LaFlorecita said:
Joelsim said:
Calm Florry. I'm sure Michele will find a way round it for Bertie, he usually does.
This is not about Contador this is about basic human rights.
Basic human rights?
This is a sport. You sign an agreement.
Innocent athletes (*if there are any), spectators, fans, sponsors, organizers, etc. all have the right to expect a fair competition.
While doping is idiotic, only a true idiot would dope in plain sight in the middle of the day in front of the anti-doping officials. Any doper with even Ricco's level of intelligence will dope behind closed doors, out-of-sight, when they are confident someone won't be watching.
Now it is true that in many jurisdictions the police do need to have 'cause' to enter a private residence, and that does support human rights against totalitarian authority. Now, if they do have cause, they can knock the door down.
As this anti-doping enforcement recommendation has been described by CIRC, and ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AND AGREED TO BY THE RIDERS, that is more or less what we are looking at here. They need to establish cause before politely knocking on the door. Notably, they cannot knock down the door.
Perhaps you would prefer 24-hour security cameras in every room so that we can be assured the doping cyclist is awake when the anti-doping officials knock on the door.
But, yes, let's screw the rule-abiding cyclists' rights while limiting dopers to a six hour doping window. Honestly, if you cannot get all your doping done before 5 am you shouldn't have the right to race.
Dave.