argyllflyer said:More intriguingly, Valentin tested positive a few weeks after him. Difference perhaps being his immediate owning up.
Was wondering about that..
First one a warning, second a reminder... I wonder what third will be??
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argyllflyer said:More intriguingly, Valentin tested positive a few weeks after him. Difference perhaps being his immediate owning up.
fmk_RoI said:The test was August 1, the day before San Sebastián (where Iglinskiy was 26th) and five days after the Tour ended (where Iglinskiy was 129th).
The brother was 10 days later, August 1, the first stage of Eneco (he didn't ride either the Tour or San Seb).
fmk_RoI said:There has been persistent talk of a new EPO test, with greater sensitivity, and the arrival of such a test could explain so many falling so quickly. Or old habits could just be dieing very, very hard. Or the CADF could have changed the rules and refocused their attention. Anything could be happening. Question, as always, is what?
fmk_RoI said:The test was August 1, the day before San Sebastián (where Iglinskiy was 26th) and five days after the Tour ended (where Iglinskiy was 129th).
Jancouver said:What are the rules/options about re-testing old(er) samples when a new test is available? I dont mean something from 10 years ago but lets say something from last 12 months?
search said:more importantly: one day before he went on to have a four weeks holiday. Raises eyebrows about all those negative tests during the Tour de France...
Jancouver said:What are the rules/options about re-testing old(er) samples when a new test is available? I dont mean something from 10 years ago but lets say something from last 12 months?
argyllflyer said:But... but... but! Didn't people stop doping in 2006??
Jancouver said:What are the rules/options about re-testing old(er) samples when a new test is available? I dont mean something from 10 years ago but lets say something from last 12 months?
DirtyWorks said:There's no way team Astana is cast as the bad actor. It's a team funded by the last dictator in Europe. The country throws it's weight around international sports as a nation threatening trade problems in Khazakstan.
fmk_RoI said:Only two things to stop it:
1) the samples were never stored (they are only stored for some races and for varying periods of time, not always up to the SoL); and
2) the willingness of the authorities to look backwards (ignore what they say about being willing to look back and judge them on the times they have actually revisited the past).
DirtyWorks said:A fun reminder was the head of IAAF howling mad in a formal press interview that USADA was able to sanction Wonderboy
notrolfsorensen said:Sorry but Kazakstan is central asia. The last dictator in Europe is either Lukashenko in Bellarus or Putin, depending on your definition of Europe (and defintion of dictator), but either way Kazakstan is not European
fmk_RoI said:As a general rule the IAAF is quite good on storing samples and retesting them before they get flushed. Much better than cycling is.
neineinei said:Maybe MPCC will force them to sit out Tour of Almaty.
deValtos said:For any other team this would be the lamest punishment ever ... but since the Tour of Almaty is by far the biggest race in Kazakhstan it would be seriously embarrassing for Astana.
deValtos said:For any other team this would be the lamest punishment ever ... but since the Tour of Almaty is by far the biggest race in Kazakhstan it would be seriously embarrassing for Astana.
fmk_RoI said:The test was August 1, the day before San Sebastián (where Iglinskiy was 26th) and five days after the Tour ended (where Iglinskiy was 129th).
The brother was 10 days later, August 11, the first stage of Eneco (he didn't ride either the Tour or San Seb).
JRanton said:Two out of contract riders trying to save themselves with some late season results.
proffate said:Not only that, but good ol' Maxim won impressively in 2013.
Darbopoietin? In 2014? Jesus Christ. That was detectable before it was well-known enough to have been put on the banned list twelve years ago. Why?fmk_RoI said:As Laura Weislo has just noted on Twitter, the last six provisional suspensions have all been for EPO. That's over a ten week period. Not only is six on the trot odd, but six in ten weeks is extremely odd.
There has been persistent talk of a new EPO test, with greater sensitivity, and the arrival of such a test could explain so many falling so quickly. Or old habits could just be dieing very, very hard. Or the CADF could have changed the rules and refocused their attention. Anything could be happening. Question, as always, is what?
Even if Astana get barred, they'll have some quasi national team with all the riders there, that's what they did last year - a bunch of Astana Kazakhs racing for the national team.DirtyWorks said:Which, is just one reason why this is a big political move by the UCI.