carpediemracing 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/us-m...ed-for-steroid

mattm

Why do masters dope so much??

waterrockets 

Not that uncommon. I know of one guy in a lot of my TX masters races who juices. He hasn't beaten me yet this year though

rbart4506

Money and ego....

cmh

Money? You mean they have the money to pay for it, or they are making money doing it?

ridethecliche

More money than sense.

Atleast when you're in your early 20's you're just a dope. I am anyway.

BikeNube

Most docs are more likely to prescribe it to older men.

mattm

And older men are more likely to ask their docs about it..

Either way it's up to those old men to know it's against the rules, dammit!

NomadVW 

Not one of the group I consider myself part in - though I've been destroyed in a race by him.

Total tool. I feel for all the folks he has coached that thought, "if I just follow this training plan, maybe one day I can be like Pete."

Total arrogant piss monkey.

teetopkram

https://www.gamjams.net/peter_cannell/

Is this the guy?

kleinboogie

True but I don't ask my doctor, I just ask that he fix what's hurting and stay out of the way.

Yup.

mollusk

I'm old and I don't dope and I have the lack of results to back up that claim.

milliron

Making money doing it in his case. He has (had?) a coaching business. I'm sure the fact that he was a 3x national champion was a big draw for most of his clients.

pjcampbell

Wow
just wow.

i hope he didnt quit his day job

VT Biker

Yeah - I am sure his coaching business was built in part on his success in the field, so he had a financial incentive. But to be honest, ego and the ability to be one of the top guys and the respect other riders give you for that cannot be overlooked as the chief driving force.

caloso

There's a reason they call it dope, kids.

substructure

He's a local. I knew of him because of his TT'ing record at Charlotte Motor Speedway. And a coach.

wanders

Based on my results, I'm convinced everyone in NC is doping except me.

jcpups608

Ridiculous.

Eric Bean is from my neck of the woods, don't know him but I think we've got some mutual friends. I'll have to congratulate him on his "new" 2008 national TT title if/when I see him.

kensuf

I agree, he's not one of my group.

I also feel sorry for the guys who were notified that they actually won a national jersey THREE years ago and missed their chance to stand on top of the podium where they rightfully belonged when it was handed out.

Hermes

I found the out of competition test aspect interesting and I wonder how it works in practice. A truck rolls up to your house and when you answer the door, you are requested to pee in a cup? I like the idea of testing the winner of natz and worlds races after they win AND send the mobile truck later.

jwible

So your plan of victory is the same as mine. Attrition.

redal

Basically, they showed up at my door at 6AM. Once identified, you can not leave the tester's sight until you pee. I had to get ready for work, so I had to do everything I normally do in the morning in plain view of the tester, until I was ready to pee in a cup that I was allowed to choose out of about 5. You then pick from a choice of boxes that contain the sealed jars that will hold your A and B samples. You declare any vitamins, medication or supplements that you have been taking and then fill out paper work and you are done. If you are positive, you will be notified within two weeks, if you are negative as I was, you get a letter in the mail about three weeks later.
Everyone that has a racing license is subject to testing, including randoms. Pros are on the whereabouts list and must let USADA know where they will be. When USADA shows up, I believe they have four hours to report to where they said they would be. For amateurs, they can come to your home (like me), school or work. Unlike pros you are not required to be there so if you are not there, I believe they will wait three hours and then leave. Once they identify an amateur, they will stay until they collect a sample.

redal

I actually moved up into the top 15 at 2007 30+ national road race because of this. The sad part is for Matt Johnson who was 2nd on the day. Johnson was a junior phenom in the 90s and has plenty of stars and stripes jerseys. What is really sad is that this is the 2nd one he has received after placing 2nd to someone who is later declared positive and is DQd. Johnson was 2nd to Leipheimer at the 1996 criterium nationals. After Levi was positive for ephedrine, Johnson was declared the winner.

carpediemracing 

I think it's cool that you got tested. I wish I'd get tested. Not that I want to pee in front of someone, but I feel like it's kind of like voting, like a duty. I feel like if I don't do it then it's less transparent.

Of course the testers would show up and say something like "Omg you're fat. We don't have to test you."

One disappointing thing I learned when helping with a pro race is just how little they test for. It costs money to do the tests for the "cool" stuff like EPO. Testing is an a la carte thing, someone (USADA?) decides what they'll test for. The list could be very limited which would mean that the riders would have a chance of beating the test or, if they knew what they were testing for, they could just take different stuff. I was told what USADA would test for at that particular stage race. Unless that was a decoy statement (it was casual and not official), riders could have used that information to dope in the untested-for methods.