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Four. 1 big fish.Zoncolan said:Will there be any big names caught?
Will we have the first 'clean' Tour in years?![]()
katusha seems likely39*23t said:just a theory, can anyone see someone from katusha or lampre going down, the uci pulling their pro tour license and handing it over to a newly formed nike livestrong squad.
DE-HY-DR-ATION!! I need some IV saline refill and some lactate ringer.karlboss said:Recent comments have indicated that crit should fall over the length of the tour, hence biological passports should find those who stay high and ban them...I'm willing to bet noone gets done this way. Noone in the top ten will go, 3 small fry will get done, anything else will suggest a head in the sand attitude to doping and the UCI can't claim everyone is clean yet.
ouch...I'd stop watching at all..not that cycling is ever on TV. LOL39*23t said:just a theory, can anyone see someone from katusha or lampre going down, the uci pulling their pro tour license and handing it over to a newly formed nike livestrong squad.
BigBoat said:DE-HY-DR-ATION!! I need some IV saline refill and some lactate ringer.
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No, no! I'm sick and dehyrated... I need to get to the motor home pronto... For some regular saline and Albumin... And to train off some into a nice big blood bag and pop it in the fridge for tommorow...karlboss said:check as a straight after the stage before saline can be a factor, % will be higher because of dehydration, but it will still drop over the course of the tour if it doesn't...gone.
why? it wasnt you..gatete said:For the looks of the 5 dopers recently five, call me crazy but UCI wants to make sure their passport works, therefore we will see a bunch of dopers caught but not a big fish, sort of like saying " you see it works" but the sacrifial lambs will be unknowns with no $$$ power nor $$$ to protest like a big fish would do. or maybe just 1 semi big fish a la schlek or a la Italian middle tier climber.
Just remember who called it first.
That was before the family that owns the TdF fired the people at the top of the ASO who believed in fighting doping.Frosty said:2006 we had Landis get kicked out, 2007 it was Vinokourov and 2008 it was Kohl. All people who were big names or ended up placing highly. So, based on recent history the tour isnt completely afraid of kicking out big names.