Pro-cycling thread

Those two enduro idiots had the same excuse for their positive too. I think it's just the "twin I devoured in the womb" excuse of the moment.

It's bullshit. Positive twice for anabolic steroids and she gets away with an off season 6 month ban?

Even more disappointing is that it looks like her team are welcoming her back with open arms.

Oddly, that's not quite true, as a 'real' positive for abuse of anabolic steroids would have resulted in a much longer sentence. UCI seems to not be able to make a case, and has not even made clear to Betsema what the exact foul play was. So they could not extend the provisional six month ban, and she only received notice of that after almost 11 months.

maybe it was not as positive or as steroid as they first thought?

Maybe there genuinely were mitigating factors? Without the facts, it's impossible to know. It's deeply unfortunate that the UCI sanctions process isn't as transparent as, for example, the UKAD one is, with all decisions published in full rather than simply a press release raising more questions than answers.

See the 'doping' thread for further proof of UKAD's amazing transparency.

indeed, clear as mud :-/

https://www.uci.org/press-release/The-UCI-statement-on-denise-betsema

Reads to me like the A sample was positive, requested B sample and inconclusive or they fucked something up in recording/procedure that's permitted her to barter down the sanction but not make it go away?

twice

"for the presence of an anabolic androgenic steroid" in two races.

= 4 year ban unless she can prove contamination or lab fuckup.

Who's going to be the first of her rival's fans to throw a warm cup of piss at her when she turns up at a race?

She probably use it for 'testing'.

tbf she is giving a press conference tomorrow so maybe hold fire until then

Why? Banned substances in her body. Pissweak ban given. Cue lynchmob.

No Tour of Oman this year. Son's crying now.

For some reason the TDU is now available on my Tivo. I guess someone else bought the rights or something. It was 20 and raining in Adelaide... but yeah climate change myth yada yada

I appreciate the vitriol and I also don't belive her either, but it's probably worth waiting to see what reasons / lies she concuts before deciding.

In related Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal news, someone once told me Laurence Sweek had been popped for something back in the day but I can't find anything online. Could anyone confirm @andyp perhaps?

The only one currently racing I can think of is Tom Meussen

Contaminated supplement apparently;

https://twitter.com/cyclocross24/status/1219620867472347138?s=21

What fucking nonsense.

On Laurens Sweeck, with those guns 💪🏻, he must have outside assistance.

Quelle surprise

https://www.velonews.com/2015/08/news/investigation-dropped-in-laurens-sweeck-vaminolact-doping-inquiry_380560

I appreciate the vitriol and I also don't belive her either, but it's probably worth waiting to see what reasons / lies she concuts before deciding.

So, now can I call her a fucking cheat?

Which Belgian pharmacist? Was the contamination from them or from a product they were using? What supplements contain steroids? Why was she going to a private doctor when she raced for a team? etc etc etc She bought and paid for a fucking excuse and they've let her back in the ring. Wankers.

“I never tested positive in the end, but now I am concentrating again on the fact that I can race again.”

Say whaaaat?