New biopassport cases

[DirtyWorks]

Agree - Pats comments confirm my thoughts that the Bio Passport is doping test by committee.

He talks about "a number of athletes" and yet that number may not ultimately face sanction?
The only reason I can see for that is when the legal team look and see who they would have to go up against and decide that they won't win - or that they are friends of the family.

Exactly! And yet, the public image remains that it's the testing science that drives the findings.

I am frustrated every time I find this attitude among many enthusastic cycling fans...

 

[DirtyWorks]

i was just thinking the same myself..

a) A domestique that nobody has ever heard of
b) An amateur that nobody has ever heard of
c) A rider that people have heard of but whom later provides a tue
d) A rider that people have heard of but the case gets dropped on a technicality
e) A rider that people have heard of but the case gets dropped through lack of evidence
f) Jeannie Longo

C'mon now, you need to be fair. If enforcement agencies screw up, that case is one that gets away. Rightly so. Not much anti-doping satisfaction with that outcome, but pretty fair standard of operation being applied across the board.

All of your other exceptions are well-worn UCI tactics. Which, is why I think at least one has to be a bigger and thus favored rider with the UCI. Pat has to figure out a way to get the rider off. Or, maybe Pat hasn't gotten the payoff to use a different name on the AAF yet? Anything is possible with Pat McQuaid.

 

[Stephen_M]

Franco Pellizotti didn't exactly fit the unknown/amateur nobody though did he? I think I'll wait and see if things do get interesting, rather than dismissing it out of hand....

 

[Cloxxki]

What if they'd sacrifice a new recruit of the QuackGang, or one that was getting old and expensive with little results?
That's what I would do if I'd be (rightfully) under fire like them. Try and call me corrupt if I'm kicking my own favorite son's boys out of the sport, costing the family some good earned moneys...

 

[hrotha]

What if they'd sacrifice a new recruit of the QuackGang, or one that was getting old and expensive with little results?
That's what I would do if I'd be (rightfully) under fire like them. Try and call me corrupt if I'm kicking my own favorite son's boys out of the sport, costing the family some good earned moneys...

The problem is that "be one of my boys until I feel like sacrificing you like a pawn" doesn't sound half as good as "be one of my boys and you'll never be in trouble."

 

[Cloxxki]

The problem is that "be one of my boys until I feel like sacrificing you like a pawn" doesn't sound half as good as "be one of my boys and you'll never be in trouble."

Well, their recruits would thereafter probably make a point of going to future management meetings all wired up, but hey, gangsta's know how to tell business from personal affairs.

 

[Ripper]

To be fair Pat was probably drunk for that interview so we really should not expect him to be able to recall any details.

HFTWF! I just pharted from laughing so hard! Hilarious ... and true.

 

[Anonymous]

An optimist would think it was horner and levi.. but of course, there was no blood testing in California.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

An optimist would think it was horner and levi.. but of course, there was no blood testing in California.

wa? optimistic? let the old guys do as they please, they deserve some dingnity

 

[therealtimshady]

It will be lance as the UCI always investigate allegations against him very thoroughly

 

[thehog]

Ooooh, can we have another poll?

My money is on anyone who is completely washed up, or else comes from a Euro country that has had their credit rating down-graded, recently.

Clear as mud, as normal:
http://inrng.com/2011/11/uci-doping-speculation/#more-5946

Looks like these cases were filed with a few others in the drawer marked "under carpet".