Frank schleck

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Andy won't be able to race without Fränk for two years.

Sad news he is +ve, I just hope Wiggins keeps his mouth shut about this, otherwise i might just skip every race Wiggins enters
 
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Its a diuretic, makes you pee more, a whole lot more, and by this dilution reduce the level of other agents in the urine.

Its main illicit use is in masking (hiding) other doping products, but can be used to 'make the weight' by boxers, wrestlers, and similar weight class athletes.
 
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Oh, OK another sign that says that "clean cycling isn't" the case (yet? if ever). What a surprise. I don't trust many of any of the top 10 cyclists in any 3 week tour.
Wonder how this will affect RSNT, Bruyneel and the Armstrong case, pro cycling in Luxemburg and Andy.
 
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Sad news.

However, I like how people predicted a positive RSNT test at the Tour due to USADA/Bruynell case. Some clever 'conspiracy' people in here :)
 
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Franklin said:
Considering it's a diuretic I doubt it helps performance :D

Jest aside, I assume it's a mask or cleansing drug.

I Wikipedia'd Diuretic, that helps :p

Why would you assume so? Doping is often found in blood right, only waste is converted into urine? So by your assumption Mr Schleck would've gone for a quick and dirty (pun :p ) dope attempt and tried to mask it by ****ing it out extremely quickly?

In that case, how effective would it be?
 
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131313 said:
I'm pretty sure this is just like Hope Solo: prescribed to him by a doctor for his PMS...

I lolled. Just a little.

Probably for another thread, but I have little doubt that if Hope Solo was playing for anyone but the US she would be facing missing the Olympics due to a short (few week/months) ban.
 
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**** this football commentator

Janusz Michallik ‏@JanuszESPN
Why do cyclists not learn? #Schleck
 
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BroDeal said:
I wonder what he was trying to flush out of his system.

Yeah. Bit surprised that he was caught now of all years.

Odds on a dodgy supplement defense?
 
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Can we file this under 'least surprising news of the rest day'?

Sagan getting a Porsche? Now that's news!
 
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Perhaps the dope Frandy got prescribed at Radioshack was blocking their performances (cf. Swart explaining how Testa's doping mix blocked his performances).

Or is this bruyneel's way of saying "thank you, frank, it's been a great few months"?
 
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Lexman said:
Nice way from Becca to get rid of Schlecks demands of payment ;-)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sch...-to-uci-about-non-payment-team-owner-confirms

I won't lie, that's the first thing that crossed my mind. Stranger things have happened. Don't get me wrong, the guy had it coming just based on the fact that his federation buried the whole "large check to gynecologist" thing, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone spiked his water bottle, either...

still, I'm gonna go with "backdated TUE for PMS"....maybe from that same gynecologist...
 
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Matt Brammeier ‏@Mattbrammeier85
Go home Franky, you certainly won't be getting your wages now. Tosser!
 
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roundabout said:
Yeah. Bit surprised that he was caught now of all years.

Bit surprised Pat hasn't been able to shove this one under the carpet. Perhaps THAT's the real news here. Pat loosing control?

roundabout said:
Odds on a dodgy supplement defense?

Those odds are high I'd say.
 
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Arnout said:
I Wikipedia'd Diuretic, that helps :p

Why would you assume so? Doping is often found in blood right, only waste is converted into urine? So by your assumption Mr Schleck would've gone for a quick and dirty (pun :p ) dope attempt and tried to mask it by ****ing it out extremely quickly?

In that case, how effective would it be?

Nope to the bolded.
Most drugs of any sort have 3 ways out of the body.
1) converted (usually by the liver) to something else.
2) urine
3) faces

This particular drug is about:
1/3 converted
~1/5 in the urine in its unaltered form
rest in the feces


(all those years of boring pharmacokinetics finally have a use on the internet.)
 
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Interesting that the reaction from sections of the peloton seems to be unusually blunt. The first two tweets in my timeline were Matt Brammeier telling Frank to go home and calling him a tosser, and another pro calling him a ***.
 
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Catwhoorg said:
I lolled. Just a little.

Probably for another thread, but I have little doubt that if Hope Solo was playing for anyone but the US she would be facing missing the Olympics due to a short (few week/months) ban.

agreed. different thread, but I'm having a bit of a hard time with the whole "warning" thing.