Originally Posted by wfrogge

If they picked a random mountain stage of the tour and rounded up all the riders (at the starting line) and did a full hemoglobin test I bet over 50% of the field would come up positive. You think the powers that be want that? LeMond asked for this testing BTW....

Lots of these pros have FTPs in the 400+ range with VO2Max in the low 80s... Folks thats impossible unless you have some help from EPO or the like. Test full red blood cell count and volume ON THE STARTING LINE and there will be plenty of positives no doubt.