Me and my shadow

[Cranky McSlik]

Sorry if this has been discussed or asked before but to prove he's clean couldn't a pro cyclist have someone shadow him 24/7 for a length of time and document it? Naive for sure. Just a thought.

 

[hrotha]

I think Gerdemann volunteered either for this or for something very similar but he couldn't find anyone to do it.

 

[spalco]

a) who could afford something like that?
b) who watches the watchman?

 

[Cloxxki]

I was thinking to have a convent for monitoring and (after a long stay, testing) of athletes.
Nothing goes in that is disallowed. Like a jail, but better. Training facilities, learning, visits, just no privacy.
Prove the biopassport folks your potential by spending 3-4 weeks there. I don't really see another way to find out someone's clean potential.

 

[thehog]

Sorry if this has been discussed or asked before but to prove he's clean couldn't a pro cyclist have someone shadow him 24/7 for a length of time and document it? Naive for sure. Just a thought.

Vaughters once had an idea that ASO could provide independent "watchers" to each team at the Tour. Their job wasn't to drug test but watch each cyclists and what they were to.

At the time he based this on the SEC role within financial institutions. Since his comments back in 2006 the SEC became responsible for the biggest fraud in the history of the financial markets and failed to report any of it. I guess it put an end to that idea!

 

[BigBoat]

There's nothing stopping a big wealthy outfit from paying off the watchmen the same as the UCI. Nothing.....thats why doping will always be there.

You can get 50-100 places in the TDF.....Thats about it. Some smaller teams dont have organized doping, and there riders are fairly clean or totally clean.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think Gerdemann volunteered either for this or for something very similar but he couldn't find anyone to do it.

That's right, or rather he could find people willing to do it but not anybody willing to fund it.

Rules were that the only time during the Tour de France (and for a couple of weeks beforehand) that he would be left alone would be during the race hours themselves and to sleep at night - but his room would be searched beforehand.

 

[Escarabajo]

I was thinking to have a convent for monitoring and (after a long stay, testing) of athletes.
Nothing goes in that is disallowed. Like a jail, but better. Training facilities, learning, visits, just no privacy.
Prove the biopassport folks your potential by spending 3-4 weeks there. I don't really see another way to find out someone's clean potential.

In Jail they trade with drugs, kill people, and manage networks from the inside. If the criminals are wealthy and powerful enough the will always find their way.

 

[greenedge]

LA did this??? Jks. Andreas Kloden is F. Shleck's one at the Tour of Luxembourg

 

[Cranky McSlik]

Great replies

Thanks for all the great replies! Now I remember JV suggested this and probably got stared down everywhere he went.