Doping

Thanks, Ludwig. I enjoyed that. Der Spiegel's opinion about articial breasts was way off the mark though.

http://cyclismas.com/2012/06/review-of-riis-stages-of-light-and-dark-by-bjarne-riis/

Review of Riis's book... pretty damn good article.

Thanks for the link.

There's another series of articles on Riis that give a good account of the 2006 tour win on there i really liked too

http://cyclismas.com/2012/05/riishomon-a-heros-tale-part-1/

only discovered this site recently and I think it's one of my favourites now... some good commentary but also pretty funny.

Bjarne Riis commented on revelations that he was a doper: "The yellow jersey is in a cardboard box in my garage. You can pick it up."

I'm coming for it ya cheating fatso...

Andy Murray, What's your problem with whistleblowers?

http://espn.go.com/tennis/wimbledon12/story/_/id/8103652/wimbledon-ostracized-wayne-odesnik-fires-back

Lots and lots of info on tennis here http://tennishasasteroidproblem.blogspot.co.uk/

They've even got their own omerta

Doping in tennis is as plain as the nose on my face.

Nadal and Djokovic are basically lab experiments.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pozzato-charged-with-doping-offence-by-coni

I almost, almost, feel sorry for Paolo Bettini.

Some cunt just overtook me on holloway road on my commute. Can anyone here sort me out with some epo?

a really good article addressing some of the issues that people are having with Sky's dominance of the tour with some specific power to weight output analysis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/10/tour-mountains-science-of-sport

a really good article addressing some of the issues that people are having with Sky's dominance of the tour with some specific power to weight output analysis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jul/10/tour-mountains-science-of-sport

Some cunt just overtook me on holloway road on my commute. Can anyone here sort me out with some epo?

It's readily available here in Indonesia - I'll be back in August... If the forum wants to put together a list I can smuggle some back.

Some cunt just overtook me on holloway road on my commute. Can anyone here sort me out with some epo?
You can buy it over the counter in Switzerland. And Toblerone.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gabrovski-with-adverse-analytical-finding-for-epo

I knew his ride looked too good. He's got form too.

Olympic Games in jeopardy for Lithuanian woman.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leleivyte-positive-for-epo

Good. Piss off.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/banned-weiss-makes-waves-winning-breckenridge-100

Cheats still racing. Pity for the other blokes.

Was just thinking, has anyone (or know anyone who has) ever engaged in a course of EPO or * or even recovery agents for that matter? If so, how much of an improvement did you see in how long (hemocrit levels increase in proportion to VO2 max increase, average w/kg difference over different gradients etc.)

Just out of interest...

• We're talking UCI scheduled & controlled shit here, fyi.
  

http://www.theonion.com/articles/exhausted-cyclists-ask-for-some-drugs-so-they-can,28847/

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/sport/other-sports/tom-english-they-could-have-afforded-any-doctor-but-they-went-for-one-who-was-involved-in-one-of-the-many-scandals-that-have-dogged-this-sport-1-2426229

I think far too much weight is attached to Theo de Rooy's comments to give this much in the way of credibility. De Rooy was the general manager of the team and ultimately had responsibility for all decisions the team made. To think he didn't know doping was going on and allowed the medical team to do this as they saw fit is frankly ridiculous.

The doping problem the sport has, and it's inability to face up to it and be open and honest about the past, means that any rider or staff member active in the past ten years can be linked to doping with a minimal amount of effort. I've no doubt Leinders knew what was going on at Rabobank and was party to some of the doping on that team, but just because someone transgressed in the past doesn't necessarily mean he's doing it again now.

How fucking typical of a small minded, overly nationalistic paper like the Scotsman to run a piece like that today though. Leinders involvement with Sky has been no secret and he's been working with them for most of this year.

Journo that wrote it is called Tom English though. Can't be too nationalistic a paper!

Sportive rider in his 40's David Anthony popped for EPO in NYC.

Doping at it's most tragic and pointless.

Anti-doping at it's most pointless.

ftfy
Why would you even bother to test leisure riders? It's not a fucking race!

Still not sure who the bigger cunts are, riders who race sportives or sports governing bodies who have made a land grab into an area which is none of their business.

If he's not governed by anti-doping rules (sportives, surely) then what's the problem?

Also, could it not be in his system for medical reasons? Since he's not riding Le Tour, etc I doubt he'd be too familiar with WADA's list.