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I agree in principle, but the difficulty is that the list of 'banned' substances changes over time due to a wide range of factors.
What about caffeine? It was banned but is now actively endorsed. And what about substances that everyone is using now, but cannot be detected, or indeed isn't even tested for? How long should blood samples be kept before retroactive bans are timed out?
Agreed motorised bikes can fuck right off
TheArchitect-
What about it? If you fail a drug test for whatever is banned you are banned for life.
Caffeine isn't banned now it is merely monitored so that's a non-issue.
There's always scope for putting a case forward with drug tests so if your excuse is good enough then fair play you get off. Anyone with EPO or any shit like that in their blood is perma banned. Simples.
Samples should be held as long as they can and retroactive life bans enforced.
After a generation of people losing their medals, losing their jobs, maybe then no fucker will risk cheating...
hippy
There's not really any ambiguity in motor doping. No messed up samples, no TUEs. If you have a fucking motor in your bike or any of your spare bikes you should never race again, unless it's onboard a fucking Honda in the 250cc F1GP...
I still want life bans for doping though.