Recent content by x0einstein0x

This. There aren't too many places within Europe with training conditions this good. The Alps comes to mind first but then there is bad weather much of the time. (By the way altitude training got more popular again since the development of EPO tests.) I think infering that a team is doping...

Count me in, pls.

And it should be faster if you consider advances in technology and training. Of course that's an argument often used to distract from doping practices, but still it is true. I've personally experienced the transition from steel to aluminum and then to carbon frames, for instance, and of...

I think this is really hard to say and you can't be 100% certain about anybody. Most of the opinions is probably based on rumors spread by fellow riders and/or friends. I've known some of the German riders for quite some time and I'm pretty sure that Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma) and Robert...

I choose option 3.

Acually when I just got up I was so ****ed off by the news that I tried to send MacQuaid a similar e-mail (just not as well-phrased as yours). USADA has his address as Pat.MacQuaid@uci.ch, but my mail couldn't be delivered to that address. I just send it to admin@uci instead. Surely...

Yep. To add some more detail: I've got several close family members working/volunteering as jury officials for the German Cycling Federation and they choose riders to be "randomly" tested in national competitions mainly based on a) a sudden increase in recent performance, b) estimated time since...

Thank you very much.

Do you have any links or exact sources concerning the Julich, Jacksche, D'Hont and/or Dietz statements?

Personally, I will never see cycling remotely the way I did before the Fuentes bomb dropped, I'm afraid. I used to race from 1994 to 2005, hoping to become a pro. Before the '98 Tour, I never really thought that doping could've been a serious problem in any sport, and after '98 I was just too...