Doping

Too true, I know Canadians who are little more than blank spaces to me.

USADA have handed down a life time ban to Dr Geert Leinders, former Rabobank and, unfortunately for them, Team Sky doctor;

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jan/22/geert-leinders-life-ban-team-sky-doctor

insert thatsracist.gif

Dunno if any more in here..
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leinders-handed-life-time-ban-by-usada-for-doping-offences

"Brailsford turned to Leinders concerned that he had left the team short on knowledge of how to prepare riders for the rigours of Grand Tours."

LOL

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/01/news/rasmussen-testimony-implicates-mario-zorzoli-ucis-chief-medical-officer_359005

Zorzoli for the lulz

Nice product placement right next to Lance there...

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http://theconversation.com/forget-lance-armstrong-the-next-big-cycling-doper-could-be-your-dad-36734

It's possible. My dad rocks this so probably needs all the help he can get:

We've got our first micro-dosis of EPO injection last night as part of a anti-doping research study we're participating in (and getting some dorrah).

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say what? and they're going to lock you up in an orange decompression tank?

do keep us updated

Totally flagging all your Strava rides from now on.

Seriously though, that sounds like an interesting project to be involved in - please keep us updated when you can!

Totes unfair if it turns out he's in the control group though.

I'll be watching out for a flurry of new KOMs!

Optimistic. PBs more likely?

Flag everything?

Optimistic. PBs more likely?

Shots fired.

Last night they gave us 900 units again and now some samples.

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I bet you're 0n the placebo but feel like the Hulk.

placebo, best medicine ever

Apart from the side effects

^ thanks for pointing it out, never thought of that before.

the human mind, eh?

The 'nocebo' effect. Very odd. But absolutely definitely exists.

@Thuekr

Is the research done? Are you all Hulked up now? How'd it go, what you feel, did you have to get up on the Turbo trainer every night to prevent not waking up in the morning?

Yup finished - we're still bouncing around unstoppable :). The 'Hamilton effect' was noticeable with the amount of blood samples taking and only 1/3 dosis of the normal epo injection.

When the paper is published in one or two years time I'll post it here.

Now I have a 10 weeks quarantine from UCI sanctioned events which isn't an issue for me.