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"According to L'Equipe, Pierre Rolland (Europcar) should not have to start from the last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné following a collapse of its cortisol, which may mean taking performance-enhancing drugs."
"A rider whose cortisol has suddenly collapsed in principle rejected for health reasons, to protect him physically endangered by this biological fact. Taking still departure Pierre Rolland has violated the rules of the MPCC (Movement for a credible cycling), which joins his training Europcar.
More importantly, the collapse of the cortisol levels in a runner often means taking cortisone. Pierre Rolland Europcar team and they are in the eye of the cyclone 20 days of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France? Rolland why he started the race if his health was really in danger? The French abandoned after 20 kilometers of racing, officially for Achilles tendonitis.
According to L'Equipe, the "no start" was decided after forty samples taken Saturday morning on behalf of the French Cycling Federation (FFC), the National League and the MPCC, and the three presidents these entities were aware of the health status of Pierre Rolland.
Europcar has been recently investigated no further action possible use of perfusion recovery and consumption away from corticosteroids for performance. In 2012 already, the Four Days of Dunkirk, Anthony Charteau, also belonging to the Europcar team was unable to take the start of the fourth stage, due to an alarming blood test."
http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Rolland-n-aurait-pas-du-partir/377583