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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    We know that Floyd Landis doped, but here are some interesting comments from Floyd Landis in his interview with Paul Kimmage in NYvelocity - an interview in which he had no reason to lie (he admits doping but says that he did not actually take testosterone the night before the test). PAUL...
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    Katie Compton

    I honestly do not know. There are certainly quite a few cases where people are maintaining their innocence yet accepting their suspension, or arguing 'it was the supplements' - when possibly what I am saying could indeed be the explanation - but it is a defence that no-one has used yet because...
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    Katie Compton

    I have posted in the Tom Danielson thread an hypothesis regarding the intermittent eating of large amounts of soy protein as an hypothesis for an athlete testing positive in the CIR test for a tiny amount of 'artificial testosterone', whilst only ingesting food and not even contaminated...
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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    As regards the fact that I mentioned that Tom Danielson was vegan/vegetarian - the frequency/pattern of soya-eating changes the Baysian priors for whether this is a likely explanation. For a far better explanation of Bayesian statistics that I am able to provide, please refer to the follwing...
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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    I forgot to say about the Contador case - the plasticisers can indeed come from e.g. food packaging etc. a large part of why the test was not ratified in the end. Personally I think they should still use the test, but only ratified as a screening test for increased target-testing for other...
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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    KING BOONEN: Ok, it's probably going to be easiest to reply like this. Your understanding of how the test works seems ok, but your understanding of how it is applied and the associated biology isn't really there. There's also a couple of things mentioned that are usually mentioned in an attempt...
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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    Fair enough, maybe I don't know enough about vegans. If you read carefully, the main point is not so much the veganism, but the POSSIBLE INGESTION OF SOY PROTEIN FOR SOME MEALS BUT NOT OTHERS (and of course, some meateaters may well do this too - but certainly the 'veganism' is what got me...
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    Hypothesis - Could Tom Danielson have been Innocent of Doping in 2015?

    I note the following regarding Tom Danielson's 'Positive test for Artificial Testosterone' in 2015: * Tom Danielson did not test positive for high T/E – the (false?) ‘positive’ was based ONLY on the CIR test * According to Jonathan Vaughters in an interview I saw (link now lost), the...
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    JV talks, sort of

    I am removing numerous of my posts as I feel them very ill-informed.
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    Tom Danielson

    I am removing numerous of my posts as I feel them very ill-informed and just contributing to the general noise.
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    Nordic Skiing/Biathlon Thread

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    Wiggins use of nicotine/skunk

    Commented on Willy's new link in the discussion on 'legal doping methods' in the 'JV talks' thread @ http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1088229&postcount=2023 . Thanks for an interesting link, Willy, albeit that it does appear that the scientists share you own (somewhat cynical...)...
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    JV talks, sort of

    I am removing numourous posts as I feel that they add little to the discussion - I am not very well informed.
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    How to Mask the CIR Test - 'Food Doping'!

    Sorry - didn't bookmark the links. The issue is not that your ingested food affects hormone levels in your blood - AFAIK, that isn't particularly relevant, here at least. Instead, you're matching the C13/C12 of your food to that of any exogenous T you're taking. I have read in quite a number of...
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    How to Mask the CIR Test - 'Food Doping'!

    Turns out that the WADA-accredited test does in fact compare the C13/C12 ratio to that of your 'reference (endogenous) standard'. Again, the reason for this is specifically to factor out natural (and presumably innocent) variations in your diet, which is what determines C13/C12 for your...
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