Recent content by dr_wok

I'd like to hear of one professional cyclist who has a day off each week. A rest day is 1-1.5 hrs minimum.

If you were a young pro would you be busting out the EPO and transfusions in January for a spot on National Team you are already a shoe-in for, and a shot at a National title you have already been winning on/off since 16 years old? He's got a Boardman motor but an O'Grady head and heart...

I like a bit of anger. Nice to see a bit of fire in people's bellies when discussing convicted dopers. I'm sick to death of people saying it should be legalised to 'level the playing field'. Those comments always come from armchair wannabe's who know everything about the Euro scene from a...

You're right, it was valverde's blood which finally was matched by Italian prosecutors, not basso's. Thanks frosty. My mistake.

Of course they eat steak on the rest day So they are racing for 3 weeks burning insane amounts of calories. According to a quick google, they eat large amounts of carbos plus a reasonable serve of chicken most race nights. But not eat red meat for 3 weeks, if it is otherwise a normal part...

I agree with Paddy I know he's easy to dislike, but I agree with Pat McQuaid for criticising the Spanish Government (not the Spanish people). - So the chief judge (?Serrano) sat on Puerto blood bags for years, saying they wouldn't share them with sporting authorities, because it was a...

This is a great, meaty thread. I agree with square's post. The only barely defensible reasons for not prosecuting these 5 would be 1. Waiting in the expectation an EPO positive would pop up with targeted testing, to make their prosecution cheaper and more secure. 2. Simply not having enough...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gripper-leaves-uci At the time Gripper left she stated is was because she lost her partner to an accident in 2009, and had been wanting to leave to be with her family in Australia once a suitable successor was found. The line about 'wanting to do something...

Sorry to the last poster for being sarcastic. I was aiming that higher. There used to be a caffeine blood concentration limit, it may have changed in the last 10 years. Again, if the WADA rules change, then what is and isn't doping changes, and I can accept that.

It's really quite simple. If it's banned in the rule book, it's cheating / doping. Amphetamines, epo, blood manipulation, gh etc. If it's not banned, then it isn't doping. Carbo shots, altitude, even iv fluid (I don't think there's a rule) and Coffee/caffeine. Call WADA. I think they'll...

Should be very similar to CERA, that is, a slow acting EPO that can be dosed once a week or so in renal patients instead of daily. It should still lift the reticulocyte count, haemoglobin, and 'on' score. It won't show up in the 'off' score (which is more useful for detecting blood...

Boonen's 2007 comments It doesn't purely relate to this stage, but I always think of Boonen's comments in 2007 when he singled Cadel out from Contador, Leipheimer and the other Tour contenders as someone he believed was clean. Why would he say that unless he believed it? It's not as if Cuddles...

So you are saying that there are NO pro cyclists not on dope? NADA? A wise man once said a man who speaks in absolutes is a man who speaks out his a**. In any natural group or population, there is a bell curve distribution. Some will dope a lot, some will dope a bit, some will possibly not...

This Viru - Del Moral - Postal/Discovery - Armstrong link from the MAnzano interview is the most interesting things I have read here in a long time.

If doping were legal, would you buy your son or daughter their first race bike and encourage them to turn pro or get to the Olympics? I didn't think so.