Wow! What a difference between how Contador was treated (given 3 months to come up with an "explanation" - and would have been longer/forever if not for a German journalist), and this case.
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ElChingon said: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.
JRTinMA said:According to the CN article L'Equipe reported the news before the rider was even informed. Typical BS from AFLD, that lab is a disgrace.
HTCZ is used to strip out salts ect and returne water back into the blood used by Doctors for blood presure in elderly.TourOfSardinia said:Hydrochlorothiazide, abbreviated HCTZ, HCT, or HZT, is a first-line diuretic drug of the thiazide class that acts by inhibiting the kidneys' ability to retain water. This reduces the volume of the blood, decreasing blood return to the heart and thus cardiac output and, by other mechanisms, is believed to lower peripheral vascular resistance. Hydrochlorothiazide is a calcium-sparing diuretic, meaning it can help the body get rid of excess water while still keeping calcium.
so how does it help the doper?
neineinei said: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.
Libertine Seguros said:Oh yea, that reminds me, isn't Toni Colóm off suspension now? Wonder where he ends up.
Merckx index said:the DEHP test
brianf7 said:HTCZ is used to strip out salts ect and returne water back into the blood used by Doctors for blood presure in elderly.
Its banned because it also retains synthetic testosterone back into blood so it cant be tested in urine.
It is a masking agent.
Or so they think they have other tests now but Hydrochlorothiazide will not help performance in any other way
ChrisE said: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. Sheesh, didn't they learn anything from Greg Lemond? These things are ineffective vs a clean rider.
Kolobnev = Ruskiroundabout said:I'm curious whether Tchmil boots him immediately or actually tries to support him.
oh Dimspace, so much for the cleanliness of Team Sky, they are as dirty as anyone.TeamSkyFans said:I think "damaging Katushas reputation" is what is known as an oxymoron.
heard of Roche father and son, of Kelly?cocteau_ireland said:Cheating piece of ****
blackcat said:oh Dimspace, so much for the cleanliness of Team Sky, they are as dirty as anyone.
I would actually say it is more of a pleonasm, than an oxymoron anyhow. This IS the reputation of the peloton writ large, you fail and demonstrate a bigotry pointing at the Ruskis.
Libertine Seguros said:Oh yea, that reminds me, isn't Toni Colóm off suspension now? Wonder where he ends up.
have a look at their heads and morphing bone structure. Lots of hormones going thru their veins not endogenous.craig1985 said:Yeah but that is based on pure speculation, whereas Katusha have had several positive tests so we know for sure that something isn't right. What evidence circumstantial or otherwise is there about Sky? I'm not saying Sky is clean or dirty, but you're posting opinion as fact.
blackcat said:oh Dimspace, so much for the cleanliness of Team Sky, they are as dirty as anyone.
I would actually say it is more of a pleonasm, than an oxymoron anyhow. This IS the reputation of the peloton writ large, you fail and demonstrate a bigotry pointing at the Ruskis.
blackcat said:have a look at their heads and morphing bone structure. Lots of hormones going thru their veins not endogenous.
Compare their physiognomy to riders of 30 years back, and how they stripped the weight like Wigans to achieve GC goals.
Marva32 said: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.
Merckx index said:(a unique feature of these drugs; other diuretics do result in loss of calcium as well as other salts).
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Mrs John Murphy said:It's not like Katusha have been signing riders like Mick 'friend of Ferrari' Rogers, or Possoni.