Doping

He's turned a new page.

Better just sober up before I drive home…

he signed up for a sportive last year under a pseudonym that translated from German to 'Max Power'-think he's a Simpson's fan too?

Someone on a forum somewhere had an avatar that was Chief Wiggum (eating) in Team Telekom kit. I can't find the image :(

That was mikec, right?

No mikec owns a Porsche, he writes off Lambos.

No mikec owns a Porsche, he writes off Lambos.

Well, I know at least one mikec who owns a Porsche. :)

My grammar let me down there!

No, mikec owns a Porsche, and he writes off Lambos.

He had signed up for a sportive in August and now the BDR has banned him from riding sportives.

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,814971,00.html

Right, someone told me today that the french world champ sprinter has been caught out doping... what was the crack there?

That's probably someone very late getting with the programme about Gregory Bauge being banned and giving Jason Kenny the rainbows (no euph).

Nah, it was me getting late with the programme.... Was talking track with someone earlier debating Forsteman's "gym" legs. I mentioned something bout Gregory Bauge and was informed he had been banned, didn't realise it was time ago. Was it EPO or growth? Both?

A mix of missed tests and not filling in the whereabouts site properly iirc.

the french world champ sprinter has been caught out doping

A mix of missed tests and not filling in the whereabouts site properly iirc.

So not "caught doping", but sanctioned for not correctly following anti-doping rules.

In other doping news:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/antidoping-agency-has-a-bunch-of-old-tour-de-franc,27331/

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/galimzyanov-confesses-to-epo-use?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

It does make you wonder how they got him to take sole responsibility ...

Ricco gets a 12 (twelve) year ban from CONI.

Rugby league player takes HGH, banned pain-killers and cocaine, never fails a test

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/rugby_league/s/1492828_salford-city-reds-stalwart-mal-alkers-shock-admission-and-warning-to-players

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/05/news/newswire-doping-tolerated-at-rabobank-until-2007_216925?utm_medium=whats-hot

been all over the news in Holland since Sat...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/international-olympic-committee-may-retest-2004-samples?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

Athens Olympic doping samples set to be destroyed in August 2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may perform a re-test of doping samples from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens according to the* Associated Press* on Tuesday.

Whoops...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-federation-tests-for-corticoids-at-4-jours-de-dunkerque?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=cyclingnews&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

Twenty riders were tested for corticoids at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque on Monday in additional controls organised by the French Cycling Federation in conjunction with the Movement for Professional Cycling and France’s Ligue Nationale de Cyclisme.

The riders, who were from French teams and MPCC member Argos-Shimano, underwent blood tests, which were analysed for elevated levels of cortisol. According to L’Équipe, one rider did not start Tuesday’s final stage as a result of the tests.

FFC president David Lappartient told L’Équipe that the unannounced tests were carried out under the auspices of the federation, and that in the case of a sample showing elevated levels of cortisol, “a certificate preventing the practice of high level sport could be issued.”

“There were twenty tests, and one rider did not start again,” Lappartient continued.

In such a scenario, a rider is normally notified by registered mail that he is prevented from starting and must undergo further tests before returning to competition. L’Équipe notes that given the timeframe in Dunkerque, it would have been up to the team itself to withdraw the rider.

The only non-starter on stage five of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque was former Tour de France king of the mountains Anthony Charteau (Europcar). Team manager Jean-René Bernaudeau said that his rider withdrew from the race due to a knee injury.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/turgot-under-investigation-after-three-missed-tests-lequipe-reports

^ Bernaudeau less protective of Turgot then... Calls him an idiot, negligent and his missed tests as indefensible!

Guilty until proven innocent. Tbh I find it morally concerning that they must declare their whereabouts for an hour every day.

Freedom of what?