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| Ste117 |
Posted on 12-09-2009 13:06
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I would like to see Contador at Team Sky. Then Sky would probs gets entry to the Tour no problem.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-09-2009 13:23
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no..I would not take Contador..better choice will be missed TdF..they aint building that kind of team.
Anyway i am getting every day more and more angry about TdF IMO..
Friends..cycling is not just TdF!
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| lagetcher |
Posted on 12-09-2009 13:25
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I definately do not want Contador to go to Sky 
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 12-09-2009 13:28
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lagetcher wrote:
I definately do not want Contador to go to Sky
Indeed that would be ridiculous..
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 12-09-2009 14:11
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would kinda undermine everything team gb have done against doping
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 12-09-2009 16:49
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I'm in cycling plus this month - roger st. pierre wrote an article involving me
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 12-09-2009 20:22
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issoisso wrote:
Just to further hammer Damsgaard's credibility a bit more, here's his reaction a while ago when Rasmussen had the same blood value variations as Armstrong had this Tour.
Rasmussen did have a blood transfusion during the Tour or followed an EPO cure just before the Tour.
The increase of 3.6% in his hematocrit value and 1,1 gram per deciliter for his hemoglobin value is suspect, physiologically impossible and scientifically impossible to explain in another way than that Rasmussen used doping
Completely different to his "oh that can have many explanations" quote about armstrong.
The difference of course is that Rasmussen doesn't pay his salary.
Damsgaard's transformation has been quite incredible. Definitely shows what money can do to one.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 13-09-2009 13:03
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Meanwhile, back at the Tour de l'Avenir, two unnamed riders of the Ukrainian team have been busted in possession of drugs.
That's a prison sentence
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| Roman |
Posted on 14-09-2009 15:32
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Italian cyclist Maurizio Biondo is suspended after he tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition control on August 12, 2009.
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| Ildabaoth |
Posted on 14-09-2009 16:37
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issoisso wrote:
Meanwhile, back at the Tour de l'Avenir, two unnamed riders of the Ukrainian team have been busted in possession of drugs.
That's a prison sentence
It is prison sentence because that happened in French soil or the Ukrainian legislation has something about doping too?
Disclaimer: The above post reflects just the personal opinion of the author and not a fact. But if you read it, you must accept it as the ultimate truth.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 14-09-2009 16:44
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Turns out the riders had taken blood transfusions, but what was originally found was not on the cycling banned list, it was a substance banned in France however is legal in other european countries.
The police quizzed the 2 riders though and they admitted to Blood transfusions, totally difference case now. 2 charges against them.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 14-09-2009 17:29
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Ildabaoth wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Meanwhile, back at the Tour de l'Avenir, two unnamed riders of the Ukrainian team have been busted in possession of drugs.
That's a prison sentence
It is prison sentence because that happened in French soil or the Ukrainian legislation has something about doping too?
Since last year, smuggling drugs into France from another country is a criminal offence punishable with up to 5 years in prison. This includes drugs that are only illegal in sports.
doddy13 wrote:
Turns out the riders had taken blood transfusions, but what was originally found was not on the cycling banned list, it was a substance banned in France however is legal in other european countries.
The police quizzed the 2 riders though and they admitted to Blood transfusions, totally difference case now. 2 charges against them.
Despite the blood transfusions (which are the most powerful form of doping you can take) their best rider finished 32nd. So either they are god awful riders (unlikely) or it says quite a lot about most of the riders ahead of them
However, it's very typical of eastern european youths to dominate and then do nothing as pros due to being doped up to the gills in youth categories.
That's why you must always be extremely careful of eastern european prospects. you can never say they'll definitely be great.
Add to that the fact that riders caught doping keep admitting that almost all drugs are bought from eastern europe where they're easily available and dirt cheap.
Look at how riders like Popovych and Grabovskyy utterly dominated youth categories, winning everything.
Did they turn into Merckx and Coppi? Hardly.
Edited by issoisso on 14-09-2009 17:32
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 14-09-2009 17:43
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-09-2009 18:14
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sorry too slow 
Edited by mb2612 on 15-09-2009 13:56
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 15-09-2009 13:56
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The Vuelta has announced that next year it will start in Sevilla and that the leaders jersey will change colour to red.
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| mrlol |
Posted on 15-09-2009 14:03
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mb2612 wrote:
The Vuelta has announced that next year it will start in Sevilla and that the leaders jersey will change colour to red.
 Why would they do that?
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 15-09-2009 14:10
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mrlol wrote:
mb2612 wrote:
The Vuelta has announced that next year it will start in Sevilla and that the leaders jersey will change colour to red.
Why would they do that?
no idea, maybe to make it more different from the tour?
[url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| mrlol |
Posted on 15-09-2009 14:12
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I just checked the Wiki article, and apparently, the colour changes quite regularly. Well, not every 5 years but... more often then the Tour's jellow jersey does 
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 15-09-2009 16:00
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I can give you a more accruate reason why.
The ASO took a minority stake in unipublic last year (49%), but they demanded the jersey changes to red, that why each grand tour has a different colour.
Giro - Pink
Tour - Yellow
Vuelta - Red.
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| pesci |
Posted on 15-09-2009 16:06
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They pick red because all the spanish national teams (football, basket...) dress like that
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