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Frosty said:Maybe as each team comes up they will have a reality TV-style selection where the spotlight falls on each rider in turn and Pat McQuaid takes the Simon Cowell* role of 'you're through to the Prologue' or 'you failed.'
* judge on British (and US i think?) reality TV.
Alexzulle said:Rumor mill says its the following
Evans
Evans
Evans
Evans
4 positive tests for one person. And you wondered why he was magically able to 'attack'
Alexzulle said:Well according to 98% of the threads on this website real legitimate sources are not required to prove someone was doping, only jealousy of success.
Alexzulle said:Well according to 98% of the threads on this website real legitimate sources are not required to prove someone was doping, only jealousy of success.
Amsterhammer said:Someone here (sorry, forgot who) posted a 'theory' about what was or wasn't in the interests of the UCI in terms of who gets busted. It'll be interesting to see just what 'level' of rider these names turn out to be. If the theory is right then it won't be any established names from today's pantheon (like Cancellara et al), but less known names, whose transgressions won't have a major impact.
Looking forward to this like my next toothache.
Cartesian Centaur said:Unless you reckon they're actually feeding drugs to the riders, I don't think it's fair to hold them solely responsible; although they do seem to love making the absolute worst out of a bad situation.
codrutc said:I agree , if they know who they are it should be announced now, not right when the Tour is about to start. I guess it is sought to be some sort of punishment for the team by forcing them to start the race in disadvantage if they have a doped cyclist
Right. And the Weekly World News is actual investigative journalism too.Alexzulle said:Well according to 98% of the threads on this website real legitimate sources are not required to prove someone was doping, only jealousy of success.
Andre.J said:Kreuziger was there too
Mellow Velo said:Even Lance was a bit subdued, although, for some mysterious reason, those nasty "Frenchies" gave him the biggest cheer....
....another myth for the bin/can.
hfer07 said:OH COME ON---- SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSRmemHxlo&feature=related
issoisso said:Fanboy explanation: "Those weren't frenchies. It was Monaco. Completely different"
39*23t said:dan martin was also at the tour of romandie
pmcg76 said:If Dan Martin is one of the suspects, then I will be lining up behind BigBoat in the everyone is doping camp. A young guy with a lot of talent on a vocally anti-doping team. I am not innocent but I would finally turn to the dark side if this is true.
issoisso said:Lloyd Mondory throws some wood into the fire by saying that since he rode with Frank Schleck in youth categories and thus knows him well, he's not surprised at all that Frank's career wasn't a natural progression like is normal in clean athletes, but instead a very sudden and very huge jump from average to top rider around the time where his payments to Fuentes were made.
He also threw some poison Cancellara's way
You can just feel the love. It's like woodstock.....99
Thoughtforfood said:Wow, it is getting good and nasty. Funny though, here in the states there is little to no mention of any of the recent activity. I guess they don't want to sully any reputations before the big return?
BikeCentric said:I don't think it's that kind of conspiracy TFF, it's just that in America we just don't have any kind of comparable to Europe media coverage of cycling. All we have is VeloNews which I think is completely terrible and refuse to read because it's crap. When the big networks like Associated Press and Reuters cover cycling they just pick the biggest stories off the wire and reprint them; they will never ever pick up the good stories which are interviews with and coverage of obscure (to Americans) riders. Guess I should quit whining, learn to speak Flemish, and get a subscription to Het Niewsblad.
39*23t said:agree with you. dan martin is one the riders i follow. Personally I don't think he doped just listing riders who were pulled from the tour following the ASO announcement