For those that haven't seen the leaked biological passport list from last year's Tour:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ucis-suspicious-list-leaked-from-2010-tour-de-france
The fact that Kolobnev scored a 5 last year is further support for the biological passport. The only problem is that they didn't suspend any of the guys with high (I'd say 6 and above) from competition.
However, notice that Popovych scored a 10. Now he gets pulled from the Tour AFTER a rest day with a "fever". Did you see him struggling off the back the last few days, which he would if he had something that prevented him from racing? If he wasn't off the back then, how is it that he has to quit the Tour now? Heck, Hoogerland barely made it to the end of stage 9, but is still racing today.
What I'm thinking is that on the off-day, Team Radioshack staff tested his (and others' on the team as is standard practice for Bruynee's teams) blood. Perhaps his values were indicative of doping so in order to prevent him from getting caught, they took him out. Remember, based on Landis' and Hamilton's evidence, we know that Bruyneel's teams always transfused blood on the rest days. You can see great evidence of that in the 2003 Tour, when the first day in the mountains Beloki and the other contenders attacked and Armstrong was left all alone. The day after was a rest day and the next stage, it was the "USPS boys" that decimated the peleton and Armstrong was not isolated again.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ucis-suspicious-list-leaked-from-2010-tour-de-france
The fact that Kolobnev scored a 5 last year is further support for the biological passport. The only problem is that they didn't suspend any of the guys with high (I'd say 6 and above) from competition.
However, notice that Popovych scored a 10. Now he gets pulled from the Tour AFTER a rest day with a "fever". Did you see him struggling off the back the last few days, which he would if he had something that prevented him from racing? If he wasn't off the back then, how is it that he has to quit the Tour now? Heck, Hoogerland barely made it to the end of stage 9, but is still racing today.
What I'm thinking is that on the off-day, Team Radioshack staff tested his (and others' on the team as is standard practice for Bruynee's teams) blood. Perhaps his values were indicative of doping so in order to prevent him from getting caught, they took him out. Remember, based on Landis' and Hamilton's evidence, we know that Bruyneel's teams always transfused blood on the rest days. You can see great evidence of that in the 2003 Tour, when the first day in the mountains Beloki and the other contenders attacked and Armstrong was left all alone. The day after was a rest day and the next stage, it was the "USPS boys" that decimated the peleton and Armstrong was not isolated again.
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