminant. It's to his credit that he announced it and he's not offering weasily excuses, but we'll see.

Seems a tad strange ,good time to pop the news out considering the poo storm in Athletics'.

 

[Crackle]

Perhaps he accidentally shook Alberto Salazar's hand?

 

[Strathlubnaig]

but none of the cool kids dope

 

[smutchin]

Bit of an odd one, since you don't join Garmin if you intend (in his case to carry on) doping, but then I can't see synthetic testosterone being a plausible contaminant. It's to his credit that he announced it and he's not offering weasily excuses, but we'll see.

"I will now, as I wait for the B test, have the supplements I take, tested to see if this is what caused it."
https://twitter.com/tomdanielson/status/628078715159719936

That sounds a tad weaselish to me, I'm afraid.

 

[ColinJ]

"I will now, as I wait for the B test, have the supplements I take, tested to see if this is what caused it."
https://twitter.com/tomdanielson/status/628078715159719936

That sounds a tad weaselish to me, I'm afraid.

If you had not been doping then there could only be three possible explanations:

1. The test results from the lab are wrong
2. You took something contaminated by something that affected the results
3. Somebody deliberately nobbled your samples or they got contaminated

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I think it would be more 'weaselish' to suggest that a lab did not test or protect samples properly!

 

[mjr]

"I will now, as I wait for the B test, have the supplements I take, tested to see if this is what caused it."
https://twitter.com/tomdanielson/status/628078715159719936

That sounds a tad weaselish to me, I'm afraid.

Don't people get a shorter ban if it's found to be inadvertent consumption by undocumented inclusion in a supplement? If so, I think whether he's weaseling depends on how he reacts to any ban.

Surely with the growth of sportives and so on, there's an incentive for short-sighted mass-market supplement makers to slip in a Performance-Enhancing Drug to make their product seem more effective and boost sales until they get caught and trashed or closed down by regulators, so would it really be surprising if a pro or two falls foul of them?

 

[mjr]

Somebody deliberately nobbled your samples or they got contaminated

I've been wondering what scope there is for that FG-4592 pill to be crushed and slipped to riders you don't like to eliminate them from competition for a while...

 

[smutchin]

If so, I think whether he's weaseling depends on how he reacts to any ban.

I have a problem with him expecting us to believe that there's any other explanation than the most obvious one.

 

[Crackle]

It is fairly hard to come across synthetic testosterone. Supplement contamination seems unlikely.

 

[rich p]

It is fairly hard to come across synthetic testosterone. Supplement contamination seems unlikely.

Viagra?

 

[rich p]

If it's proven, I imagine that Vaughters will be thoroughly píssed off.