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issoisso said:*cue Gianni Savio pretending he had no idea*
The UCI said in a statement to day that Giunti's non-negative control had been carried out in response to irregularities detected under the biological passport programme.
Lot of great comments in this thread so far, but after careful consideration, and it wasn't easy to decide, I think this one wins.rhubroma said:Another lamb sacrificed at the altar of hypocrisy.
rhubroma said:Another lamb sacrificed at the altar of hypocrisy.
the big ring said:What really smarts is the constant barrage of claims that ...
I mean come on. Seriously!?Is there ANYONE who believes this complete and utter spin!?
I DARE UCI to do a demo of slides that show the irregularities, plotted on a graph, with a timeline from analysis, anomaly detection and then targeted testing.
BroDeal said:The UCI is attributing every positive to the passport. They cannot even keep track of their lies. The classic moment came last year when rumors of Di Luca having passport problems surfaced. The UCI publicly denied it. About two weeks later Di Luca's positive from the Giro was revealed. The UCI then claimed he was caught by the passport. In fact he was caught by regular testing at the Giro that would have taken place before the passport.
Maybe McQuaid is drunk all the time and cannot remember what he said the week before.
BroDeal said:The UCI is attributing every positive to the passport. They cannot even keep track of their lies. The classic moment came last year when rumors of Di Luca having passport problems surfaced. The UCI publicly denied it. About two weeks later Di Luca's positive from the Giro was revealed. The UCI then claimed he was caught by the passport. In fact he was caught by regular testing at the Giro that would have taken place before the passport.
Maybe McQuaid is drunk all the time and cannot remember what he said the week before.
Ferminal said:Does the point that the biopassport "reduces the extent to which someone can dope" really hold anymore?
No doubt a lot of professional cyclists would have "irregularities" in their passport... surely the top riders aren't any less "irregular" than these big fish they've been catching?
Alpe d'Huez said:Or don't have the staff surrounding them to have coffee with the testers for a half-hour or so while they "make adjustments"? Or the financial ability to donate thousands of dollars to the UCI for mysterious blood machines?
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BroDeal said:Massimo Giunti. EPO 35 years old. No professional wins.
Way to catch those big fish.