From: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloa-calls-sanctions-absurd-and-ridiculous"They controlled me a thousand time, any hour, any place, and I was never positive," Astarloa said.
From: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloa-calls-sanctions-absurd-and-ridiculous"They controlled me a thousand time, any hour, any place, and I was never positive," Astarloa said.
Astarloa said:...in this sport, even when you're retired, they don't leave you in peace
Indeed. "Hey, look, we're sanctioning a retired rider who was all but a confirmed doper! Bio passport is working!"Benotti69 said:i am no sure whether or not Astarola's numbers were any different than others, but it does seem he was a sacrificial lamb to justify that blood passport works.
He musta missed a payment to Pat, or forget to send a photo of his sliced-hand for the yearly Omerta renewal.Berzin said:Yes, fining and suspending a rider like Astarola over some biopassport vagaries years after the fact really is doing a lot to clean up the sport.
Who's next on the UCI hit list, Massimo Podenzana?
i imagine his numbers were pretty much the same as others and less than dodgy than some in 2009, but an easy targethrotha said:Regardless of the biological passport politics, I'm glad Astarloa couldn't just retire with a relatively untarnished name. The Milram thing wasn't enough for my tastes.
Sorry to disappoint you - they have Vriijman on it.jimmypop said:Sanctions for Tom Simpson imminent
Shhh... You're going to bum out Pat. Look how hard they're working...Berzin said:Yes, fining and suspending a rider like Astarola over some biopassport vagaries years after the fact really is doing a lot to clean up the sport.
Who's next on the UCI hit list, Massimo Podenzana?
They're going to take samples of it to see if it comes up positive for performance-enhancing granite.sartain said:Take down his monument?
And more important, this shows UCI isnt protecting any riders! Hurray!jimmypop said:Indeed. "Hey, look, we're sanctioning a retired rider who was all but a confirmed doper! Bio passport is working!"
Win-win-win; clean sport, nothing to see here folks!biopass said:And more important, this shows UCI isnt protecting any riders! Hurray!