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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    Well I suppose 4 years to catch Lazkano beats the 8 years it took to nail the 2011 Vuelta winner. Progress? Frankly I think it needs...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Samamba's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    See this is exactly why the cycling world should demand more transparency about this case. What are these abonormalities? Compared to...
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    Cookster15 reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    This is the crux of it for me. I gave up caring after the Froome Salbutamol positive was dismissed. I get it. Why tear down your own...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    Its a complicated and highly technical subject. On the quoted part I think perhaps money is an issue. Lawyers have set the bar too high...
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    Cookster15 reacted to dr.eve's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    Agreed a lot of questions... I find it odd that they find abnormalities in his blood passports dating back to 2022. We are almost in...
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    Cookster15 reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    I don’t know enough about the markers to comment in detail. I wonder if the difficulty making these cases stick legally means that it...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Tim Cahill's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    That's a big part of it from what I can gather yes, it's telling how many in athletics are currently being sanctioned for EPO/Blood...
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    Cookster15 replied to the thread Oier Lazkano.
    This still puzzles me. I don't think altitude camps (or EPO microdosing) can fool all of the 14 markers tracked in the Haematological...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Shakes's post in the thread Oier Lazkano with Like Like.
    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-rider-provisionally-suspended-over-unexplained-abnormalities-in-biological-p...
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    What you say is true, however, he was awful in 2025 with the way Jayco prepared him for the year. Different build up and he will do...
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    O'Connor will perform much better in 2026 because he will be fit from the start of the season, instead of this year's slow build up to...
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    A few stats about Salvarani's dominant season - 16th best single season score (behind four 2012 teams, eight 2021 teams and three 2022...
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    Random anglo media content generation. Also the route does O'Connor no favours. Pretty much just one massive grindy mountain stage and...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Lorzenz08's post in the thread Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti with Love Love.
    I have never understood the argument of people saying Pogi isn't a generational talent because he didn't dominate when he was 18 years...
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    Cookster15 reacted to Tim Cahill's post in the thread State of the Peloton 2025 with Like Like.
    Valverde's boy has been done on whereabouts. It's now down to Henrique to fly the flag for the Brazilian's...