Maybe Freeman was just a rogue doctor acting alone and maybe Tiernan Locke made it up also. And maybe pigs fly!
Tiernan Locke passport problems were with Endura, same as Stannard violation was with Mitchelton
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Maybe Freeman was just a rogue doctor acting alone and maybe Tiernan Locke made it up also. And maybe pigs fly!
But his Tramadol use wasn't. And that's the point being made.Tiernan Locke passport problems were with Endura
Can't see he's doing that, but he is stating the obvious that after so much effort investigating Freeman/Sky, there isn't even an athlete name and so without one, I'm guessing the panel will not be able to pin 2.6.2 on him. So it'll be tampering, but even the the lost Greek laptop has a police report according to UKAD. It will come down to him lying to UKAD and the tampering charge by asking the supplier to cover his story I assume.It's really heart-warming to see the likes of Kenny Pryde still fighting the good fight and saying nothing to see here. I do hope he's getting paid for this, even after all the regime changes in BC and Skineos. Then again, he had the shamelessness to continue promoting his Medal Factory book even after Nicole Cooke defeated him, twice, maybe he's just got nothing else to do.
View: https://twitter.com/Kenny_Pryde/status/1686819580688089098
That was my first thought as well. Maybe enough evidence was uncovered that he was a client. Not that he tested positive. Would make sense with the vague wording.2018-2019 was Aderlass, wasn't it? Are they still catching small fry from it? Does Stannard fit the profile of one of Schmidt's clients?
Or was there some other dodgy doctor operating then who's rolled over on his clients?
But his Tramadol use wasn't. And that's the point being made.
That was under British Cycling at Worlds in 2012 so before Locke joined in 2013. Freeman wasn't at Worlds 2012.
"There was a time I rode the World Championships and we were offered a painkiller called tramadol,"
M. Barry's statement re. Tramadol was interesting though how he thought of his own use of it. That was at the time Brailsford and him fell out because Barry didn't tell the team of his own doping so was sacked under their zero tolerance policy iirc.
‘I used Tramadol at Sky, I never saw it used in training, only in races, where I saw some Sky riders using it frequently.'
‘Team Sky is clean. I know it’s become a cliché but they focus on the little things, as well as having the best riders. You have to take into account the little factors and the big factors like budget and riders. I’ve never seen anything to doubt their performances.’
That was under British Cycling at Worlds in 2012 so before Locke joined in 2013. Freeman wasn't at Worlds 2012.
"There was a time I rode the World Championships and we were offered a painkiller called tramadol,"
M. Barry's statement re. Tramadol was interesting though how he thought of his own use of it. That was at the time Brailsford and him fell out because Barry didn't tell the team of his own doping so was sacked under their zero tolerance policy iirc.
‘I used Tramadol at Sky, I never saw it used in training, only in races, where I saw some Sky riders using it frequently.'
‘Team Sky is clean. I know it’s become a cliché but they focus on the little things, as well as having the best riders. You have to take into account the little factors and the big factors like budget and riders. I’ve never seen anything to doubt their performances.’
Good grief.That was under British Cycling at Worlds in 2012 so before Locke joined in 2013. Freeman wasn't at Worlds 2012.
"There was a time I rode the World Championships and we were offered a painkiller called tramadol,"
M. Barry's statement re. Tramadol was interesting though how he thought of his own use of it. That was at the time Brailsford and him fell out because Barry didn't tell the team of his own doping so was sacked under their zero tolerance policy iirc.
‘I used Tramadol at Sky, I never saw it used in training, only in races, where I saw some Sky riders using it frequently.'
‘Team Sky is clean. I know it’s become a cliché but they focus on the little things, as well as having the best riders. You have to take into account the little factors and the big factors like budget and riders. I’ve never seen anything to doubt their performances.’
Skjelmose helping himself to some Salbutamol (or equivalent) in race:
View: https://twitter.com/Cyclocosm/status/1688189639645954048
Haha. This guy is a flat earther, isn't he?Skjelmose helping himself to some Salbutamol (or equivalent) in race:
View: https://twitter.com/Cyclocosm/status/1688189639645954048
No suspicions.are there doping suspicions associated with this race for some reason?
I guess since the revelations about Mark Kozelek came out rendering a lot of those Red House Painters songs in a new light, the depressives in the péloton had to move on to somebody else for their musical kicks, and Codeine certainly fit the bill.The 159 caught using Codeine is a pretty amazing number too.![]()
These are stats from WADA's monitoring programme. They are not anti-doping rule violations. Tramadol is not banned by WADA. It *will* be banned, in 2024.Seems like Nairoman was not the only one on Tramadol -
I see in the Road Racing forum that members are talking about the Volta a Portugal........ are there doping suspicions associated with this race for some reason?
Winston Churchill once said to George Orwell that "when the facts change, I change my mind, but others, when the facts change, they move the goalposts in order to maintain the same levels of ignorance and indignation."The conspiracy is why did the UCI not use the same testing procedure as WADA
1. Do you think superheroes like Vingo and Pog are doping?Winston Churchill once said to George Orwell that "when the facts change, I change my mind, but others, when the facts change, they move the goalposts in order to maintain the same levels of ignorance and indignation."
Originally, your complaint was that the UCI had only persecuted two scofflaws out of "57 cyclists" identified as using Tramadol by WADA (let's ignore that this claim both ignores the inconvenient fact that Quintana popped two positives and that the 57 refers to samples, not individuals, we've already established your dim and distant relationship with truth and accuracy).
Now you've switched tinfoil hats and want to claim that the UCI only introduced the DBS health-check in order to not catch anyone, a task they have fundamentally failed at given that, to-date, the count for riders caught using Tramadol is what, three? You don't half like to talk nonsense.
As for the UCI using the results of WADA's monitoring programme to target tests, tell me something, please, what are the privacy rules for WADA regarding the sharing of personal information that does not relate to adverse analytical findings and anti-doping rule violations?
As for the "suspicious list" - I can understand why intelligence-led anti-doping testing is beyond you.