esammuli

https://www.podiumcafe.com/2008/6/9/5...oonen-positive

"Het Laatste Nieuws is reporting that Boonen tested positive for cocaine in an out of competition control three days before the Tour of Belgium. According to the story, he was notified by mail last night. A close friend of Boonen's, Tom Vanoppen, was in December accused of possession by the Flemish doping police, and may have been dealing to Boonen.

HLN is calling this story breaking news, and I have yet to see it elsewhere. I eagerly await further confirmation, or better yet, a denial. Use at your own risk.

Update: According to the story, Boonen also lost his license last week for the second time in recent months after being caught speeding. He was allegedly drunk at the time."



I haven't seen this confirmed anywhere else yet.

waterrockets 

...off the small of her back? Pics, or it didn't happen.

daytonian

carlfreddy

I'd do the same if I were Tom BONE-en (her)

daytonian

been going on for awhile https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...n08/jan25news2

Stallionforce

I surely hope not. I'll wait until I see it reported on cyclingnews. Good gracious the sport is in a mess right now with sponsors pulling out, the best team not even in the Tour, etc.

esammuli

True, but there's a big difference between hearsay and an actual positive test.

Stallionforce

Boonen a pusher! Good God.

What next, Bettini selling machine guns to the Taliban?

esammuli

Now confirmed

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un08/jun10news

daytonian

that lamborghini of his and high speed dui's is a real bad combination for longevity

esammuli

180km/h in a 90km/h zone is pretty damn impressive.

brians647

That sucks. I never thought he'd be the story leading up to the tour.

Hey, any more pictures of that chick that WR posted? Onto the better stuff.

El Diablo Rojo

All this report on cyclingnews says is that a Belgium newspaper alleges that Boonen tested positive. It confirms nothing.

GuitarWizard

Not really.....

140 in a 45....now that's getting there.

erader

here you go..........

https://www.fototime.com/E2671786A520FFF/orig.jpg

oh you meant boonen !

ed rader

timmyquest

This would have been a better choice...

ridethecliche

patentcad

It seems to me that there is far less negative implication for pro cycling when a star tests positive for what amounts to recreational drug use - cocaine - vs. drugs like EPO and HGH taken to enhance performance. The former is a relatively minor criminal violation and a personal problem perhaps, but it doesn't fall into the same category as cheating with drugs to win bike races.

Which does seem to be the major point of testing athletes for dope. Still, the fact that an elite world class cycling star like Boonen could risk everything - his health, life, career, reputation, etc. by snorting blow is hard to fathom. Oh well.

Drunk driving? Cocaine usage? Time for AA Tommy boy. They have that in Europe. botto will be your sponsor.

TheJackMove

^^^
Not a performance enhancing drug? With enough blow I could get my weight down to like 130 lbs which would get my w/kg up to something minimally respectable...'course all my training would be done at 2 in the morning with an average HR of 198...

Nikephoros

Didn't ancient Incas chew coca leaves for some pick-me-up while hiking through the Andes? Maybe it IS a performance enhancer.

timmyquest

They still do it, it's not for a pick me up...it's for oxygen intake.

daytonian

"The test results, controlled by the Vlaamse Gemeeenschap (Flemish Community), were confirmed and will be sent to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI). Cocaine is forbidden within races, but as the control was taken three days before the start of the Tour of Belgium, where Boonen went on to win the final stage, he is likely to avoid a racing ban. Even though the Vlaamse Gemeeenschap will not issue a suspension, the UCI could impose a stop of up to two years."
-cyclingnews

botto 

This is nothing new.

Mojo GoGo

Nothing new but will ASO ban him from the race and going for another green jersey or let it slide...

RockyMtnMerlin

Well, you are both right And if he needs brain surgery (which appears he might) it would help for that too. All he needs now is a green house to go with his green jersey.

"Traditional medical uses of coca are foremost as a stimulant to overcome fatigue, hunger, and thirst. It is considered particularly effective against altitude sickness. It also is used as an anaesthetic to alleviate the pain of headache, rheumatism, wounds and sores, etc. Before stronger anaesthetics were available, it also was used for broken bones, childbirth, and during trephining operations on the skull.

I know some of you will ask so ............Trephening is surgery in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the skull, thus exposing the dura mater in order to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases."