Recent content by Setarkos

I mean what some people have been reading into it and suggested as GAS6 being used now. I don't quite get why you're arguing with me - you seem to have the same viewpoint. All I'm saying is that even IF GAS6 would be beneficial as a PED you could only use it in a very limited fashion (as most...

Does indeed pose a little problem to get a baseline but he is reportedly bilharzia free since early 2012 and thus would have to have had a consistent passport since then.

As I said, as micro doses and maybe as a masking agent as you (@taiwan) described it's thinkable but the reported massive gains esp. in combination with EPO would easily be detected. If you dope via your blood, you're limited by the blood passport. That doesn't prevent doping in general but it...

eg. HTC levels Whatever blood doping method you use, it will show up as suspicious levels in your blood passport. Be it EPO, CERA, transfusions etc. If they help, then by changing your blood to your advantage but that will show up on your passport as well... So you could argue with micro-doses...

GAS6 would show up in the blood passport as abnormalities. What now...?

His performances are plausible (according to the VAM gurus) - doesn't mean he is clean. Back in the day it was believed a hematocrit level of 50% was plausible so everyone was just below. Some naturally others not.

Maybe not but how do you know that you have clean numbers from him?

EPO and blood doping increase the VO2max - that's how that kind of doping works.

Evans is a former Ferrari client... You seem to be quite the expert.

You're quite the detectives.... He was always a talent when he was younger and he is only 28 years old - perfect age for a cyclist. Perfectly reasonable to improve at that age.