Kolobnev positive

[luckyboy]

lol David Harmon will be devastated.

Katusha have had a season of failure apart from Rodriguez.

 

[Polish]

I'm assuming the diuretic was taken orally, what with the needle ban in place.
Silver lining I guess.

 

[Merckx index]

This could provide some insight into what the peloton is up to these days. A diuretic is used to **** out a drug from the system as rapidly as possible. You would definitely not want to take it if you were blood transfusing, because all that water loss raises your HT at a time when you want to reduce it by increasing blood volume. So if he was blood doping he was taking EPO only.

Though personally, if I had been in the peloton and seen what happened to Hoogie, I wouldn't need a drug to **** copiously.

An optimistic interpretation of this is that the passport--and possibly even the DEHP test--has riders a little wary of blood transfusing, and sticking to micro-dosing EPO. Not that I would expect riders to be transfusing in the middle of the first week, though. So maybe he was just trying to avoid a positive for some steroid. The more I think about this, though, the stranger it seems, getting busted during the first week. This is the one part of the TDF I would think riders would be least dependent on chemical help. It's more about nerve and bike-handling than strength and endurance.

****, rhymes with kiss

 

[will10]

Bummer, always liked Kolobnev. Strange thing to get popped on though, as others have said.

 

[ElChingon]

The sacrifice must of been to get the team in the headlines as they hadn't done anything race-wise.

Then again, what were we expecting from the all Russian configuration for le Tour? Katusha could merge with Astana and they'd still be a few riders short.

 

[theswordsman]

There is nothing in the l"Equipe article that indicates this.

Actually, the original L'Equipe story said the rider was to be notified in a few minutes. It might have been changed since then.

The AFLD only has so many target tests to do after they get stage winners & jersey wearers, and Contador (tested before and after TTT). I don't recall a strong performance, or that he's even in the race, so they must have been going by Bio Passport or police/customs?

A L'Equipe journo posted a pic on twitter saying the place Katusha is staying is being searched by gendarmes.

thomas_lequipe
Les gendarmes au château de Salles (Vézac) pour des perquisitions après le cas Kolobnev. #cyclisme http://t.co/C5WUP0R

thomas_lequipe
Kolobnev quitte l'hôtel ds une voiture Katusha. Ça sent la soirée en garde à vue

thomas_lequipe
Et la photo de Kolobnev qui quitte son hôtel et le Tour. #cyclisme #tdf http://t.co/1yELm4g

The middle quote says it smells like a night in custody - the last is a photo of Kolobnev leaving. The police search is over

 

[WillyWoet]

Who is in charge actually?

Who is in charge of the actual testing anyway? AFLD or WADA? WADA as observer or AFLD as observer?

 

[ansimi]

The CN story says the sample was taken the day of stage 5 but doesn't specify if it was taken immediately after the stage. Anybody know? It seems like the type of thing a rider might take in the evening after taking something else to move it through his system overnight? No way Kolobnev is worried about water weight during the first week of the Tour. Unless his team does public, humiliating weigh-ins or something like that.

 

[roundabout]

I'm curious whether Tchmil boots him immediately or actually tries to support him.

 

[washedup]

I'm assuming the diuretic was taken orally, what with the needle ban in place.
Silver lining I guess.

LMAO. Thanks.

 

[Alpechraxler]

Aged 30 years and already has hypertension. Hope they find a ACE Inhibitor/Angiotensinblocker as well in his samples otherwise things gonna be complicated.

 

[webvan]

Can't find my saved "suspicious" chart published in L'Equipe earlier this year, anyone remember how well he "placed"?

 

[roundabout]

He was a '5'.

 

[ChrisE]

It has been administered in the past to hide steroid use. Should have used a masking agent to hide the diuretic

I don't know why these guys keep insisting on using something like steroids that are not effective. Then take a double chance on getting popped with a masking agent.


***removed trolling comment***

 

[icefire]

Haha, sorry. Your post did have enough sarcasm and I'm the one to blame here, but you're new and it's July, you understand

edit: by the way, is the UCI saying they can't kick Kolobnev out? Is this going to be similar to Mosquera's case?

Mosquera has been effectively kicked out for 9 months now, so I doubt anyone can tell the difference.

 

[El Pistolero]

Phillipe Gilbert is the only clean rider that can do anything at LBL.

What a Legend.

Let's hope so at least

 

[doperhopper]

Ladies and gentlemen, have fun and guess which lame excuse we're going to hear soon.

I'd advise him to learn from the masters, so steak or backdated TUE.

 

[neineinei]

I'm curious whether Tchmil boots him immediately or actually tries to support him.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/11/cycling-tour-katusha-idUSL3E7IB2UD20110711

"He has been sacked and according to internal team regulations he will have to pay Katusha damages for tarnishing the team's image once the case is over," Outschakov said.

 

[roundabout]

Yeah, how dare he tarnish the image of a team that has an ex-TVM rider as a public relations officer, lol.

**** them.

 

[JPM London]

I like how they say he has to pay damages once the case is over - so in their book it's not a matter of if he's getting a ban, but merely when - purely a formality

 

[hrotha]

I like how they say he has to pay damages once the case is over - so in their book it's not a matter of if he's getting a ban, but merely when - purely a formality

Now, let's not get too cynical. A hypothetical squeaky clean team would do the same, because no one likes lawsuits.

 

[El Pistolero]

Katusha needs some money back, so they ditch the useless riders

 

[Marva32]

I'm assuming the diuretic was taken orally, what with the needle ban in place.
Silver lining I guess.

As somebody who is on the medication under the prescription of a doctor, I can say that it comes in oral form. Of course, now I have no chance at having a competitive career. Not that I ever really had one.

 

[Marva32]

That's a tough drug to use as a masking agent! I'm sure it performs that duty well. However, I took HCT for quite some time for mild hypertension and the diuretic impacts were significant. I was taking the smallest possible dose (10mg?) and it limited my performance on the bike noticeably.

Now, if I'd offset that with some EPO? I'm sure I'd come out ahead. But I'd sure prefer a masking agent that wasn't so darn performance-diminishing.

I take 25mg, and have to take potassium supplements to keep from cramping.

 

[HL2037]

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