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Earlier today, the UCI advised Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla Ribera that he is provisionally suspended. The decision to provisionally suspend Mr Sevilla was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Bogota indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of Hydroxyethyl starch in a urine sample collected from him at an in-competition test at the Vuelta a Colombia on 15 August 2010.
The provisional suspension remains in force until a hearing panel convened by the Spanish Cycling Federation determines whether Mr Sevilla has committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 21 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.
Mr Sevilla has the right to request and attend the analyses of his B sample.
Under the World Anti-Doping Code and the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the UCI is unable to provide any additional information at this time
Mellow Velo said:Harmon Eurosport. I won't start another thread.
Bye bye Baby Face.
I imagine the general idea is to lower your hematocrit for the test, not for the race.indurain666 said:So he used EPO to boost his hematocrit to about 48 and then uses a blood thinner to reduce it back to normal levels and then test positive and gets suspended??
Seriously, does anyone knows how this PED works?
indurain666 said:So he used EPO to boost his hematocrit to about 48 and then uses a blood thinner to reduce it back to normal levels and then test positive and gets suspended??
Seriously, does anyone knows how this PED works?
DAOTEC said:Because of this property, hydroxyethyl was one of the first materials to be successfully used in the manufacture of flexible contact lenses.
The lab in Bogota is new (4 months operating) and probably has still a little start up problems, a 30 day window is in force so let's wait and see.
2 months ago a triple worldchampion female Colombian Speedskater Jercy Puello was prov. suspended to, and within this 30 day time window cleared again by WADA, cause of some misinterpretation by this new lab, after the sample was further analysed at Wada center Montreal.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but they certainly weren't Scandinavian. Maybe you're talking about the Finnish team? No Scandinavian xc-skier has ever been caught for doping (as far as I know).python said:speaking from memory, but the straight forward test was developed in the 90s and the whole national x-ski crew of a Scandinavian origin (sweeds ??) was once popped.
nesocip said:Its not a PED its a masking agent. And you pretty much explained how it works.
indurain666 said:Assuming you are masking by thinning:
So you thicken from 37 to 48 for instance. Thickening of blood by increasing the mass of hematocrit in solution and therefore you have a higher density of oxygen carrying stuff? Then you thin it down back to, say for arguments sake, 37 during the race. So now you are back to where you started but with residues of a forbidden substance? What is the purpose?
I mean when athletes use HCG following a steroids cycle you use it to get your natural test production kicking in again following a cycle of 12 weeks with testosterone levels in excess 800 ng/L or whatever where you built the strength.
So my point is, why using the thinner during the race?
Yeah, but he is not getting any younger. That puts an additional 2 years on his age. I think this could mean early retirement.Libertine Seguros said:He'll be back though, right? He's not facing a life ban, he was never banned regards Puerto, right? So, just like Eladio Jiménez, he's officially on his first strike despite that we all know what he's been up to.
It's the same thing that means Rubén Plaza is out there with an entirely powder-free nose as far as the UCI is concerned.
1- So you don't get caught by the bio Passport (off-score)indurain666 said:Assuming you are masking by thinning:
So you thicken from 37 to 48 for instance. Thickening of blood by increasing the mass of hematocrit in solution and therefore you have a higher density of oxygen carrying stuff? Then you thin it down back to, say for arguments sake, 37 during the race. So now you are back to where you started but with residues of a forbidden substance? What is the purpose?
I mean when athletes use HCG following a steroids cycle you use it to get your natural test production kicking in again following a cycle of 12 weeks with testosterone levels in excess 800 ng/L or whatever where you built the strength.
So my point is, why using the thinner during the race?