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    Australian Crime Commission investigation finds widespread doping

    Think you'll find the horse had bolted, with asada conducting it's own questioning and testing, whispers became shouts and rather than let it go un-checked, they announced an investigation. To say they tarnished nearly every professional australian sportsperson is perhaps off the mark, they...
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    Australian Crime Commission investigation finds widespread doping

    ACF94 you are Naive to think that an investigative body of any nature, let alone the ACC would detail any of their investigations in a public domain. I think over time a lot more will come out, particularly disturbing is the links between sporting teams and criminal enteprises. If no-one or...
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    Jayco al-'Ula and its GreenEdge predecessors

    If you read the article properly its 9million dollars per year, not 9million over 3 years....... Fairly substantial investment
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    4 year ban requested for Gianni Savio

    Fritz, it's been going on with Savio since the 90's!!! I wish I could divulge more but it would involve revealing info that may identify parties who refused to dope but may not wish to be dragged into this. I know of at least one rider who ended his career with this team because he didn't want...
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    Italy: "After the storm, the Tsunami."

    Friend of mine raced for this particular team/ manager around 15-20 yrs ago, wont give exact time don't want to possibly id him, when he returned home in the off season, went training with him and asked him if he was going back to the team next year, his reply was no, because they wanted him to...
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    Worlds 2010 - Australia

    Having lived and trained in Geelong for a large portion of my life, I will be very suprised if this ends in a sprint, I have ridden these hills often in training and the riders will make it hard enough that it will not be one for the sprinters. Remember the Tour when the riders forced the...
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    6 Olympic athletes positive for CERA

    INGSVE, you really need to go back and brush up on your physiology, to say rowing and swimming is highly strange to be on of the sports that tests positive because they are based on strength and lactic tolerance, not really on endurance is utter C#$P!!!!! Aerobic endurance is definately an...
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    Can Jonathan Vaughters save pro cycling?

    At first I wasn't going to bother replying, but this just smacks of ignorance. No, I'm not burying my head in the clouds and pretending doping doesn't exist, but to say no one can finish a grand tour clean, where do you get your justification for this comment? What exactly is your experience...