Fabio Aru 6.5w/kg

[danielovichdk2]

He was pulled from del Trentino. To illness ? Perhaps.

Also heard that Nibs is riding the Giro. Wasn't Aru supposed to lead that ?

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

A rumour is apparently going around that something is up with this young man's BP.

A rumour is apperently going around that you are talking out of your ass.

It was mentioned by Dennis Ritter during the FW coverage.

 

[infeXio]

Re: Re:

A rumour is apparently going around that something is up with this young man's BP.

A rumour is apperently going around that you are talking out of your ass.

It was mentioned by Dennis Ritter during the FW coverage.

It was reported by Veloropa as well

 

[SkyTears]

that would be terrible news

the old shark still sailing tranquilo... a very smart doper this Nibali

 

[argyllflyer]

Henderson tweeting something aluding to this.

 

[Rollthedice]

Who is fabaro?

 

[SkyTears]

lol, Henderson got ballistic (fabaro1 i guess he thinks that's Aru's twitter)

i wonder, if rumour is true, they will "suspend" Astana again ?

what a joke of a team

 

[argyllflyer]

Re:

Who is fabaro?

He's meant @FabioAru1 but written @fabaro1 which is a dead twitter account

 

[Rollthedice]

Interesting. More to follow?

 

[SkyTears]

well, Henderson is known for crazy stuff like this, it might be possible that he only heard the rumors (like all of us) and went apeshit

 

[Pricey_sky]

Just boot Astana out already, it's beyond a joke now.

 

[goggalor]

Shocker.

 

[argyllflyer]

Re:

Interesting. More to follow?

Velonews' Neal Rogers adds:

Hendy’s tweet opens up Pandora’s Box. Innocent til proven guilty, but I’ve spoken w/ many riders who’ve told me they’re always first to know

 

[goggalor]

Re:

Just boot Astana out already, it's beyond a joke now.

Dopers shouldn't be running teams. As long as they are, this sport will remain a joke.

 

[the sceptic]

damn, I really jinxed Aru when I made this thread. Greg Henderson is throwing stones now as well.

Greg Henderson ‏@Greghenderson1 44m44 minutes ago

Sad to see @fabaro1 "sick". Mate make sure next time u come back to our sport "healthy". Aka. Clean! #biopassport! Or don't come back!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

meh. Biopassport is for pussies anyway

 

[hrotha]

Lol at Henderson, that takes some balls.

(Not because omertà or anything of the sort, but because he could end up looking like an idiot if this blows over)

 

[SkyTears]

this part is more interesting

Greg Henderson ‏@Greghenderson1 48m48 minutes ago
I am so sick of it. It becomes common knowledge within days. Why try cheat.

gives impression that he knows something extra

will see

sad to see Aru caught and Nibali eating pizza tranquilo and posing as 6th person to have won all 3 GT's

 

[the sceptic]

Re:

Lol at Henderson, that takes some balls.

(Not because omertà or anything of the sort, but because he could end up looking like an idiot if this blows over)

I guess the UCI will open a bio passport case against Aru soon. If that doesn't get rid of them I guess the last resort is to have Nibali test positive.

 

[SkyTears]

Re: Re:

Lol at Henderson, that takes some balls.

(Not because omertà or anything of the sort, but because he could end up looking like an idiot if this blows over)

I guess the UCI will open a bio passport case against Aru soon. If that doesn't get rid of them I guess the last resort is to have Nibali test positive.

he probably already tested positive at TdF 2014

remember, french fed didn't paid prizes yet citing "waiting for dope test results"

wtf do they wait

i guess the situation is an embarasment of epic proportions, ASO don't want to positive winner, etc

and only because Astana is a doping team run by idiots, how the *** can you have 5 EPO positives in 1 year unless your doctors are retards?

 

[SeriousSam]

Must have been renegade riders who doped in secret, without the knowledge of whoever treats saddle sores at Astana.

 

[Saint Unix]

Greg Henderson has nuts of steel. This isn't the first time he's been lively on Twitter, as far as I recall?

 

[DFA123]

I can't say this comes as a surprise in the least. Insane breakthrough year + Astana = highly probable doper.

The big question is why are Astana so incompetent when it comes to testing positive. Surely they have enough experience on the team to avoid half the riders getting pulled up.

 

[Velolover2]

Wow! Some brave tweets from Henderson.

Has there ever been an active rider who has accused another active rider of doping before?

 

[goggalor]

Re: Re:

Lol at Henderson, that takes some balls.

(Not because omertà or anything of the sort, but because he could end up looking like an idiot if this blows over)

I guess the UCI will open a bio passport case against Aru soon. If that doesn't get rid of them I guess the last resort is to have Nibali test positive.

he probably already tested positive at TdF 2014

remember, french fed didn't paid prizes yet citing "waiting for dope test results"

wtf do they wait

i guess the situation is an embarasment of epic proportions, ASO don't want to positive winner, etc

and only because Astana is a doping team run by idiots, how the **** can you have 5 EPO positives in 1 year unless your doctors are retards?

One thing that is clear is that, if there ever was a period between, say, 2007 and 2012 where there was a general agreement among riders to dope less, we are back in the wild west today. I think the problem is that there's no true antidoping culture in the sport. At best there's an attitude of "we won't dope if you don't dope", a culture among riders and DS's that it's OK to cheat a little if others cheat a little*. In such a system any ceasefire on the doping front is an unstable equilibrium - all it takes to send the sport back into chaos is one rider or one team pushing the limits of what's deemed acceptable and getting away with it.

*This is probably the general attitude among top athletes in all sports though, to be fair. Or among human beings in any competitive environment.