Doping git thread

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mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Ahh that would explain a lot - seen as the MPCC seems to contain all the 'big' french teams
MPCC's main strength is ASO's support, which has limited power over World Tour teams who ASO can't easily exclude from their flagship events. I feel this is an interesting element of the ASO-UCI-RCS tug o' war and a big reason why ASO want the number of WT teams reduced, plus it must put Vaughters in a conflicted position, as someone who seems to support MPCC but also wants WT to become a US-style closed shop of near-untouchable franchisees.
 

Dogtrousers

Kilometre nibbler
The mind boggles at his stupidity. self-gratification artist.
My mind doesn't boggle at all.

Some people take amateur sport very seriously indeed. They make huge sacrifices of time, they spend all their available cash (and probably some unavailable cash) on super duper kit. Why should the attitude to doping not trickle down from the pro level? By not boggling I'm not saying I approve just that it's not terribly surprising.

"The anti-doping body then, after being handed information from an unnamed source, carried out further tests on the sample"

That it took a tip-off to trigger EPO tests (If I've understood correctly) suggests that the testing protocols are less stringent, which may affect a would-be doper's risk/benefit assessment.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Some people take amateur sport very seriously indeed. They make huge sacrifices of time, they spend all their available cash (and probably some unavailable cash) on super duper kit. Why should the attitude to doping not trickle down from the pro level? By not boggling I'm not saying I approve just that it's not terribly surprising.
Amen. Anyone else think the comments about doping by the Transcontinental Race's organiser on http://thebikeshow.net/transcontinental-race-wrap-up/ (basically, improved athletic performance wouldn't help win :eek:) are a bit worrying?
 
Aitor Gonzalez has led a colourful and wayward life!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aitor-gonzalez-arrested-for-robbery-in-spain/

His first arrest came in 2007, for driving under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. A year later he was arrested for hiring three people to beat up someone who owed him money. That was followed in 2011 with an arrest for a bank scam.
I was reading that before. Definitetly one for the cycling pub quiz question.
 
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