Recent content by northstar

5 month anniversary since the ban. Looking at the poll results. Q) Should Dr. Maserati have been permabanned? NO ( 81 members) - 18-Valve. (pithy), 86TDFWinner, andy1234, Avoriaz, Big GMaC, burning, Bye Bye Bicycle, BYOP88, ChewbaccaD, Cyivel, darwin553, del1962, deValtos, DJ Sprtsch...

IOC is the testing authority for Olympics. In 2012, 182 urine samples (IC), 138 blood samples (IC) and zero OOC samples were collected/'analyzed' by IOC. 138 blood samples could explain the higher number of total IC blood tests in 2012 (643 tests) compared to 2013 (544 tests). Less IC urine...

Hmm….no comments. zzzzz topic? Boring data aside, couple of things stand out for me. There’s a big drop in the number of OOC EPO tests by UCI. 2012→3117 tests, 2013→1458 tests. Why? Granted there is a low detection rate of an adverse finding (3 AAF in 3117 samples) for OOC EPO, but...

Comparing WADA testing figures, 2013 v. 2012 (Part 2) Number of EPO tests (testing authority UCI): 2013 – 2798 U samples tested (3 AAF/1340 IC samples, 2 AAF/1458 OOC samples) 2012 – 4254 U samples tested (6 AAF/1137 IC samples, 3 AAF/3117 OOC samples) Number of EPO tests (no testing...

The WADA report gives a detailed view of testing conducted by UCI and other ADOs for the sport. The report is based on testing figures reported by WADA labs in ADAMS. I’ve compared some of the figures, 2013 v. 2012. Total samples 'analyzed' (testing authority UCI): 2013 – 9430 samples...

UCI report on the vial contents - Presence of ibuprofen, caffeine, theophylline and quinine in the white powder, no doping substances were detected. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) has received the report of the Swiss Laboratory for Doping...

Recent article on Henao’s crash. He was not by himself when crash occurred. A team car was following him. People who witnessed the accident: Henao, Sky mechanic, Sky technician, driver of hit car, several volunteers at road crossing Doctors involved: Sky doctor, Swiss hospital doctor/staff...

The team applied for the TUE after the prologue. "I gave everything I had in the Romandie prologue but I was coughing so much that we decided to ask for a TUE that evening," Froome said. You can find this quote in the Blazing Saddles blog that you screen capped and posted without a link...

The new WADA code is extending SOL to ten years, not 15. WADA Code 2015 ARTICLE 17 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS “No anti-doping rule violation proceeding may be commenced against an athlete or other Person unless he or she has been notified of the anti-doping rule violation as provided in...

It sounds like double standards when at first you tell everyone to move on but then you post more opinions about the banned poster. Now you are saying it was different posters, different issues. Doesn't really matter, it's all the same topic. More importantly, members should be allowed to...

12 hours ago you said, 'how about we move on' and now you are back in the thread posting your opinions. How about you follow your own advice.

BigMac was an excellent forum member who made one wrong post and tried to defend himself after the matter was blown way out of proportion. From what I witnessed, the post in question happened months ago. It was a post with a link to a conspiracy theory in a conspiracy thread with little...

Not a fact at all. I don’t know if you noticed but the chart DearWiggo posted shows number of tests for all of 2012 and for 10 months of 2013 (up to October 31, 2013). Until the final results from 2013 are known, comparing the two years is invalid.

A proud Clinic 12 MEMBER and a lawyer! Most impressive!! :p Congrats on passing the bar. Wishing you a brilliant legal career.

UCI is in charge of tests for Vuelta. He had 4 BP tests (Aug 29, Sept 3, 7, 14), but I think there’d be more race tests as he won two stages on Aug 26 and Sept 2. Not sure if all 24 USADA tests were done in U.S. as place of test sessions is not made available. USADA tried to test Chris...