Recent content by Agravaine

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    General Doping Thread.

    Good MMA Doping headline: ‘It did not help’ - Dillashaw downplays EPO use, but ‘expert’ Sonnen reveals benefits of ‘favorite’ PED Chael Sonnen is a troll but two good lines: “EPO, of all the performance enhancers, I will tell you, personal experience here. I’m an expert in performance...
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    Doping in other sports?

    https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/7/27/21340585/gilbert-melendez-suspended-two-years-by-usada-after-independent-arbitrator-issues-ruling https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/7/28/21344760/melendez-on-usada-suspension-its-no-ones-business-what-im-putting-into-my-body Slightly amusing: UFC fighter...
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    Doping in other sports?

    from: http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/7/18/12214164/jon-jones-tested-positive-for-estrogen-blockers-is-temporarily
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    Doping in boxing

    Good overview of the state of boxing & PED's Thomas Hauser article: http://www.maxboxing.com/news/main-lead/the-ped-mess-part-one It's interesting that Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto both requested drug testing then returned suspicious results. (to be fair, I suspect Manny Pacquiao &...
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    Debating the True Believers *if you must

    500 tests I wonder if the 500 tests include pre-tests or masking experiments with Dr Ferrari? Our Tuesday night ride bike shop posted a facebook 'what do you think about the Armstrong ban' and the response was very Pro-Lance. I just rolled my eyes and remembered the 'don't argue with fools'...
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    What a glorious day; Lance Armstrong stripped of titles

    More Overdue than Glorious but one thing at a time. It's good to see serious progress.
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    When did you realize LA was a cheat?

    Another Other for the 'Anonymous' 1999 EPO Samples Longtime fan, though never a fanboy, before I was always a bit 'hmmm, I hope not' about the accusations. Read the first book, including reading between the lines that Lance was very loyal to his friends (and therefore a jerk to everyone else)...
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    Haters of cyclists your personal clashes with public scum

    I've been pretty lucky overall. Last group ride I was behind three older couples on a newer clear four lane road, they were riding two or three abreast but still, easy in the right lane. A car pulls up and blasts the horn over and over again. Whatever, Sunday morning, four lane road, no...