issoisso wrote:


are you from luxembourg?

let's see what happened to the last few guys who got podiums in their first ever grand tours, shall we?

I can't be bothered to go back before 2000, but since 2000 the guys who did that, all have a combined grand total of 4 GT podiums between them. that's a podium in each of their first GT. and nothing else. none more after that. generally that just means one period of awesome form and a big descent. about half the prospects who make a big impact turn out to be average riders.

so let's take it easy with Mr. Schleck and give him time. If he can't even beat Di Luca, he'll need time before he might be able to compete for the Grand Tours. and that's just the mountains. in the time trials he's very weak.

so don't be too hasty to jump the gun

Crommy wrote:
In case nobody can be bothered to read the article, he's denying it

Talking of Boogerd - WADA decided to test him on Christmas Eve

samtheman wrote:
He can deny as much as he wants, the stuff was there in his blood. Nobody cares how it got there

Addy291 wrote:
At least he's been caught

CrueTrue wrote:
Bye, bye Schumacher.

Stefan Schumacher has nothing to fear from the Bund Deutsche Radfahrer (BDR - the German cycling federation) concerning the fact that he tested positive for amphetamines in a control by German police following an auto accident in October last year. On Monday evening the Gerolsteiner rider announced that a blood test following his accident on October 7 showed traces of amphetamines in his system.

Schumacher had been celebrating his third place finish in the World Championships and admitted to having driven his car while under the influence of alcohol, but denied having used any sort of drug.

After being informed of the case, the BDR reviewed the situation and deemed that there's no need for it to get involved in the matter. "[The BDR] came to the conclusion that it is not a doping case, because amphetamines are not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's 'out-of-competition' forbidden list," the federation said in a press release issued late Tuesday afternoon.

The BDR noted that Schumacher's last race for the 2007 season was the World Championship race in Stuttgart, Germany, and that he had a negative doping control after the road race on September 30. "That there was more than a week between the Worlds race and the police control after Schumacher's accident, it can be assumed that the amphetamine was not taken in connection with a race or in a preparation phase for a race," the BDR release continued. "There is therefore no violation of the doping rules."

Jan Ullrich was suspended for six months in 2002 after testing positive for an amphetamine, which was on the forbidden list at the time, however the rules were changed in 2004. Schumacher may still face civil charges or punishment by Team Gerolsteiner.