97 Teran

What do they do the other 5 days? Oh yeah, consult with their overpaid lawyers...

DocRay

Yep. three strikes, he's out.

Monument Man

the deal was with the olympics that the first sample was tested as clean

but then somebody went back and re-tested. and one of the two samples which was retested came up +, and the other one was destroyed. that was why he got to keep the gold. i think that is pretty close to accurate. it seems that somebody was after tyler, regardless of whether he was clean or not. i bleieve he was accused of taking oxygenated blood transfusions? sorry but i'm really not clear on the specifics of the "steroids" or blood, or whatever these guys do to get an edge.

DocRay

He got out of Athens by luck. He was carefully, and properly tested later. All riders were tested, why single out anyone? No conspiracy.

He is accused and convicted of blood doping, taking blood transfusions to boost his red blood cell count. Because there are no drugs involved, it is difficult to detect, unless you transfuse from another person, then you see two different DNAs by tests. Some riders do this by taking blood out in training, then putting it back in months later before a race, but this does temporarily weaken. Hamilton took the easy and dangerous way and took in someone else's blood.

Other guys take EPO (erythropoeitin), a hormone that boosts red blood cells, and can be detected at high levels.

Why this is bad: transfusions from another person are dangerous, especially since that other blood was not likely tested for viruses. EPO in excess or too many red blood cells can couse blood thickening and lead to stroke.

Crack'n'fail

If you miss him, he's going to be on some show with Gumbel on HBO Tuesday night at 10 o'clock EST. Proclaiming his innocence of course.

I guess they're not going to release that Omnimax movie they shot during the '03 Tour now? I haven't heard anything about that. Man, they've got to be pi$$ed. Those movies are freaking exspensive to shoot.

RegularGuy

I miss tyler...

and his evil twin.

The man was hella tough, whether he doped or not. I admire his toughness. I don't respect any athlete who dopes.

What a waste.

spingineer

They'll buddy up with Jose Canseco

H2OChick

There was an interesting article about the state of drug testing in sports (and the possible future) in Outside magazine last month. It talked a bit about Tyler and his tests. Here it is for those who are interested.

https://outside.away.com/outside/feat...-sports-1.html

DocRay

...And Keith Richards.

joeprim

Great article - thanks for sharing. But it doesn't convince me that Tyler is innocent or guilty. Some one said that there is a test that would prove one way or the other. Is that true? Then maybe I would believe he's guilty. But if he is why keep paying the lawyer? Could it be that he thought he was using his own blood but some one confused the two bottles? Wasn't there some one else caught from the same team?

If he's guilty then he should be kicked out, but I'm still sorry he seemed like a neat guy. If he's not I'm real sorry he has to put up with this. The idea in the end of that article might work here they would monitor each person and only if they deviated from their normal would there be a problem.

Joe

Dolomiti

Probably so a lot of his fans will keep believing the lie.
Lord knows why they believe it.

squeegy200

The unborn twin theory insulted my intelligence. Does he think we're stupid? How do you explain Santiago Perez as having the exact same results at the same time on the same team? How do you challenge the accuracy of the testing procedures when NO ONE else in the professional peloton has tested positive for the same blood test?

Another parallel theory presented by his legal team is that Phonak was a victim of extortion. This was being argued at the same time as the "unborn Twin" theory was being presented. The extortion claimed that Santiago and Tyler would both prove positive if they didn't hand over a large amount of money.

The facts remain:
Tyler was contacted by the UCI earlier in the year for testing with suspiciously high hematocrit levels. This occurred a few months before the Olympics. I had read that Blood doping is often used to mask the indicators of EPO and high hematocrit.

Tyler needs to graciously walk away while his reputation is still intact. His work with his foundation will be more effective. He he continues to insult the intelligence of the cycling industry his last remaining asset--his marketability will be lost and credibility of his non-profit foundation will be tarnished.

Dolomiti

I could be wrong, but I don't think blood doping masks EPO at all. But it is a replacement for EPO. And the reason to blood dope is to get a higher hematocrit. So yeah, the facts are kind of against Hamilton.

2wheeled

His reputation is not intact and you point out 2 statements to indicate this.

roadwarrior

So I suppose we can assume that everyone else who has been accused and went to court and lost definitely did it...OK

BTW...it's spelled "appeals"...

The stuff you read....

You also forgot to tell us that Lance dopes, too...eveyone knows this, they just have not caught him... Everybody in pro cycling dopes. Everyone out here knows this. It's been discussed ad nauseum.

Dolomiti

Things change quickly in pro cycling though. Testing changes.
I might as well ask now, what drugs were in the bodies of the GC contenders during today's stage?

roadgator

thats a great double standard: those convicted of doping arent guilty, and everyone else who hasnt been convicted are the ones actualy doing the doping. you should be a lawer.

georgiaboy

I liked it when Tyler finished the tour with a broken shoulder.