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I'm going to guess he smashed his inhaler after a stage. Did a wee test and it's higher than it should be.
This seems like a fairly plausible explanation. If he smashed his inhaler during the stage then there would be plenty of video/pictures to show this. Salbutamol is short acting and drops off quite quickly within a few hours so it couldn't be blamed before the start of the stage.
Taking more than 2-4 puffs during the last hour of racing would be pretty pointless as he wouldn't bronchodilate any more. It would only serve to make him tachycardic which would be detrimental.
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Taking more than 2-4 puffs during the last hour of racing would be pretty pointless as he wouldn't bronchodilate any more. It would only serve to make him tachycardic which would be detrimental.
Depends when he took the previous dose and, by inference, how bronchoconstricted he was by then. Tachycardia is unlikely with normal inhaled doses, that's why we use them in preference to the old (i.e. my school days) 4mg tablets - faster action, reduced (pretty much eliminated, for most people) side effects.
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Why just this stage? If he was using it his whole career and was tested a lot of times, why only now did he go over the limit?
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hippy
I'm going to guess he smashed his inhaler after a stage. Did a wee test and it's higher than it should be. And then they need to hype next season up, so they worked a callabo with wada, the guardian, and some others tong us all talking in the off season. And to take the heat off brexit, AJ and Molly, the apprentice, and spoty.