so, the backdated full suspension given to Stannard is UCI admitting they fckd up his whole passport anomalies (which were present by the way) but since it was their fault in taking 6 years to come to the end of the investigation, they decided to give a full backdated suspension?
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The chinese swimmers doping scandal rumbles on ...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/a...ptical-of-investigation-into-chinese-swimmers
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/a...ptical-of-investigation-into-chinese-swimmers
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If USADA is so against doping, why do they allow NBA players and NCAA athletes to compete in the Olympics? None of them have legitimate anti-doping tests by WADA/USADA, just so-called in-house tests.
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If USADA is so against doping, why do they allow NBA players and NCAA athletes to compete in the Olympics? None of them have legitimate anti-doping tests by WADA/USADA, just so-called in-house tests.
The hilarious thing about this whole charade is that it’s congress that’s meddling.
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Who have they got in to play the role of Independent Prosecutor, Robert Mugabe?
The Chinese aspect of this is a bit of a red herring. The real bias in this situation was to protect the Olympic brand, and not have, as Remco would say, the balls to bust an entire squad of elite Olympic athletes.
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Apparently there is new evidence in the case where Pantani was ejected from the 1999 Giro .
The evidence revolves around a Mafia betting syndicate that paid to have Marco DSQ'ed.
In italiano
www.corriere.it
The evidence revolves around a Mafia betting syndicate that paid to have Marco DSQ'ed.
In italiano
Caso Pantani, la Procura di Trento riapre le indagini sul Giro d'Italia del 1999: possibile giro di scommesse
Il nuovo fascicolo riguarda l'ipotesi di un presunto giro di scommesse clandestine legate alla camorra che puntava ad evitare la vittoria di Pantani al Giro del 1999, dove stava dominando prima di Madonna di Campiglio
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Back in 2014 ...Apparently there is new evidence in the case where Pantani was ejected from the 1999 Giro .
The evidence revolves around a Mafia betting syndicate that paid to have Marco DSQ'ed.
In italiano
Caso Pantani, la Procura di Trento riapre le indagini sul Giro d'Italia del 1999: possibile giro di scommesse
Il nuovo fascicolo riguarda l'ipotesi di un presunto giro di scommesse clandestine legate alla camorra che puntava ad evitare la vittoria di Pantani al Giro del 1999, dove stava dominando prima di Madonna di Campiglio
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/italian-mafia-forced-pantani-to-lose-1999-giro/
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https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/18-10-2014/pantani-storia-senso-nuove-inchieste-90774734738.shtml
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I thought I'd put this question here even though it might not necessarily be Clinic related.
I saw a video by Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (former triathlete and member of TDT - Unibet) on Youtube about heat training which is a low power workout done while raising the core temperature to say 39 degrees C by either wearing lots of thick layers of clothes or heating the actual room you are excersising in. This has apparently become popular among pro cyclists in the past number of years. Does anyone know how long this has been popular?
One thing he mentions in the video is that this type of training even gives you better blood values so I assume it sort of has a similar effect to something like altitude training? Does anyone know if this is actually true and if so how much of an effect could it possibly have?
I know in terms of clinic issues one question is how the best riders now can race faster than the doped riders of the past. Could new techniques like this or other similar things be the answer to something like that? Has the sport found "natural" ways to give similar effects that doping gave in the past?
I saw a video by Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (former triathlete and member of TDT - Unibet) on Youtube about heat training which is a low power workout done while raising the core temperature to say 39 degrees C by either wearing lots of thick layers of clothes or heating the actual room you are excersising in. This has apparently become popular among pro cyclists in the past number of years. Does anyone know how long this has been popular?
One thing he mentions in the video is that this type of training even gives you better blood values so I assume it sort of has a similar effect to something like altitude training? Does anyone know if this is actually true and if so how much of an effect could it possibly have?
I know in terms of clinic issues one question is how the best riders now can race faster than the doped riders of the past. Could new techniques like this or other similar things be the answer to something like that? Has the sport found "natural" ways to give similar effects that doping gave in the past?
Maybe there is something similar to the ideas about “hot yoga” decreasing toxins and decreasing inflammation. That doesn’t typically do anything for HCT though.
The trouble with reporting on methods such as this is that there are no good controls for other variables and no large body of peer-reviewed literature. There are multiple dozens of research on hypoxia at altitude effect on HCT, and there are hundreds (if not thousands) of reports on EPO’s effectiveness.
So it’s possible the above method works but there is already more research on effectiveness of the coming doping method—marine lugworms—than on “hot training.”
Anyone here have a subscription ? He’s obviously had enough with pro cycling, so probably not more than a sentence or two.
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Paul Kimmage: Poisoned by cycling’s doping problem, The Open is the perfect antidote
It was a quarter past eight before Tom Watson was through with the media rituals and free to walk the 300 sunlit yards back to the Marine Hotel at Troon. There was just Tom and his wife and a couple of friends. No one plagued them or dogged their footsteps or yelled “Attaboy” or jabbed autograph...
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"Cycling is evolving so much, I must say," Pogačar said. "Six years ago, when I came to this team, and I don't want to speak bad about the team, it was totally different. If I compare this year to my first year in Vuelta, it was almost amateur. Back then, I thought everything was professional, but we moved on really fast. Every team pushes each other with technology, with nutrition, with training plans, with altitude camps. Especially Visma and UAE, and Ineos and Trek and QuickStep, we push each other to reach new limits.
"Yesterday, we witnessed the fastest-ever climbing and we should be seeing something like this every year because everybody is focusing so much on the details – every single gram of the food, every single watt you can save on the bike. We are going super fast. For me, it's really impressive to see how things changed in the last six years of my professional career."
"Yesterday, we witnessed the fastest-ever climbing and we should be seeing something like this every year because everybody is focusing so much on the details – every single gram of the food, every single watt you can save on the bike. We are going super fast. For me, it's really impressive to see how things changed in the last six years of my professional career."
It's a pretty old technique, boxers used to use it a lot. It's fairly well understood too. It increased total blood plasma volume, although the studies on it show you really should only do about 30 minutes, after that you get greatly diminishing returns and after an hour or so it's actually bad and your plasma levels start to decrease.
5-8% in this study. By the way both Remco and Lotto have Youtube vids on heat training. I've done it and found no improvement, so take it with a grain of salt.
Heat acclimation improves exercise performance - PubMed
This study examined the impact of heat acclimation on improving exercise performance in cool and hot environments. Twelve trained cyclists performed tests of maximal aerobic power (VO2max), time-trial performance, and lactate threshold, in both cool [13°C, 30% relative humidity (RH)] and hot...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study only has 20 subjects (8 as control) so doesn’t stand up on its own. But But glad you provided the link as I see there is more research on the subject than I realized. Similar too-small study found heat training improved performance in hot conditions but provided no benefit for competing in cool conditions:5-8% in this study. By the way both Remco and Lotto have Youtube vids on heat training. I've done it and found no improvement, so take it with a grain of salt.
Heat acclimation improves exercise performance - PubMed
This study examined the impact of heat acclimation on improving exercise performance in cool and hot environments. Twelve trained cyclists performed tests of maximal aerobic power (VO2max), time-trial performance, and lactate threshold, in both cool [13°C, 30% relative humidity (RH)] and hot...
Heat acclimatization does not improve VO2max or cycling performance in a cool climate in trained cyclists - PubMed
This study investigated if well-trained cyclists improve V ˙ O 2 m a x and performance in cool conditions following heat acclimatization through natural outdoor training in hot conditions. Eighteen trained male cyclists were tested for physiological adaptations, V ˙ O 2 m a x , peak aerobic...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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A doper could lie or to say the truth. Unlees you have a real proof, I hope you take into consideration both things. Cycling changed becouse other way this sport would have die as professional. If you want doping you have lot of sports to find it, and in cycling even at cyclotourist events
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the saddest and most demoralizing thing for me is that it would take so many years to find the dopers guilty...plus the UCI or whoever is in charge does not really want investigations to discover anything that would stain the sport...anyway that's my opinion.
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Is Carbon Monoxide (CO) rebreathing nonsense?
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Exclusive: Tour riders are inhaling carbon monoxide to optimise altitude training
Top teams Visma and UAE confirm they have access to specialized equipment for testing, but deny using the potentially powerful new method for performance enhancement.
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Is Carbon Monoxide (CO) rebreathing nonsense?
Exclusive: Tour riders are inhaling carbon monoxide to optimise altitude training
Top teams Visma and UAE confirm they have access to specialized equipment for testing, but deny using the potentially powerful new method for performance enhancement.
A New Method to Improve Running Economy and Maximal Aerobic Power in Athletes: Endurance Training With Periodic Carbon Monoxide Inhalation - PMC
Altitude training stimulates erythropoietin hormone (EPO) release and increases blood hemoglobin (Hb) mass, which may result in improved oxygen (O2) transport capacity. It was hypothesized in the present study that periodic inhalation of carbon ...
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Carbon Monoxide: A New Edge in Endurance Performance?
Discover how controlled carbon monoxide inhalation boosts endurance performance, rivaling altitude training and raising ethical questions in sports medicine.
www.innovations-report.com
I mean, seems like a decent evidence basis within 2 minutes of searching.
A different method of creating hypoxia I guess. Soon we’ll see them on their indoor trainers with plastic bags cinched around their headsA New Method to Improve Running Economy and Maximal Aerobic Power in Athletes: Endurance Training With Periodic Carbon Monoxide Inhalation - PMC
Altitude training stimulates erythropoietin hormone (EPO) release and increases blood hemoglobin (Hb) mass, which may result in improved oxygen (O2) transport capacity. It was hypothesized in the present study that periodic inhalation of carbon ...
Carbon Monoxide: A New Edge in Endurance Performance?
Discover how controlled carbon monoxide inhalation boosts endurance performance, rivaling altitude training and raising ethical questions in sports medicine.
I mean, seems like a decent evidence basis within 2 minutes of searching.
Unless the gendarmes get involved in raiding and investigating (and I think teams are much more watchful to avoid that possibility) it doesn’t seem like testing or passport will uncover much.
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Just as you thought the Chinese swimmers scandal was over ...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/a...winter-olympics-as-french-alps-get-2030-games
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/a...winter-olympics-as-french-alps-get-2030-games
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