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Surely if there is plenty of debate and testing that leads to ambiguities about whether something is performance enhancing or not, probably means it isn't. Sounds like caffeine or beetroot juice are more performance enhancing than salbutamol.
This is all very strange, and all rather depressing. I think the leak has done Froome a great disservice: let the investigation run its course and give us an outcome, positive or negative, and issue a sanction on the rider if guilty. Instead we get an immediate guilty assumption from all corners that will always stain the rider's reputation. I tried to ask a question about the ethics of reporting on the leak and prejudicing the investigation but it wasn't answered. I was snarled at by one person saying 'I bet you defended Lance'. But it's not a defense: I'm struggling to understand what exactly this all means, I mean even if the authorities decide against him it's not a doping positive, as the substance isn't banned. There's no performance advantage to be gained from it, it just seems now Froome is a considered a doper even though he didn't dope.