General Doping Thread.

[Rob5091]

"Winspace Orange Seal team has announced the suspension of Aurela Nerlo. The Polish rider has tested positive for an anabolic steroid and has been taken out of competition for the time being."
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...suspended-over-violation-of-anti-doping-rules

"It is with great disappointment that we inform you of the confirmation of Aurela Nerlo's positive result for LGD-4033. Our policy is one of zero tolerance, while also respecting the athlete and the process," the team wrote on social media. The Polish rider has tested positive for Ligandrol in a test she underwent right before the Tour de France Femmes where she had been scheduled to race.

( Greek track rider Christos Volikakis busted on same substance after re-testing 2016 Olympic sample in March last year. WADA must have a new test)
https://ita.sport/news/olympic-game...is-of-a-potential-anti-doping-rule-violation/

The sample was first analysed during the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and was reported as negative with the detection methods applied by the WADA-accredited laboratory available at the time.

 

[thetdog666]

"Winspace Orange Seal team has announced the suspension of Aurela Nerlo. The Polish rider has tested positive for an anabolic steroid and has been taken out of competition for the time being."
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...suspended-over-violation-of-anti-doping-rules

( Greek track rider Christos Volikakis busted on same substance after re-testing 2016 Olympic sample in March last year. WADA must have a new test)
https://ita.sport/news/olympic-game...is-of-a-potential-anti-doping-rule-violation/

Ah the old contamination excuse by the looks of it

 

[Pozzovivo]

We will remember her for the worst timed/longest sprint in cycling history in omloop. Thanks for the show Aurela Nerlo.

 

[Rob5091]

Caught a second time -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...sitive-for-banned-substance-for-a-second-time

French cyclist Lionel Miny has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance for the second time in his career. The 33-year-old, who recently competed in the Tour CyclisteInternational de la Guadeloupe and finished fifth on stage 4, returned thepositive test following the amateur Tour Cycliste de Marie-Galante in June on the island of Guadeloupe.

 

[Sciatic]

Caught a second time -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...sitive-for-banned-substance-for-a-second-time

They are finally catching some of the big fish 🤪

 

[Rob5091]

They are finally catching some of the big fish 🤪

Yeah, it'll make the top shots quake in their boots!

 

[Rob5091]

The Lizzy Banks saga rolls on and comes to an end. A German many years ago said,"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history". For those of us that remember the OJ trial or the Froome AAF, we learnt that big bucks buy lots of lawyers and experts, which Lizzy Banks seems to have forgotten. It does not matter how ridiculous or improbable the defence is, it's all about the verdict. Buying a blood testing machine or donating to the sports federation also helps.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/un...ter-losing-two-year-battle-to-clear-her-name/

 

[yaco]

I have previously posted that Lizzie Banks shot herself in the foot. After she was cleared by UK Anti-Doping then she head to remain silent until the time had expired for WADA to appeal the verdict. Nah! She is silly enough to go onto a media campaign stating how broken the Anti-Doping system was at the time. This is like a red rag to a bull, so it was no surprise that WADA appealed. And she is still writting 13,000 word dissertations.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I really think you're missing the point; the system is not fit for purpose, and WADA don't like being shown up. UKAD & British Cycling agreed with her that there were inconsistencies in WADA's evidence. Somebody has to call them out....

 

[yaco]

I really think you're missing the point; the system is not fit for purpose, and WADA don't like being shown up. UKAD & British Cycling agreed with her that there were inconsistencies in WADA's evidence. Somebody has to call them out....

You call them out after the time period for WADA to appeal expires. Do you think there is a coincidence in Banks calling them out and then WADA deciding to appeal UKAD's decision. I made a post at the time questioning Banks decision to criticise WADA and then we know what happened. I'll also add there have been a number of cases similar to Banks and WADA has chosen not to appeal. There must be a reason.

 

[Rob5091]

The coffers at WADA need some filling. Have the US still not paid up?
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wa...research-strengthen-global-anti-doping-system
19 Aug 2025

Over the past week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued an appeal to all Governments of the world, seeking additional contributions to WADA for the purpose of scientific research in anti-doping, which is crucial to securing a level playing field for athletes worldwide.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pretty big news in Hollywood as it seems after 30 years The Rock, like Batista before is now off the roids!

I think he looks a wee bit like Michael Foucault myself, maybe he's playing him in a film soon?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pretty big news in Hollywood as it seems after 30 years The Rock, like Batista before is now off the roids!

I think he looks a wee bit like Michael Foucault myself, maybe he's playing him in a film soon?

He could also play Egghead from the Marvel universe or, if he borrowed some of RedheadDane's hair, Bill from Guess Who?.

 

[Tim Cahill]

He could also play Egghead from the Marvel universe or, if he borrowed some of RedheadDane's hair, Bill from Guess Who?.

Bill was a death sentence unfortunately, the most recognisable character in guess who, an instant loss if you picked him. Sort of like rocky if you have him as your box office draw in 2025

 

[cnort]

Cyclingnews ran an article about

 

[cnort]

Wout Poels reminiscing riding Angliru. He said of 2011:
"I remember at one point I looked to the left and it was Bradley Wiggins, then to my right, Froomey and and to my left again, it was [Denis] Menchov," Poels recalled to Cyclingnews before stage 11, with a beaming smile as he reminisced about that day up the Angliru.

"I was like, '*** hell, this is pretty awesome what I'm doing here, as a second-year pro,' and then to finish second, that was almost like a victory for myself, of course.


Was Froome not a nobody at that point? Surely he'd have been thinking "WTF is he doing here?"

 

[Izzyeviel]

Froome was the overnight media & cycling world sensation at that point. He was second in GC. Thankfully missing out on the bonis on the Angliru didn't cost him the red jersey & we were saved the prospect of the winner of the 2011 Vuelta being a dope.

Also, the Rock quite clearly looks like that dude from Masterchef.

 

[Sciatic]

Wout Poels reminiscing riding Angliru. He said of 2011:
"I remember at one point I looked to the left and it was Bradley Wiggins, then to my right, Froomey and and to my left again, it was [Denis] Menchov," Poels recalled to Cyclingnews before stage 11, with a beaming smile as he reminisced about that day up the Angliru.

"I was like, '*** hell, this is pretty awesome what I'm doing here, as a second-year pro,' and then to finish second, that was almost like a victory for myself, of course.


Was Froome not a nobody at that point? Surely he'd have been thinking "WTF is he doing here?"

There was one part of Poels’s ride that day (in the stretch as he rode up
Alongside Froome gaining ground to Contador) that made me think, “huh, there really could be something to the mechanical doping claim.” Not because it was surprising he could climb that well—he’d climbed well before. But rather the way he was spinning along casually while taking the inside (steeper) corner of switchbacks.

 

[thetdog666]

There was one part of Poels’s ride that day (in the stretch as he rode up
Alongside Froome gaining ground to Contador) that made me think, “huh, there really could be something to the mechanical doping claim.” Not because it was surprising he could climb that well—he’d climbed well before. But rather the way he was spinning along casually while taking the inside (steeper) corner of switchbacks.

Are you able to source the video of this? I remember seeing it somewhere but cant find it now

 

[Sciatic]

Are you able to source the video of this? I remember seeing it somewhere but cant find it now

Not of the single clip where it was most noticeable. You’d have to look for the video of that 2011 stage, or perhaps there one of just the climb.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Benjo Maso, the Dutch sociologist and historian of cycling, enlightened and depressed me about the prehistory of drug use. In the early days, this meant mainly strychnine, cocaine, and morphine, though there were also folksier pick-me-ups, like bull’s blood and the crushed testicles of wild animals. An Englishman named Linton died from his exertions in the Bordeaux-Paris race of 1896; his death was generally attributed to the use of drugs, probably morphine

I was researching something & found this article from the New Yorker in 2000.

25 years ago. Feel old yet?

 

[Rob5091]

I was researching something & found this article from the New Yorker in 2000.

25 years ago. Feel old yet?

Nothing new eh?

 

[Izzyeviel]

plus ca change.... reading it with our modern hindsight, i thought would be interesting. And there is some good stuff in there which i thought folks might like.

 

[Netserk]

Not of the single clip where it was most noticeable. You’d have to look for the video of that 2011 stage, or perhaps there one of just the climb.

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VEsH8F1Hvns

 

[Red Rick]

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VEsH8F1Hvns

Going outside in you first have a flatter part, which is why at a super small gear the RPM spikes before you hit the actual inside of the corner.

Like if you're gonna use a motor, doing these random spikes is the dumbest way to do it.