Doping

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what has he done? isn't he engaged to Lizzie?

Really don't think she should go to the Olympics

"But with the support of a legal team backed by British Cycling, Armitstead went up against UKAD at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on July 21 and successfully had the first of the three failures struck from her record, citing what CAS agreed was an administrative error by her accusers."

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Now daily mail reporting Armitstead failed to follow British Cycling advice:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3720632/Lizzie-Armitstead-failed-follow-British-Cycling-advice-missing-drugs-test-sparked-backlash.html?ITO=1490

British Cycling are complete fuckwits to be think they can work with DM without good pr people on their side, cycling and our heroes are too important!

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Proper nasty reply to PFP that he deleted

"having an affair with a man married with kids is also shameful"

That start line in Rio is going to be a looonely place

The ioc delay and stall again
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Who is advising her. Please make them stop.

I’m one of the most tested athletes in the world. I’ve been tested at least 16 times this year. The hardest thing about this situation is that there will be people who will always have doubts about my performances,” she told the Daily Mail. “My victories and dominance this year are a result of hard work, a fantastic cycling team and some incredible individuals who believe in me. I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.

It's like a Melania Trump speech. I'm sure I've heard it somewhere before.

Lance 101

The problem with the Lance comparisons is that it's exactly the same thing a clean athlete would say too. It's SO HARD to prove a negative - they've got the tests, they've got the bio passports, and beyond that, what can they do? (not missing three fucking tests would help I suppose)
Froome's had people compare him to armstrong too, for denying doping by saying he's tested a lot. From a clean athlete's point of view - if people don't believe the tests, what's the point of fucking with their lives doing all this testing then? It's the only 'proof' they have.

You can't prove a negative, however not missing three tests goes a long way to making you believable.

Just to say I'm not throwing her under the bus and saying she's a doper, however this entire affair stinks to high heaven.

I`m gutted really. But for me this does stink. In my head, on balance, now i consider her a doper. Obviously i dont think 100% but it definately feels like it.

Lone wolf, missed tests, complete dominance, bad excuses.

...Sky cyclist boyfriend ...

That doesnt ring as many bells as the others really.

If anything it does the opposite. Like when Dan Martin's gf was under suspicion recently - always having assumed Martin is clean, it made me think his partner was most likely clean too.

The UCI License Commission reports into Astana when they nearly lost their license flagged riders training on their own with their own doctors and team staff not involved or taking joint responsibility for whereabouts updates as factors that meant they were a team "at risk" of doping so shouldn't have a license to even ride.

To get it back

the Team said that it had adopted internal regulations to better prevent doping: a prohibition of working with doctors outside the Team; the introduction of a doping-free culture within the Team; access by the Team doctor to a rider's biological passport values and all other relevant information before offering a rider a contract; access by the Team to riders' whereabouts information; reasonable racing schedules for all riders; a support system for riders with regards to information on whereabouts; the introduction of comprehensive medical support for riders, as well as regular medical checks, this in part resorting to the assistance of an external medical consultant.

It does sound a little extraordinary that a rider can coach themselves more successfully than a team can. There are always outliers, of course, but for the love all bikes make sure you do it all within the anti-doping framework, you utter idiot.

Armitstead has posted this statement this morning.

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There's a contradiction between her saying she contested the first missed test and UKAD saying she didn't: or the letter she says she sent doesn't count as officially 'contesting' the decision.
How everyone involved can still let situations like this develop is beyond me.

Two things I don't like in the letter. She constantly says she subsequently tested negative after the missed tests, but that's exactly the point. The spot checks are to catch you while you're still glowing so to claim you passed a later test is meaningless. Why also end the letter in such a passive aggressive way?

You'd think Simon Thornton would have at least bumped her an email to say cheerio, non?

I think comparisons between female team set ups for training inevitably highlights the far smaller resources they have for support, and it's a fair point that she rides for a Dutch team, non? If BC aren't supporting her or make mistakes that's also their cross to bear.

Must be fucking annoying to find out the person supposed to be helping with whereabouts has fucked off awol too...

The negative test comments are for the people who think doping is popping pills on the morning of a race rather than getting a few 1000 IUs in at 7:01am as soon as the testing window is closed.