Recent content by East Sycamore

Here's an idea: if you're putting together a preview show for this year's Tour, you could mention at least once that the rider you've picked as a top favorite tested positive for a banned substance in last year's Tour and may not be able to keep his title. In fact, if he wins this year, it may...

Question for Tyler H. I always liked Tyler as a rider, but lost faith as he continued denying any sort of doping before coming clean on 60 minutes. One thing I've always wondered, and wish had been asked: Tyler was ultimately busted for a homologous blood transfusion - boosting his own blood...

I don't know anything about anything, but I do remember that a lot of people made this same point about Landis and testosterone. In fact, I think one of his earlier defenses was that there would be no performance enhancement from taking testosterone, so why would he bother? These substances...

We usually just call it Pittsburgh, although if you want to get technical I believe he's from Bethel Park, just south of town.

Speaking of learning about info that isn't common knowledge, can you direct me to more about Lance calling Ferrari about Pantani? I hadn't heard that and it sounds interesting. Great thread too, without all of the usual interruptions...

Hopefully my response was taken in good fun as well. Obviously a cycling forum is not the place to hash out the good or bad calls made against a football (American Football, that is) team. If a bad call bothered a Raiders fan in the 70's then the current state of the team must have that now...

I agree with most of your post, but this part has to be corrected! First of all, the immaculate reception happened in a playoff game against the Raiders three years before Super Bowl X. Secondly, a crude from of instant replay was used at the time and the play stood as called on the field...

So what kinds of blood-enriching products are in clinical trials right now?

The whole underlying premise of the original post was that Lance doped before cancer and that Lance doped after cancer. The question is what is he doing differently after cancer that has allowed him to become such a great rider at tour time? If you don't think Lance doped ever or if you think...

I started the logistics thread as an honest question because I was curious how things actually worked these days, it was not an attempt to prove that blood doping doesn't happen. I think you'll see that BPC then tried to hijack the thread in that direction. I just wanted to state for the...

Sorry if this has been covered before. Is there anything in the biological passport program that allows for testing in future years as new tests are developed? Is it possible that in 10 years we'll be able to go back and find out what today's cyclists were on? I thought that this had been...

I take it LeMond went over 400 on the final TT in 1989? Out of curiosity, what did Merckx or Hinault max out at?

That about sums it up, doesn't it? I didn't realize Merckx was so bad, especially compared with a one-time tour winner like Riis...:rolleyes:

Is that really true? It seems like it must make you faster / stronger in addition to the training and recovery aspects. I mean who would win the stage - a completely rested, top form, dope free Eddy Merckx at the peak of his career or the 1996 Bjarne Riis at Hautacam 2 weeks into a grand tour? I...

In his books David Walsh mentions that the labs should have definitely caught the early warning signs of testicular cancer, but never did. Points to bad testing or masking agents. I could be wrong, but I don't believe that LA has or had a TUE for testosterone (or anything else, except maybe a...