Frank schleck

[Magnus]

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.

I don't think anybody is suggesting is ever going to be clean. Just like society as a whole will never be clean.

 

[sniper]

Considering the drug I wouldn't be utterly surprised if this one is indeed a genuine misstake

It's a bit odd to be masking anabolic steroids right now. But he certainly has his past against him on this one.

does it only mask anabolic steroids?

and why wouldn't he be using steroids right now?

 

[Froome19]

Luxembourg rider Frank Schleck out of Tour de France says Radioshack-Nissan Cycling Team, not too surprising...

 

[roundabout]

Ok but what does the UCI need to suspend the racer ? Banned product -> immediate suspension, I don't get the subtlety here...

Probably because it isn't performance enhancing by itself.

Edit: my mistake, a substance "more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation"

I also wouldn't be surprised to see a TUE turn up shortly.

 

[21switchbacks]

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

Oh, so THAT'S what Tommy V. has been doing all this time!

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Oh, so THAT'S what Tommy V. has been doing all this time!

nice one. I wonder how airstream is doing?

 

[noddy69]

Well, no surprise really, his past involvement in the puerta and money transfer, todays cooperation with JB... is just another catalyst to end up like this, but I guess we now gonna hear denial and tons of excuses on how this ended up in his urin. Another very sad day for cycling

Better to catch the cheats, so I wouldnt say its a sad day. I like to see it as a good day and the more that are caught out and the higher the profile the better. Everyone knows its happening so catch em and clean it up rather than just talking about it.

 

[Froome19]

 

[hfer07]

wow- Schleck senior got popped who would have thought? seems a bit strange to appear right now in the middle of the Bruyneel case & the unpaid salaries......

on the bright side, this is the only way Andy could ever grow a pair and start taking control of his own career, way apart from his beloved bother....

As far as Frank's career....... 34 y.o. still Ok to return & make up the money for the "forced vacations"....

 

[MarkvW]

Frank better hurry up and get tested a lot...so he'll have a defense.

 

[Magnus]

Maybe this substance is not illegal (as of yet)? I think M Rasmussen had the same advantage, in which his kind of doping was not yet punishable but deemed to be unfair regardless.

M Rasmussen never tested positive.

 

[webvan]

Probably because it isn't performance enhancing by itself.

I also wouldn't be surprised to see a TUE turn up shortly.

One would hope that they've checked there wasn't one on file already...these rules are really messed up, they should check for TUE, do the b-check ASAP and then only go public instead of leaving things "out there"...

 

[airstream]

nice one. I wonder how airstream is doing?

thanks u r happy for me man. i'm okay

 

[Arnout]

M Rasmussen never tested positive.

Not for an illegal substance, but he did test positive retroactively for Dynepo. Anyway, let us not hijack this thread, I used him merely as an example.

 

[Epicycle]

It means that the banned substance gets passed quicker out of the body as it is urinated quicker out.

I know but when I looked Xipamide up I saw that it's used to treat edema, that's why I asked. Frank will probably try to argue that he had some kind of swelling and blame it on doctor's error or TUE screw up or something like that. Not that I would believe him but I could see it going down that road.

 

[Dead Star]

Ah, remember the days when the whole team would be thrown out? Now it's just telling him to leave and doing it for the sponsors.

 

[Franklin]

This certainly falls into the WTF category. He has remained under the radar even when his connection with doping-abuse was obvious.

It's a bit strange that RSNT or Frank would make such a novice error... unless they made a bigger error on something that REALLY would sound the gong. because afaik the punishment on masking agents can be lower than performance enhancing drugs.

All in all, not a misstake I expected this guy to make.

 

[pedaling squares]

Guys start doing ridiculous things once they lose the tactical advantage of the geniuses known as Bjarne Riis and Johan Bruyneel. Shame, really.

 

[Racelap]

I guess Frank overdid those miraculous recovery supplements that Horner was on the tube hawking the other day in the guise of an "interview"

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Trainingsadvice from Fuentes for 7.000$$ because f.ck logic

 

[Grayguard]

I might be a cynic; although I wouldn't be surprised if FS is using doping of some kind, the timing of the test and the sort of substance being found has my alarm bells going off.

 

[roundabout]

One would hope that they've checked there wasn't one on file already...these rules are really messed up, they should check for TUE, do the b-check ASAP and then only go public instead of leaving things "out there"...

Maybe they did. But I certainly remember cases where a positive preceded a TUE.

It's a bit of idle speculation on my part to pass the time until more details are known anyway.

 

[Magnus]

Which I think is incredibly stupid and more a look at me reaction than being sincere. If it was EPO yes, but this is a substance I bet those guys never even heard of.

Exactly. They never heard of it. They just saw that Frank tested positive which leads to their reaction.

 

[Blakeslee]

This news is both welcome and disappointing for me. I've felt it was likely that Frank was doping since his money transfer to Dr. Fuentes was discovered, on the one hand it is nice to see him finally getting caught and being held accountable. It is also encouraging to see that the testing is able to pick up on some of the methods riders may be using to evade positives.

On the other hand it this is also a discouraging development. If someone as high profile as Frank tested positive you also have to wonder if other top riders are also still doping. In particular this puts his brother Andy in an awkward position. While you can't condemn Andy on the actions of his brother, it is also hard to imagine that Andy is not also doping.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

The day he was tested.