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dragging it back to facts not suspicions: as yet, there have been no positive samples from el imbatido. you think it's because of a flawed testing system?
peter_v-
Drug testing in Spain, for Spanish athletes you say ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38928615
Maybe there's a reason some Spanish riders romp up the hills in their national tours, but get dropped outside of their own country ?
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This is the country where the then Prime Minister said Contador should serve no ban the day before the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency were to announce their punishment for his clenbuterol positive. It's as much cultural as a flawed testing system.
Look at the Tour of Catalunya recently, Movistar clearly break the rules, the commissaires accept this but hand out the wrong punishment which then has to be corrected overnight by the UCI.
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He served a two year doping ban earlier in his career. Flawed testing system? Of course it's flawed. It catches people but you think it catches 100%? Good for you.
It just "looked" dodgy. He flew up that final climb like it was nothing. I've read a few books on what it feels like when you're juiced. The look on his face, speed he turned over the pedals, seemingly skipping up the mountain, commentators blown away. It had all the trade marks of the olden days. Just my opinion though. If he keeps it up all season and doesn't get popped, I'll reconsider.
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andyp
Scrabble
Dragging it back to Valverde (sorry was on holiday last week) while watching him beast it up the final climb on the queen stage in the Volta, dropping everyone seemingly with ease the commentator uttered something like "this is unbelievable" and all the warning bells were going off in my head.