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    SA racing scene / anti-doping (SAIDS) / Minolta / Barloworld

    Re: Re: baie dankie! appreciate it. Good info. Is Robertson still active in the SA cycling scene? As it happens, his colleague Barry Austin was in here recently with a few posts. If I may, what's your take on Jeroen Swart and the Froome testing? On a side, my understanding is that Swart...
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    SA racing scene / anti-doping (SAIDS) / Minolta / Barloworld

    Re: Re: Sorry for the delay in reply. To fill you in - I'm close friends with the person who "discovered" Froome. He was always considered an "average" talent and certainly, compared to many of his contemporaries (Augustyn an example) and the other riders he raced at Minolta and later...
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    SA racing scene / anti-doping (SAIDS) / Minolta / Barloworld

    Re: Re: Unfortunately you are quite right to question COI tendencies as well as the general "health" of the racing scene here in SA. Drug Free SA are short of funds and simply cannot police the riders with any degree approaching proper. So abuse abounds. Remember also our shores have long been...