AFLD:Where are the positives?

[sel1700]

whats the testing been like,this tour de france?

 

[luckyboy]

LA got tested on the 11th and 12th (Morzine & the rest-day). Dim reminding me over Twitter that the AFLD can get someone tested by telling WADA any info they have from the French police & the UCI wouldn't know which rider they were going to test, so they are actual surprise tests.

Lance didn't tweet about being tested on the day after the rest day though, so who knows..

That's pretty much all I've heard about testing so far.

 

[Anonymous]

the results are normally about 5-6 days after the stages from memory. How long ago were the first mountain stages... if there are any, they must just about be due.

I think a lot of the testing as well will be blood profile related so we may not see results till after the tour when they have 3 week results for riders.

 

[BroDeal]

McQuaid has already assured us that there will not be any positives at the Tour for years to come. Don't expect anyone to get caught unless his team forgot to pay its protection money, and in that case the rider will be busted in a race before or after the TdF.

 

[Anonymous]

There won't be any positives. Pat McQuaid told us this last year.

 

[Anonymous]

McQuaid has already assured us that there will not be any positives at the Tour for years to come. Don't expect anyone to get caught unless his team forgot to pay its protection money, and in that case the rider will be busted in a race before or after the TdF.

Geebus. I'm getting beat to the punch all over the place today.

 

[David Suro]

Are there any riders who members of this forum find especially suspicious?

For example, Ricco a couple of years ago was pretty flagrant.

 

[Bronstein]

Andy Schleck and Astana in general (Navarro and Tiralongo in particular).

 

[DAOTEC]

it's ticking

 

[Benotti69]

the positives are in the UCI safe in Switzerland waiting till the cheques clear

 

[barn yard]

i dont think you guys understand, this is a clean tour.

 

[Father Jack]

I find it interesting that the French are doing so well - have they not long been considered cleaner (better controls) than the rest, maybe that points to the rest of the peloton being cleaner.

No harm in hoping!

 

[sportzchick]

Andy Schleck and Astana in general (Navarro and Tiralongo in particular).

X2 plus all of Andy's teammates.......

 

[Cloxxki]

X2 plus all of Andy's teammates.......

Why? Are they dragging him over the mountains?
At least the best riders of a team are riding at the front this tour. Not like a Festina or USPS train dropping all the competition.
This could be one reason to presume it a clean TdF. Why all of a sudden they'd ride clean, beats me. Do they in fact fear the WADA involvement? Has the bride system truly collapsed? Or are bribes now only for blackmail regarding attemped bribing, with tests being carried out as should?

Astana does look less convincingly clean. Some names, I did not pick up on before. Contador is less dominant though, or he'd put serious time on Andy.

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

Vino mentioned that "vampires" visited them at the morning of the rest day.
________
How to use herbalaire

 

[sportzchick]

Why? Are they dragging him over the mountains?
At least the best riders of a team are riding at the front this tour. Not like a Festina or USPS train dropping all the competition.
This could be one reason to presume it a clean TdF. Why all of a sudden they'd ride clean, beats me. Do they in fact fear the WADA involvement? Has the bride system truly collapsed? Or are bribes now only for blackmail regarding attemped bribing, with tests being carried out as should?

Astana does look less convincingly clean. Some names, I did not pick up on before. Contador is less dominant though, or he'd put serious time on Andy.

The question is who I want tested NOT who I thought you wanted...I have my reason

Add Drugokorov to that list as well

You know what Im Im not scared to add Cadel to that list too - proving a rider is clean is a better reason that proving a rider is dirty

 

[Bronstein]

Why? Are they dragging him over the mountains?
At least the best riders of a team are riding at the front this tour. Not like a Festina or USPS train dropping all the competition.
This could be one reason to presume it a clean TdF. Why all of a sudden they'd ride clean, beats me. Do they in fact fear the WADA involvement? Has the bride system truly collapsed? Or are bribes now only for blackmail regarding attemped bribing, with tests being carried out as should?

Astana does look less convincingly clean. Some names, I did not pick up on before. Contador is less dominant though, or he'd put serious time on Andy.

I would say that Saxo Bank is possibly 'cleaner' in comparison to 2008 for example. Riders such as O'Grady, Voigt and Cancellara don't seem as consistently 'strong' as they were in 2008.

 

[sportzchick]

I would say that Saxo Bank is possibly 'cleaner' in comparison to 2008 for example. Riders such as O'Grady, Voigt and Cancellara don't seem as consistently 'strong' as they were in 2008.

too little to late from where I sit......

 

[Trek1000]

Chavanel is having a go most days. Seems to have an amount of energy

 

[The Hitch]

(Navarro and Tiralongo in particular).

Yep. Theyve been going really really well. I never thought their team was going to be poor but theyve been absolutely awesome.

THey single handidly cracked evens, wiggins and a bunch of other team leaders.

Navarro was the only guy to leave the rest of the field with Schleck and Contador on the Madeline for christ sake. He then dropped back as his job was done.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Woohoo another clean Tour. McQuaid was right all along - it's safe for the big corporations to come back to cycling sponsorship now

 

[The Real Deal]

I would say that Saxo Bank is possibly 'cleaner' in comparison to 2008 for example. Riders such as O'Grady, Voigt and Cancellara don't seem as consistently 'strong' as they were in 2008.

Its quite clear Cancellara is on the juice. Legal juice that is.

Still very effective though.

 

[Benotti69]

Its quite clear Cancellara is on the juice. Legal juice that is.

Still very effective though.

whatever that motor runs on packs a punch....he was sweating buckets to keep it under control, the huge torque must make it hard to turn in the corners

 

[saganftw]

we ll have to wait till august,but if there is doper,i think it will be small fish like footon guys, they are new and dont really know how to stop the bus

 

[sel1700]

What evidence is there to support the claim that this tour was clean?also other then surprise test's, were the controls any better than before?