Recent content by GatorGene

A story says the finish line for Amstel Gold 2013 will be moved 2 km past the Cauberg, to give more riders a chance to win. I liked the finish at the top of the Cauberg, and in general dislike too many sprint finishes. One reason the Amstel Gold has appealed to me is that a strong rider can...

Court of Public Opinion ---railroaded, witch hunt, no due process, never failed a test, jealous rivals, dirty dopers trying to take the clean down with them, etc, etc, etc. Many will believe.

USA time For those setting alarms, the deadline is 2am Eastern time, or midnite Colorado time. Cheers, GatorGene ---;==;<

If and when the USADA is allowed to get around to conducting the forced arbitration, what happens if Lance is shown to have doped, but not shown to have conspired to commit fraud? Isn't proving fraud key to extending the stature of limitations to allow the doping evidence to be heard? Would...

Clearly, there was a difference in the extent of the injuries. I'm still impressed with Samu's mental fortitude. Cheers, GatorGene ---;==;<

Samu may be a carrot, but he didn't pull his SchleckChute after his Dauphine crash. Is the difference in the extent of the injuries or in the mental fortitude? Cheers, GatorGene ---;==;<

Read a rumor that Chris Horner and Andreas Kloden will be on the team, but Jakob Fuglsang won't be. Can this possibly be true? 2 old guys vs. a potential future TdF winner. Why go old?

It is not idiotic to think "I know he doped, but he still helped cancer patients". When someone hears "cancer" as a diagnosis, it sounds like a death sentence. Sure, more people routinely survive skin cancers, and early detection saves a lot of other kinds of cancer, too, but realistically...

Let the riders have radios, radios that are controlled by the race organizers (or the UCI), and let those radios send and receive safety reports. Do not let the radios be used by the teams, and do not let the radios send or receive tactical information. Voila! Safety achieved, and boring...

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If the Chicken and Christina Hembo are serious about their new motto of "everyone deserves a second chance", and they are willing to hire everyone who has served a doping suspension, how many excellent riders could they get nearly immediately, how many in the next year, and how fast could they...

A tuft of hair as long as the diameter of a pencil gives a 90-day history. Thus, about 2cm give a half year history. The ping pong player had a single spike of Clen in his urine/blood test, but was negative in the hair test. What would Contador's hair tell us? A +ive would prove repeated...

The German table tennis player who was 'acquitted' of a Clenbuterol doping charge said that he provided a hair sample which cleared him of wrong-doing. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6025/Alberto-Contador-Case-Table-tennis-player-Ovtcharov-cleared-of-Clenbuterol-use.aspx. What does...

Don't underestimate someone so skilled in PR. 'I won the first few clean, and was forced to dope to compete at the highest level, and therefore continue to provide a role model for cancer survivors.' 'The good that was done by inspiring hundreds/thousands/millions/bajillions of cancer...

The news story currently posted says the plasticizer was found the day BEFORE the Clenbuterol. If the plasticizer and the Clen were co-administered, and the half-life for Clen removal is so large that none was detected the next day (the day the plasticizer was detected), then the half-life is...