Doping

"He won stages eight, 10, 11 and 13 in the race."

8, you fools, 8!

WADA are apparently going to give Russian athletes a pass if their Meldonium positives are below a certain threshold indicating they may have taken it before 01/01/16

WADA are apparently going to give Russian athletes a pass

Just Russians? 😐

I thought everybody got a pass if they could show that the adverse analytical finding was consistent with a permitted use of the substance, so this WADA policy is just a restatement of an existing defence available to anybody with an adverse analytical finding for any substance.

No not just Russians but bear in mind where Meldonium was mostly prescribed.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/sport-doping-meldonium-idUKL3N17G3LC

If Sharapova gets away with this that's outrageous.

Gavazzi needs medical help, not condemnation. He's a coke addict.

"He won stages eight, 10, 11 and 13 in the race."
8, you fools, 8!

Eight is correct. For gods' sake edit your post before Schick tells you why in 8 lengthy paragraphs.

No, it's not.
Either use words or use numbers but don't mix and match them.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/tennis/wada-announces-meldonium-amnesty-but-maria-sharapovas-ban-unlikely-to-be-affected-34623932.html

u wot m8?

Who eight all the πs? μ, μ eight all the πs.

mew ate all the pies?

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mu

Sheesh

μ, μ eight all the πs.

No, Ю did

Putin steps in:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/vladimir-putin-meldonium-wada-russia?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews

"Wada report detailed widespread, state-sponsored drug use"

So, yeah Putin, tell me more about how meldonium is just used to give your athletes a rosy glow on their cheeks in the morning...

anyone on here saw the French/Italian programme on hidden motors yet? really curious as to the accusations and proof...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/news/italian-french-media-say-video-shows-hidden-motors_402683

edit: ah, it's here

part 1

part 2

Henao removed from racing again http://www.teamsky.com/teamsky/home/article/77343#BrL5yuBXQEXEWt75.97

if it is all about altitude natives, has there been any other Colombians who have been removed and then exonerated?

if it is all about altitude natives

It doesn't actually have to be about altitude natives, but just about this one particular altitude native. There are freaks all over the place. Whatever it is in his genome which causes abnormal blood values could be

1. unique to him, or at least very rare, or
   
2. common, but not universal, among his kinsfolk, or
   
3. common, but not universal, in all humans as a response to his altitude regime
   
   

If he's the first person with this condition to have joined the ABP system, he's bound to look odd, but Robert Pershing Wadlow looked odd too and nobody accused him of doping.

Yes, see what you mean about personal uniqueness. More a point about the fact Sky seem to pointing toward the fact that he is an altitude native to explain any abnormalities.

Sky seem to pointing toward the fact that he is an altitude native to explain any abnormalities

They have just jumped on one possible hypothesis, but they don't seem to have tested it. At the moment, they seem confident that his blood values are natural, but they don't have any explanation for why they are also abnormal. If they wanted to know why, they would study his local family, some other close relatives who live at low altitude, some people from other countries who are 'altitude natives' etc. Alternatively, they could put a huge randomised sample population on the ABP system and they might discover that he's not abnormal at all, he's just the first person of his type to get far enough in one of the relevant sports to be on the ABP system. If 1% of humans exhibited his haematological response to his altitude regime, it would be a pretty ordinary condition but it would also not be surprising that he is the only one in the peloton to have it.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-reveals-details-of-his-doping-in-hard-hitting-autobiography/

ancient astronauts. nazca lines.

ancient astronauts. nazca lines.

I suppose those are testable hypotheses too, and not the most oulandish ones ever offered by dopers, but I think I'd start with the family study.

Holy shitbuzz! @dubtap who's been popped? Am too knackered from working all night to follow the clues. Break down the science!