Doping

It'll be someone off team Wig I'd think.
G wasn't competing for a spot at olymics and sky aren't that stupid.

Edit: wrong.

Bad fucking week for British cycling and British cyclists.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leading-british-rider-returns-positive-doping-test/

Oh god no. It's Simon Yates, according to the Mail. Oh no. This is really, REALLY disappointing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3564406/Leading-GB-Cyclist-fails-drugs-test-British-Cycling-plunged-crisis.html

https://mobile.twitter.com/Cyclocosm/status/725811069088755712

It kinda goes without saying that Adam's doping too, doesn't it?

At least this hasn't come at a bad time.

Relevant pick of the tweets so far:

https://twitter.com/cyclocosm/status/725811069088755712

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Knew it! 'bout time you cheating English bastards were busted. :P
So much for the new clean generation...
He rode for 100% Me and was roomie with Froomie...

Erm OGE, how's that internal testing process working for ya?

"potential anti-doping rule violation"

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/orica-greenedge-withdraws-from-mpcc-213074

Awkward...

At least it was before a rider of theirs was popped. Unless OGE decided to juice the whole team..

Perhaps the hour on the clock meant he got his timing wrong for it being out his system.

http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/statement-regarding-simon-yates-adverse-analytical-finding

that's a better excuse than darrell impey's.

If that had happened during or just after Paris-Nice it would be curious. But it happened two weeks before, so I don't imagine it's really relevant. The MPCC is, on the whole, irrelevant, mainly acting as a PR opportunity for teams trying to improve their image.

Ulrika-GreenEdge have probably reapplied overnight.

It was a joke. I don't think OGE are part of a doping conspiracy.

I do. And it's all your fault.

Shh! A ban from UCI could really fuck with my tour chances.

Is it? The fact that TEAM doctors failed to TUE a banned substance is pretty fucking bad compared to RandomDoctor™ contaminating empty capsules.

THE IMPACT OF INHALED TERBUTALINE ON 3km RUNNING TIME TRIAL
PERFORMANCE
Whyte, G., Molphy, J., Chester, N. J., Dickinson, J. W., Loosemore, M.
Elite athletes have a higher prevalence of Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
(EIB) than the general population. Treatment for EIB and asthma includes
inhalation of short acting β2 agonists which act to reverse the bronchoconstriction
of the airways. The majority of athletes treat symptoms of EIB through the use of salbutamol however, other β2 agonists, such as terbutaline, are available which are
longer acting and have fewer side effects. In contrast to salbutamol, salmeterol and
formoterol, therapeutic doses of the inhaled short acting β2 agonist, terbutaline
still requires a TUE. Limited research exists examining the ergogenic effect of
terbutaline. Accordingly, aim of the present study was to examine the effects of 2
mg and 4 mg inhaled terbutaline on exercise performance during a 3km running
time-trial.
Participants (8 males; age: 24.3 ± 2.4 years; weight: 77.6 ± 8 kg; height: 179.5 ±
4.3 cm, and 8 females; age: 22.4 ± 3 years; weight: 58.6 ± 6 kg; height: 163 ±
9.2 cm) completed three 3km time-trial in a randomised, single blind, repeated
measures design with a minimum of 7 days between trials. Prior to the test
participants were assigned to one of three groups:
(1) 8 inhalations of non-active inhalant (placebo);
(2) 4 inhalations of non-active inhalant plus 4 inhalations of terbutaline (2mg); or
(3) 8 inhalations of terbutaline (4mg).
In addition to performance variables, urine concentrations of terbutaline were
measured following each trial. There was no significant difference in completion
time between trials in either males or females following 2 mg or 4 mg of inhaled
terbutaline.
There was no difference in urine concentration following either 2 mg inhalation or 4
mg inhalation in males or females. There was a high individual variation in urine
concentration of terbutaline with a maximum value of 1250 ng/ml-1 following the
inhalation of 4 mg of terbutaline. In conclusion, terbutaline, when taken in
therapeutic doses (2 mg or 4 mg), does not improve 3 km running time-trial
performance in males or females.

https://wada-main-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/files/final_report_11d8gw_dr._g._whyte.pdf

Yates (rightly or wrongly) is yet more proof that falling a doping control is an intelligence test

Is anyone an asthmatic that races here ? Do you have to reach for an inhaler when racing ?
I wondered why with all the asthmatics in cycling, why aren't they reaching for the inhaler when going full gas up a mountain top finish at altitude, or doesn't exercise induced asthma work in that way ?

Is anyone an asthmatic that races here ? Do you have to reach for an inhaler when racing ?
I wondered why with all the asthmatics in cycling, why aren't they reaching for the inhaler when going full gas up a mountain top finish at altitude, or doesn't exercise induced asthma work in that way ?

To answer you questions in order:
Yes
No, I take it before I start
It does, but the drugs last long enough that you can take them prophylactically. In a long stage, if you're using a short acting reliever, you may have to dose mid-stage.

The problem for Yates seems to have been that he joined an Aussie team - antipodean doctors seem much keener on terbutaline than UK ones, where salbutamol is the first choice and you have to fail to thrive on that to even get to know about alternatives. The long-acting option of first resort in the UK is salmeterol. Neither salbutamol nor salmeterol needs a TUE when used in the normal therapeutic doses required by somebody who is not too ill to ride.

So we can blame aussies? Yeah?

I occasionally get excercise induced asthma - normally it's to do with pollen and pollution. Nothing too awful, just short of breath and coughing after long hard rides, takes a few hours to die down. Did get an inhaler once (helpful doctor told me to stop riding, just in case) but it didn't do much to ease the symptoms, either taken prior or after. Can't remember what the drug was though.