Atlantius wrote:
Meanwhile in Scotland: 'Perfect' anti-doping test in sight.
A Australian/Greek scientist working in Glasgow is getting close to developing a test that will discover the changes made by doping rather than the substance itself making it extremely hard to cheat in the future.
Meh, as with 99.9% of "scientific" news reporting, it's a wild exaggeration that bears very little relation to reality.
EDIT: For example, it doesn't test any blood manipulation. EPO, Blood transfusions, Xenon gas, etc etc...nothing.
Edited by issoisso on 19-03-2014 19:25
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Just confirmed that it was an out of competition test that flagged him as suspicious, NOT a Sky test.
I love how they try to spin it. 'He'll go to altitude to conduct research'. No, he's freaking going to altitude to try and find a justification for his blood values.
EDIT: What scares me in this is the UCI essentially saying that it's up to Sky to deal with this....I'm sorry, but WHAT????
Edited by issoisso on 19-03-2014 19:39
The preceding post is ISSO 9001 certified
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Just confirmed that it was an out of competition test that flagged him as suspicious, NOT a Sky test.
I love how they try to spin it. 'He'll go to altitude to conduct research'. No, he's freaking going to altitude to try and find a justification for his blood values.
Also the news was broken by La Gazetta BEFORE Sky announced it.
Just confirmed that it was an out of competition test that flagged him as suspicious, NOT a Sky test.
I love how they try to spin it. 'He'll go to altitude to conduct research'. No, he's freaking going to altitude to try and find a justification for his blood values.
EDIT: What scares me in this is the UCI essentially saying that it's up to Sky to deal with this....I'm sorry, but WHAT????
I've seen several comments on twitter which have said that it normally takes them longer to build up their case before they bring a violation (and go public) against the rider, such as with JTL
Schleck96 wrote:
The same that happened with Iniesta :/
Sad fact that roughly 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage. That it is relatively common doesn't make it any less traumatic of course
First and foremost I hope they can come to terms with it and things work out well for them in the long run.
On a far less significant cycling note I wonder how this might affect Boonen in the classics? It's a bit difficult to know how much of an effect on performance it will have and for how long. It could even be a motivator or maybe Terpstra and Stybar might be required to step up.
Schleck96 wrote:
The same that happened with Iniesta :/
Sad fact that roughly 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage. That it is relatively common doesn't make it any less traumatic of course
First and foremost I hope they can come to terms with it and things work out well for them in the long run.
On a far less significant cycling note I wonder how this might affect Boonen in the classics? It's a bit difficult to know how much of an effect on performance it will have and for how long. It could even be a motivator or maybe Terpstra and Stybar might be required to step up.
I think he'll be fine for cobbles. Yes it's big trauma, but on the other hand it can motivate him for better performance. You know like dedication for his unbirth child.
Die hard fan of Tom Boonen and Quickstep since 2004.
Aquarius wrote:
Must have happened like 5 or 6 times in one and a half year or something.
Usually I read the articles but I don't bother that much with the comments - let alone with the names above the comments.
I'll keep a closer look from now on, though
I've seen Aquarius post on there as well.
