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The Cobra strikes again!

Old 07-17-08, 06:42 AM
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The Cobra strikes again!

Ricco passed the hardest test...the drug test that is. He tested positive for a 3rd generation EPO. So much for the excitement he brings eh?
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Link.

https://tour-de-france.velonews.com/a...team-withdraws
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You know, it's really sad these days...whenever I see someone perform that well, I immediately think, "Oh, he's doping"...and it always seems to come true. Note - he finished 2nd in the Giro
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nice one ricco, i hope you never race again.

f&#king pr*%k.
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Old 07-17-08, 06:58 AM
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Bring em' all down...all the cheaters that is! I think there is more to come!!!!
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Well, he did want to be like Pantani. Unfortunately he seems to be well on his way.
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what a piece of *****.

later.
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They ALL dope. Get over it!
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Lifetime ban for testing positive. Its the only way.
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Originally Posted by dcbikeguy
Lifetime ban for testing positive. Its the only way.
+1

When dopers get caught and very harshly punished, it will hopefully serve as a deterrent. .
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I know it costs a boatload, but I still think every rider in the TDF should have to get tested to participate. Of course, according to Landis's excerpts there are ways for dopers to avoid getting caught, so I don't even know if that's a solution.

However, I hate feeling questionable even about guys like Evans, who I really doubt is a doper. I like Evans, I would love to see him or especially Vandevelde win, but can I really root for them when I deep inside wonder if they, too, are doping?
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I wasn't a Ricco fan anyway, so I'm not all that upset to see him leave (sucks the whole team decided to go too though)... anyone who gives themselves their own nickname is a tool.
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Originally Posted by grahny
...anyone who gives themselves their own nickname is a tool.
What, like grahny?
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Is this the 320th thread on this same subject?
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
Is this the 320th thread on this same subject?
No, Ricco tested positive today.
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Originally Posted by Usetacould
Well, he did want to be like Pantani. Unfortunately he seems to be well on his way.
uh oh, we all know what comes next...
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Originally Posted by jonathanrules
uh oh, we all know what comes next...
Its never pretty...

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Is this the end of... Ricco?

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Originally Posted by patentcad
Is this the end of... Ricco?

Maybe he'll go the manly route and take a bite of the Egg McMagnum.
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Originally Posted by climbhoser
What, like grahny?
I didn't give myself that nickname It's been a curse for the past 12 years but after going through the denial and anger stages, I've finally landed on acceptance
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I think the examples of CSC/Saxo, Columbia, and Garmin are illuminating: the real solution will come from corporate sponsors insisting that they not be embarrassed by the team, and requiring in-house testing... so it won't be just a matter of passing the doping controls, but a matter of actually riding clean.

The reputational impact of something like Landis' expulsion, or Rasmussen's has to be a killer for a corporate sponsor.

CSC is dropping their sponsorship, but since the team has a solid internal testing program, they seem to have already gotten a new sponsor. Gerolsteiner is not having the same luck... maybe that would be different if they could virtually guarantee a sponsoring entity that they won't be made to look like idiots.

Ricco seemed like a bit of a prick anyway, and I had been suspicious of his performance in the tour. Would have been great if it was clean, but it's not shocking that his impressive mountain days were tainted.
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Originally Posted by superslomo
maybe that would be different if they could virtually guarantee a sponsoring entity that they won't be made to look like idiots.
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The real question here is about the uci's testing regimen. Was ricco's accepted high hematocrit ever natural? Why wasn't he caught before? I'm curious what numbers were actually involved.
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I can assure all the bike racing fans that you certainly don't have to worry about Pcad's high hemocrit level. Pcad may be pack fodder, but he is clean pack fodder.

Besides, they're not doing dope testing in the NY City Master's races. Actually if they tested the Prospect Park peloton after 10 laps through the ganga smoke cloud on the hill on Saturday morning, we'd all test positive for marijuana. It's a Peloton Contact High thanks to the local Rasta boys and their Sat AM Spleef Sessions.
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Originally Posted by patentcad
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no look at meeeeeeee

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+1 informative, on topic, funny.
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