Questions
For Travis Tygart:
If CONI can pursue a case to ban Valverde over his Puerto involvement, why doesn't USADA pursue cases against Mancebo, Gutierrez, Sevilla, and Hamilton? You can get blood samples of all these riders while they ride in California, and the Puerto bloodbags are seemingly now available for request. Mancebo is making a joke out of the Tour of California, so why don't you stop him? If CONI can do it, why can't you?
For the Saxo Bank team doctor:
Was Cancellara really sick?
For Frank Schleck:
Would you like to invest all your savings in my very profitable Ponzi scheme?
For Mancebo:
What are you on?
21 comments:
I'm conflicted: Mancebo's an unrepentant doper, but his win pissed off Bruneel and Armstrong and showed how much better racing would be without race radios. Also it gave Horner a chance to be heroic, which was pretty rad.
If it really is Cancellara it will be head against a brick wall time for me.
Why would anyone be surprised if it were Canc? The guy has dope written all over him.
so, which cyclists do any of you believe to be dope free? negative tests don't convince you, what does? cycling is the ONLY sport which is trying to do anything at all about a doping problem. are you all wanting to go back to the drug-free days of, who? anquetil, merckx, indurain? do any of you honestly believe that? professional athletes are fanatical and willing to go to any length to succeed, do you truly believe ANY professional sport to be "clean"?
Quote from Landis from cyclingnews. Made me laugh.
"I'm very happy to be back racing here with the American riders and the international riders," Landis told Cyclingnews before the start of the 3.9-kilometre prologue. "I feel like I've had a warm welcome back. Everyone has been very positive (My italics)."
It's down to what kind of organisation USADA are. They're not a legal entity so therefore are not entitled to access to the blood bags. In Italy you're dealing with criminal cases.
The WADA rules have changed a bit but Hamilton is probably not touchable now as his offenses would predate or be considered part of what he was sanctioned for.
How's this for a situation? Guy flies up the big climb of the day, catches and passes all the riders ahead of him, tows another guy along without any help and manages to put time into the rest of the field on the flats.
is this guy on something?
I'm with Anon 11:06 AM.
Mancebo has saved the Tour of California from being the Astana team time trial training that it is going to turn into now.
Valverde was set, he is too dangerous for some team.
I always figured none of the blood bags were Hamilton's. He was already under suspension, so probably didn't have any lying around. Especially the way he was offering up hair samples to compare, he knew they weren't his.
Levi only got 20 seconds, not all that suspicious in the end.
The fellow going on about how cycling is the only sport doing anything about doping must be joking! What do "we" want? How about following the obvious and maybe-not-so-obvious doping cases through to a reasonable conclusion? How about UCI threatening REAL sanctions against the Spanish federation which watches its riders winning the last 4 of the grand tours while Puerto evidence that may implicate every one of them sits around. Why do the Italians (of all federations) now seem like the only ones trying to catch dope cheats? I think we all want the rulers of cycling to at least TRY to get rid of the cheats and make it at least look like they truly care about cleaning up the sport we love rather than trying to hide positive tests or obvious cheating in order to preserve the business model. It WAS a sport BEFORE it was a business in my opinion.
Sorry, should've put it all in one comment, but one more thing. I'm all for getting Mancebo on past sins, but he would've gotten caught if the circuits hadn't been neutralized, so did he really do anything unusual yesterday? Just sayin'.
again, please tell me, when was this magical time when cyclists floated up hills on nothing but rose petals and cinnamon sticks? doping exists in ALL professional sports. to think that any person who trains fanatically, weighs their food and sacrifices everything in their life in pursuit of excelling at cycling would not be tempted to try "doping" is naive. when millions of dollars and euros are on the line, anything goes. if you want to remove doping from cycling, remove the money. wait, that exists and they call it amateur cycling.answer my question please, who are these "clean" cyclists? when was this fabled time when professional cycling was sport and not business? anyone? please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw1k1lhEUjo
Take a deep breath here,
Leipheimer attacked on the final climb of the day bridged to the break, TP could hang and got the win. They finish :20 up. I don't see anything unusual about this. Levi obviously takes this race way more seriously than any other top tier rider.
Compare that with Paco attacking from km 1, riding 4 hours in 40 degree rain. Dropping his break, soloing and then out sprinting the two who bridged up. That seems a bit unusual. At least he suffered on Stage 2, but still.....
Not to defend Levi, the most boring rider of the past decade. The attack on that climb was the first time I've ever seen him attack anything anywhere.
Right, suffer for years to work your way on to the podium at the Tour de France & a bronze at the Olympics. Perhaps at that time you'll be qualified to label a racer as boring; rather than glibly echoing comments from fellow coach potatoes, all sitting at home watching races. Please.
Trust me, plenty of his peers think he is boring...
Spanish cycling blog that is also good at covering doping issues: http://ciclismo2005.blogspot.com/
Altitude simulating (i.e. red blood cell manipulation): http://www.go2altitude.com/data/cancelarra_eng.htm
Mancebo admitted doping to his Ag2r team-mates/team manager, but never got suspended.
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