Frank schleck

[BillytheKid]

What a Schleck. He could claim he was nicked by a taited tack.

 

[BillytheKid]

shocking? not really, have you been to a LA/OC gym or weight room lately? take a look around, the quantity of middle aged men (and women) lifting absurd weights with sub 5% body fat is enough to make you think that cycling is a haven for monks and choirboys.

At 51, I look like some ageless 60 year-old's papa?

 

[PosterBill]

I think the worst part of modern doping is the denials, it's wretched. Not only will they spew the 500 tests junk but most of them take many steps further then they need to. Andy released a statement saying "On my life and on my family, I'm sure he hasn't taken anything,"...isn't frank Schleck the guy that was tied to payments to a certain spanish scandal? At least kiss me before you ......

How many times ***WITH A STRIAGHT FACE*** has LA said "doping? Why would I beat cancer then inject drugs into my body that might cause cancer?

These guys take it to certain levels that it makes it difficult for me to enjoy the sport

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Lol!!

Seriously I do kind of feel sorry for Frank...

Cool, because I am going to set up a Frank Fairness Fund, you can be my first customer.

 

[Reformed]

shocking? not really, have you been to a LA/OC gym or weight room lately? take a look around, the quantity of middle aged men (and women) lifting absurd weights with sub 5% body fat is enough to make you think that cycling is a haven for monks and choirboys.

Bingo! But people across these United States don't see the carnival known as the life on the Coast, a fitness place, a coffee shop, a fitness place, a coffee shop, you can't make it up on the So. Cal coastline.

 

[keeponrollin]

If someone were intending to maliciously contaminate a riders water or feed; why the hell would they choose to do so with a substance which would most probably be purged from their system on the off chance they get tested ?

Surely if you were trying to get them caught, you'd go nuts with the Testosterone gel & make damn sure when the vampires dropped by, his chemistry was off the charts....

 

[rata de sentina]

If someone were intending to maliciously contaminate a riders water or feed; why the hell would they choose to do so with a substance which would most probably be purged from their system on the off chance they get tested ?

You don't understand someone poisoned him with something else and he was taking the diuretic to get rid of it

 

[mewmewmew13]

Cool, because I am going to set up a Frank Fairness Fund, you can be my first customer.

I may have empathy but I am not gullible

 

[mewmewmew13]

Bingo! But people across these United States don't see the carnival known as the life on the Coast, a fitness place, a coffee shop, a fitness place, a coffee shop, you can't make it up on the So. Cal coastline.

...and don't forget all the ads for plastic surgeons ...and their medical offices

 

[thirteen]

I think the worst part of modern doping is the denials, it's wretched. Not only will they spew the 500 tests junk but most of them take many steps further then they need to. Andy released a statement saying "On my life and on my family, I'm sure he hasn't taken anything,"...isn't frank Schleck the guy that was tied to payments to a certain spanish scandal? At least kiss me before you ......

How many times ***WITH A STRIAGHT FACE*** has LA said "doping? Why would I beat cancer then inject drugs into my body that might cause cancer?

These guys take it to certain levels that it makes it difficult for me to enjoy the sport

Dog Day Afternoon?

 

[ManInFull]

Wow. I haven't checked any cycling sites since very early this morning due to travel, etc. What a shocker! If the B sample comes back positive, do you think he will accept his punishment or contest the results?

 

[Orvieto]

Frank, please, if you are reading this. Cop to the charge. Do a Danilo. Co-operate, name Bruyneel and get the reduced suspension.
If you finally help rid this sport of Bruyneel, all will be forgiven.

 

[BroDeal]

Wow. I haven't checked any cycling sites since very early this morning due to travel, etc. What a shocker! If the B sample comes back positive, do you think he will accept his punishment or contest the results?

He won't be able to use the #unconstitutional gag that Armstrong is using. He'll have to challenge the Grand Duke himself. This could be the start of the Luxembourg revolution. Bruyneel would make a fine Robespierre.

 

[PosterBill]

Why wouldn't he use the Contador excuse or something like it. What's to lose?

Schleck is 32 years old so I am sure he will want to come back. Guys are racing into the 40s nowadays.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Nothing really surprises me anymore.


But now we all know why Andy said he didn't feel like the winner of the Tour because he along with his brother cheats as well.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Frank will argue that he has been poisoned.

Wow. Absolutely stunning claim.

 

[Cavalier]

Don't think I've ever said this about a doping case before, but something about this one just doesn't seem right. It stinks of either colossal stupidity (in terms of this particular diuretic) or a setup of some sort. Really odd. Almost like a too-good-to-be-true case.

 

[thehog]

Frank will argue that he has been poisoned.

Wow. Absolutely stunning claim.

Well he was only poisoned if the B sample is positive. Otherwise he wasn't!

 

[Old School]

Tsk Tsk

This guy needs mental help. Going to well when you really aren't blazing the saddle is very confusing....yeah yeah, he needed it...blah blah blah. You weren't going to get a Top 10, you weren't even trying to be the team's GC main guy...why?

Hmm, maybe he accidentally sat on one of Pharmstrong's old bikes? You know, cross contamination. Oh, wait, couldn't be, Lance sells his bikes right? Haha!

This just couldn't get any better. Yes it could, Andy could quit. Saying he can't do anything without his shadow.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

 

[MacRoadie]

for sure. the number of masters riders here in the OC using Testosterone because they can afford it is shocking. we have Endocrinologist on every corner here pumping it out for ED and it doesn't even take a script really

better in the sack better in the saddle. allegedly

I have never tested positive.....

 

[red_flanders]

Don't think I've ever said this about a doping case before, but something about this one just doesn't seem right. It stinks of either colossal stupidity (in terms of this particular diuretic) or a setup of some sort. Really odd. Almost like a too-good-to-be-true case.

I recall the exact same sentiments expressed when Heras got popped.

 

[auscyclefan94]

So Frank is going to try to find the imaginary steak that Alberto Contador found?

 

[Cavalier]

Let's assume for a second Schleck has been 'poisoned'. Reasons/Suspects:

1) Complaint to UCI about non-payment. Cancellara's gone home, Fuglsang isn't racing the rest of the year. Leaves only Frankie racing. Positive test means team doesn't have to pay him.
2) Repeated disagreements with Bruyneel over the course of the year - Bruyneel being a dopemaster means it's easy for him to arrange it, but can't dispense it himself. So someone else has to be involved.

Method would have to be via food or drink, and to an extent this is where the 'you're responsible for what you put into your body' argument can break down. Frank can't be responsible for the food and drink he consumes, because they're prepared by team staff. Likewise, any poisoning Frank consumes by bottle would have had to have been physically collected from the team car by himself or it would have been easily consumed by another rider when domestique hands out bottles.
Team meal - unless each rider is served his meal individually (I imagine it's buffet style when team-prepared), again this is difficult.

So either a bottle Frank got himself, or the sample was tainted, or the lab is complicit. The last is ludicrous, so he needs to prove either of the first two. A tad difficult, to say the least. He's looking at two years unless he offers up some others.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Let's assume for a second Schleck has been 'poisoned'. Reasons/Suspects:

1) Complaint to UCI about non-payment. Cancellara's gone home, Fuglsang isn't racing the rest of the year. Leaves only Frankie racing. Positive test means team doesn't have to pay him.
2) Repeated disagreements with Bruyneel over the course of the year - Bruyneel being a dopemaster means it's easy for him to arrange it, but can't dispense it himself. So someone else has to be involved.

Method would have to be via food or drink, and to an extent this is where the 'you're responsible for what you put into your body' argument can break down. Frank can't be responsible for the food and drink he consumes, because they're prepared by team staff. Likewise, any poisoning Frank consumes by bottle would have had to have been physically collected from the team car by himself or it would have been easily consumed by another rider when domestique hands out bottles.
Team meal - unless each rider is served his meal individually (I imagine it's buffet style when team-prepared), again this is difficult.

So either a bottle Frank got himself, or the sample was tainted, or the lab is complicit. The last is ludicrous, so he needs to prove either of the first two. A tad difficult, to say the least. He's looking at two years unless he offers up some others.

Frank actually is responsible for what he puts in his body.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Don't think I've ever said this about a doping case before, but something about this one just doesn't seem right. It stinks of either colossal stupidity (in terms of this particular diuretic) or a setup of some sort. Really odd. Almost like a too-good-to-be-true case.

Not trying to pick a fight but this comment is exceptionally naive. When are people going to realize riders are going to cheat until they get caught - the financial rewards are too high not to.

Frank has a tainted past. Just like the majority of teams and riders. Who do you think tainted the sample? Contador? He's not doing anything currently.