Doping

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/364c4f3f198d49468ad408085cee17f7/CYC--Doping-Martin

Rugby worldwide is now testing positive more than cycling.

It's become a game of freaks, the sheer size of the fuckers, running like gazelles. Bring back the amateur game I say

That was quite outstanding.

Hesjedal tyring to clear things up. Would like to believe.

It's a lot more believable than Stuart O'Grady's "I only did it once and that one time just happened to be a year where samples were tested retrospectively".

+1

The "cycling’s darkest days" creep is depressing. As we learn more is seems not only are the entire 90s written off to EPO, but also deep into the 00's.

http://bit.ly/1p9XpfI

^inert gases
If they don't react with anything how can you test for them?

I don't think you can. The evidence would have to be bio passport based and maybe someone dobbing the athlete in.

Does this post-Olympic athleticism explain all the performance enhancing NOS bulbs littering the streets these days, I wonder?

Na, the NOS Bulbs are from party-time-london
They're used to make whipped cream :)
#euph #eewph

Nang nang

Daryl Impey cleared BTW

Anyone have details?

pharmacist accidental contamination

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/08/daryl-impey-cleared-of-doping-durban-pharmacist-takes-responsibility/

That's pretty fucked if it's true, poor bloke. Unfortunately I immediately thought "I wonder how much he had to pay the pharmacist for this?". #procyclingprodoping

That's pretty fucked if it's true, poor bloke. Unfortunately I immediately thought "I wonder how much he had to pay the pharmacist for this?". #procyclingprodoping

"He always maintained his innocence"
They always do.

And this is just another not so exciting'excuse' to add the amazing list of doper excuses

1. I absorbed the drugs from my dead twin
   
2. The prescription for saddle sores had the wrong date on it
   
3. The drugs were for my ill mother in law
   
4. The pharmacist gave me the wrong capsules [NEW]
   
5. I must have borrowed that book with a cavity containing 2 epo syringes
   
6. I have natural high testosterone and a hypocrite level of 57.8
   
7. It was someone else's urine sample
   

So he was buying empty capsules to but bicarbonate of soda in to lower lactic acid.
Seems he's not ethically adverse to ingesting stuff to enhance performance then.
Seems odd to have bought something from a pharmacy that was to be ingested that didn't come in a sealed package.
That said its a fairly high bar he's had to pass to prove innocence so who am I to judge otherwise.

It's just too fantastical to swallow frankly

Using bicarb is totally legit. Especially in hot environments.
Is it unethical to train? Is it unethical to eat better than someone else? I presume you've never ingested caffeine?

It's not though. It's actually one of the most sensible and actually validated excuses for a positive test I think I've heard. But even I'm skeptical because everyone knows all cyclists are dopers.

I love JTL claiming that a team sky blood test taken two days after the UCI one 'proves' he wasn't doping but it was disregarded.

Uhhm. 48 hours would let your blood values normalise/substance pass out your system, unless you've been taking LSD along with your bottle and a half of vodka, Jonathan? He then claims if the UCI thought he was doping they should have continued to test him more over the next few months to prove it wasn't a freak result, when just looking at his palmares you can see that it was a 'freak' performance in every sense.

Impey's excuse likewise is pretty convenient-why isn't he suing the pharmacist for the contamination and resulting hardship?

Any time I've been in a dispensary pharmacy they don't even touch the drugs with their hands-they use gloves/machines at all points of the process as you'd expect, and you'd likewise expect unused capsules to be in a sealed package of some sort. Basic fucking hygiene and safety controls, peoples, v.s a till receipt (no way that could be faked) and someone's say so. Move along...

http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/csa/vol56/rushall5.htm

Marca suggesting Hesjedal may have a motor in his bike on the basis of the footage below:

http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=Ryder+Hesjedal+crashes+out+of+Stage+7+break+then+cameraman+drives+over+his+bike&dashboard=vuelta-a-espana&id=OBvgUBpJSkk&yr=2014

Seems weird that the bike starts turning again after it appears to have come to a stop.

A fat lot of good it is doing him if it does have a motor in it.

If you wanted bicarb of soda, you'd buy it in Tesco, wouldn't you? Rather than spend a comparative fortune on getting it from a pro.

Not really. If you're ingesting it you'd want it to be tested safe for human consumption and clear of nasty performance enhancers, particularly, as a pro cyclist. Not the stuff that is used to make fridges smell nice or clean stuff. I guess you could buy the cooking stuff but maybe there's an issue with contamination or maybe he just had a standing order for picking up all his stuff from the pharmacy?