De Bonis CAS ruling

[mwbyrd]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-bonis-loses-doping-ban-appeal

What did Debonnis test positive for? Or did CAS decide that if the BioPassport looks like he doped, then he doped?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think (off the top of my head) I recall there was indication of probable CERA use.

Either way, the simple fact that GEROLSTEINER took him off the road for being too suspicious means it's not exactly surprising.

 

[roundabout]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-bonis-loses-doping-ban-appeal

What did Debonnis test positive for? Or did CAS decide that if the BioPassport looks like he doped, then he doped?

AFAIK the whole point of his appeal is that he never tested positive so he couldn't have been doping.

So it' indeed CAS agreeing with his passport.

 

[mwbyrd]

AFAIK the whole point of his appeal is that he never tested positive so he couldn't have been doping.

So it' indeed CAS agreeing with his passport.

Scary. Never testing positive and being suspended. You would think the Passport would lead to finding a positive test. I thought that was the purpose.

How can an athlete defend himself without knowing exactly what he's guilty of?

It also give me an uneasy feeling about the real purpose of CAS....

 

[mwbyrd]

Either way, the simple fact that GEROLSTEINER took him off the road for being too suspicious means it's not exactly surprising.

Using this logic...let's just get rid of the top 30% of the peloton....

 

[la.margna]

tell this to cheatstrong:
never tested positive but banned/suspended

mods, please correct thread title to De Bonis - thanks a lot!

 

[D-Queued]

tell this to cheatstrong:
never tested positive but banned/suspended

mods, please correct thread title to De Bonis - thanks a lot!

Anyone know if De Bonis was a 4 or less on the Passport severity list?

Dave.

 

[L'arriviste]

The VeloNation story on the De Bonis CAS ruling has the summary judgement:

The sanction had been imposed by the TNA-CONI following the analyses of eight blood samples taken from the athlete between 27 November 2007 and 18 May 2009, in accordance with the procedure applied for the &#8220]

So in a nutshell, thumbs up for the bio passport (procedurally) but perhaps the real precedent in this case is that we're not going to find out anything beyond the outline facts, which has always been my biggest concern about the bio passport system.

 

[roundabout]

To be honest a bigger concern at least to me is CAS announcing the decision after the ban ran out. What took them so long and how is it possible?

 

[L'arriviste]

To be honest a bigger concern at least to me is CAS announcing the decision after the ban ran out. What took them so long and how is it possible?

This situation is in fact very common. It's mainly thanks to the due process of giving both parties enough time to prepare and disclose their cases. I can't quote an example off the top of my head but a lot of times, it's more a question of clearing your name for future contract eligibility rather than shortening the ban's temporal effect on your finite cycling career.

Apart from that - and as a result of the state of discord in the world of sport - CAS' caseload from other sports is considerable. I blame all of those stupid competitive sailing disputes!