Designer drugs are God
The Tour de Dope rolls on..
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So EPO is a designer drug?
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Originally Posted by gapowermike
(Post 7046996)
So EPO is a designer drug?
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Epo
EPO will fall by the wayside soon Amgen will quit making it completely soon. I work in the dialysis industry. (the bread and butter customer of EPO..due to the fact that ALL dialysis pts are on EPO or the newer Aranesp). EPO use in the medical industry is really tapering off due to the next Generation of medication called Aranesp. (darbepoetin) Aranesp works MUCH MUCH better at rasing HCT of our pts and it only needs to be taken once per week as opposed to every Treatment with EPO. Aranesp stays in the system (designed that way on purpose to make it work better and longer) 3 times longer than EPO.
Aranesp IS HIGHLY detectable. Cyclists will not be able to use it...it is easy to detect and detectable levels stay in the system for weeks instead of days. |
The Tour de France is still the greatest cycling race on the planet. Regardless of what we consider inappropriate, the race will always have a romance associated with it that can't be eclipsed. I feel sorry for the people that get hung up on the fact that someone tested positive for something that we've deemed inappropriate for a bicycle race.
Not a doping advocate, just someone who likes to watch the race. Michael |
Originally Posted by gapowermike
(Post 7047371)
The Tour de France is still the greatest cycling race on the planet. Regardless of what we consider inappropriate, the race will always have a romance associated with it that can't be eclipsed. I feel sorry for the people that get hung up on the fact that someone tested positive for something that we've deemed inappropriate for a bicycle race.
Not a doping advocate, just someone who likes to watch the race. Michael |
He'd test positive following the jersey awarding in Paris...
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Keep the faith that bicycle racing will clean up its pee and blood as it will not be instant as it took years to get in it will take years to get out.
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Even in the current state, it's still the cleanest sport on the planet. I loved to see this level of testing on any other sport, especially the other massive world sport, soccer \ football. Hell half the Chinese swim team just got dumped for doping.
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
(Post 7048378)
Even in the current state, it's still the cleanest sport on the planet. I loved to see this level of testing on any other sport, especially the other massive world sport, soccer \ football. Hell half the Chinese swim team just got dumped for doping.
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Originally Posted by 2wheeled
(Post 7048593)
Can you even imagine basketball :eek:
Originally Posted by gapowermike
(Post 7047371)
The Tour de France is still the greatest cycling race on the planet.
Originally Posted by gapowermike
(Post 7047371)
..the race will always have a romance associated with it that can't be eclipsed.
Originally Posted by gapowermike
(Post 7047371)
I feel sorry for the people that get hung up on the fact that someone tested positive for something that we've deemed inappropriate.
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
(Post 7048378)
Even in the current state, it's still the cleanest sport on the planet.
At least cycling is testing & going public with the results. Even though they are still using that French lab. |
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