Heras B sample deemed positive!
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I don't know what's more dissapointing the fact that he cheated or that "He'll fight to the end" to prove his innocence. I wish these guys would just admit that doping is part and parcel of the professional peleton when they get caught take their punishment. If they were smart they'd bank the money from those huge contracts and then live comfortably after they are busted.
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Agreed. I wonder if the team doctor feels the heat for having ruined a very successful money making scheme. Ferrari seems to be wildly popular I'm assuming because he's the best at devising non-detectable administration programs. Sad.
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Originally Posted by geneman
Agreed. I wonder if the team doctor feels the heat for having ruined a very successful money making scheme. Ferrari seems to be wildly popular I'm assuming because he's the best at devising non-detectable administration programs. Sad.
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Dummy. Both A and B samples positive...
Had such mad climbing skillz he didn't need that crap:
Had such mad climbing skillz he didn't need that crap:
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Wow. That's really sad. I have to admit I was rooting for Menchov and was bummed when he was outgunned by Heras and squad. This news still sucks, though.
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WHAT THE HECK!
Thats BS. I can not believe it. I have a feeling all the lab rats and UCI big guys are jealous of all these cyclist, and how they are all in shape and mad good, and how they are all old fat and retired.
Now thats just my two cents...
Thats BS. I can not believe it. I have a feeling all the lab rats and UCI big guys are jealous of all these cyclist, and how they are all in shape and mad good, and how they are all old fat and retired.
Now thats just my two cents...
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Originally Posted by Sincitycycler
Dummy. Both A and B samples positive...
Had such mad climbing skillz he didn't need that crap:
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9203.0.html
Had such mad climbing skillz he didn't need that crap:
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9203.0.html
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Originally Posted by Ziggurat
Because if everyone dopes, there are no alternatives: you either retire or you dope --Mauro Salizzoni
I knew some college football players in the 80's who were skilled enough to play in the NFL but wouldn't take steroids, and even though they made the long term right choice, to this day they are haunted by "what if". What seems like an easy decision, cheat or not, while sitting on the outside, gets a lot more complicated when you're in it.
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I still have my doubts about this test. There has been no false positive study, even though it has been proven that it is possible to get a false positive. I also question any test that is based on the skill of the lab guy. My understanding is that they take the urine sample and run it through various machinations and then look at it and decide if they see EPO in the sample. Not exactly a test where a computer spits out a definite yes or no.
I am waiting for the cyclists union to refuse to ride in any race that uses this test, especially in light of all the "leaks" of test results from "A" samples. I thought this was all supposed to be secret until the "B" sample was tested? The cyclists need to put their proverbial foot down and demand that the "leaks" get plugged. Riders careers and reputations are being ruined, so the doping police should be made to prove their method is accurate and reliable.
I am waiting for the cyclists union to refuse to ride in any race that uses this test, especially in light of all the "leaks" of test results from "A" samples. I thought this was all supposed to be secret until the "B" sample was tested? The cyclists need to put their proverbial foot down and demand that the "leaks" get plugged. Riders careers and reputations are being ruined, so the doping police should be made to prove their method is accurate and reliable.
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I'll ask the biochemists in the lab next to mine about testing for epo. I'd say they'd done research with epo but if I did I'd have to kill you and then kill myself.
Usually they are looking for gas chromatography signatures and/or degradation products. They also run mass spectrometry and some hplc(high performance liquid chromatography) on these samples. Extremely accurate if everything's calibrated correctly.
Things can still go wrong in the testing lab, though. I'd think that where drug testing is concerned, these people would really know their ***** and there'd be checking and double checking across the line. After all, it's somebody's career on the line. I've gotten spectra back from QC and said, "WTF?! This ain't right!" and proceed to educate the analytical chemists on the proper way to obtain, prepare, and analyze my samples.
I think if someone tests positive on their "A" sample, they should be allowed to have qualified chemists observe the testing lab during the "B" testing.
Usually they are looking for gas chromatography signatures and/or degradation products. They also run mass spectrometry and some hplc(high performance liquid chromatography) on these samples. Extremely accurate if everything's calibrated correctly.
Things can still go wrong in the testing lab, though. I'd think that where drug testing is concerned, these people would really know their ***** and there'd be checking and double checking across the line. After all, it's somebody's career on the line. I've gotten spectra back from QC and said, "WTF?! This ain't right!" and proceed to educate the analytical chemists on the proper way to obtain, prepare, and analyze my samples.
I think if someone tests positive on their "A" sample, they should be allowed to have qualified chemists observe the testing lab during the "B" testing.
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I'm not going to jump in the he's innocent or he's lying game, but I seriously think that EPO testing is seriously flawed and there needs to be a more accurate test.
In all honesty though, everyone's got some secret to hide (everyone as in everyone in the world). whether its doping, cheating, stealing, lying, no one's clean
In all honesty though, everyone's got some secret to hide (everyone as in everyone in the world). whether its doping, cheating, stealing, lying, no one's clean
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Originally Posted by nitropowered
I'm not going to jump in the he's innocent or he's lying game, but I seriously think that EPO testing is seriously flawed and there needs to be a more accurate test.
In all honesty though, everyone's got some secret to hide (everyone as in everyone in the world). whether its doping, cheating, stealing, lying, no one's clean
In all honesty though, everyone's got some secret to hide (everyone as in everyone in the world). whether its doping, cheating, stealing, lying, no one's clean
Yeah everyone has secrets but you don't get banned from cycling for cheating on a spouse.
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This is sad in more ways than one. I'm curious.... if the EPO test is so accurate and that everyone is doping (says Mauro Salizzoni) how come riders aren't getting busted left, right & center. Is it truely everyone or just a few under pressure to perform and willing to take the chance?
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Perhaps he upped the dosage to compensate for the injuries he sustained during the Vuelta? Just an idea. Remember when Sammy Sosa got off to a slow start a couple seasons ago, and he corked his bat?
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So... why are Lance's results different?
Seriously - I didn't ask a rhetorical..
Seriously - I didn't ask a rhetorical..
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