One step closer to a "dope-free" (or positive-free) Tour

[MacRoadie]

The UCI will provide "a perfectly adequate control program with 95 checks, including unannounced controls,"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-at-odds-with-french-agency-over-paris-nice-controls

Nice to see that McQuaid has set such lofty goals as "perfectly adequate"...

 

[pedaling squares]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-at-odds-with-french-agency-over-paris-nice-controls

Nice to see that McQuaid has set such lofty goals as "perfectly adequate"...

All controls will be unannounced... unless you happen to sit beside us in the cafe... and some of you may be able to spend up to 45 minutes alone in your bus after we show up unannounced.

 

[Zerak-Tul]

"One step closer to a "dope-free" (or positive-free) Tour"

Tour? The article says 95 tests for Paris-Nice, not the Tour

 

[unsheath]

I despise that little leprechaun.

 

[MacRoadie]

"One step closer to a "dope-free" (or positive-free) Tour"

Tour? The article says 95 tests for Paris-Nice, not the Tour

Um, yes, I realize that. That's why it's "one step closer". The next step will be applying the same logic to all ASO events on French soil, including the Tour.

 

[BroDeal]

"If an hour delay or pre-test shower is not enough to mask dope use, donations are currently being accepted to excuse positives. Talk to Guido behind the pasta factory on 57th Street. Bring cash. No checks, please."

Looks like business as usual.

 

[blackcat]

what is "one step closer" to the infinite? Is Georg Cantor a member here?

 

[VeloCity]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-at-odds-with-french-agency-over-paris-nice-controls

Nice to see that McQuaid has set such lofty goals as "perfectly adequate"...

Well, it is a step up from McQuaid's look-em'-in-the-eye "I know for a fact that Contador is clean" approach, I suppose.

 

[Anonymous]

In keeping with his comments of last year..

McQuaid told Reuters: "At this point in time I haven't heard of any positive tests at this year's Tour de France or that we're checking samples to confirm positives.

"It's looking like the Tour de France will not have any positive tests for a number of years. I think that's a big step forward for cycling."

I'm still shocked at the guy's hubris/stupidity.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE57M1KL20090823

 

[poupou]

Did McQuaid miss Lance's blood values?

 

[Anonymous]

The Not so Wayback Machine

Remember back in 2007? World Championships were in Stuttgart... Paolo Bettini refused to sign the anti-doing pledge.... German organizers wanted to ban him from the race. Speaking up for the UCI crusade against doping and the integrity of the World Championships Paddy McQuaid himself said, "Italy loves cycling, and the UCI loves Italy!"

Priorities could not have been clearer. As the saying goes, " You gotta dance with the one who brung you...", to the dance that is

 

[Big GMaC]

Did McQuaid miss Lance's blood values?

and astarloza? who positive pre-dated the tour and was hushed up until the tour finished to give Patty his 'dope free tour'?

 

[luckyboy]

Is that 95 controls between 160+ riders spread out over a week? That really doesn't sound like much. Just thought there were more than that.