Paolini positive for cocaine

[Miburo]

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Tom Boonen was in the Tour this weak however

on stage 4

 

[markene2]

Grande Paolini, partying like he is in his mid 20!

 

[huge]

Luca, WTF?????!!!

 

[sir fly]

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how is cocaine performance enhancing?
you have maybe a couple of hours of euphoria, but then you start feeling really darn crappy.
using it daily, i don't see that enhancing your performance either. rather the contrary.

can cocaine be used to mask something else?

Central stimulant, analgesic...

To the bold - yeah, Luca knows it now.

 

[Alpechraxler]

Maybe he just had some allergy problems and used it to decongest his nose and sinuses before the TT. The decongesting action is quite remarkable

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

party in winter, take cocaine

blood tranfusion in tdf with cocaine in blood from that winter.. oops, forgotten

 

[BigMac]

I can't think of a better moment for that clichéd joke about Amsterdam and the Tour de France, even though they haven't been to Amsterdam.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

The cyclingnews story on the positive says that it could stay in the system from four to ten days

 

[jmdirt]

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party in winter, take cocaine

blood tranfusion in tdf with cocaine in blood from that winter.. oops, forgotten

This was the first thing that I thought too.

 

[cellardoor]

Maybe he had a tooth ache.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Grande Paolini, partying like he is in his mid 20!

Seriously though, quite a sad end to his career

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

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Grande Paolini, partying like he is in his mid 20!

Seriously though, quite a sad end to his career

Surely every sportsman wants to go out on a high

 

[Netserk]

I hope it won't destroy his upcoming career as DS.

 

[LaFlorecita]

FWIW someone on another forum just posted that an anonymous ex-Quick Step rider testified that a large group of Quick Step riders held coke parties. Hadn't heard about it before, but thought it was interesting. The rider is rumored to be Dimitri de Fauw, who committed suicide.

 

[BigMac]

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Grande Paolini, partying like he is in his mid 20!

Seriously though, quite a sad end to his career

Surely every sportsman wants to go out on a high

In any other thread this would be trolling, but here's just funny. You have to face this whole thing with humour.

 

[Lexman]

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Can there be more to it? Like, what's the legal status of cocaine in France?

it's of course forbidden just like every other drug included cannabis...

 

[hfer07]

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I hope it won't destroy his upcoming career as DS.

yes - surely this is a huge 'BLOW"

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Well, it's not like he'd be eligible for the white jersey anyways...

 

[PremierAndrew]

About time someone at Katusha was busted. Surprised it's for cocaine tho

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ripe for retirement anyway.
Busted for using low cost gutter drugs.

 

[GoGarmin]

Well at least now we know who he was in such a hurry to call last year...

 

[London Hibs]

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The cyclingnews story on the positive says that it could stay in the system from four to ten days

I think cocaine can also be found in hair analysis for anything up to 3 months.

Not sure if the UCI test this way or not, or indeed the thresholds that testing this way can pick up. But you can be collared this way, too.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

Such a shame really. I'm absolutely certain this was his one and only time ever trying the drug. It's so unfortunate that the one time he strayed from the straight and narrow he was tested.

But I hold out hope that the 'B' sample will come back negative and he'll be able to save his currently besmirched name.

 

[Eagle]

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Dont think cocaïne boosts performances, shame for him to have to leave when it seems he hasnt cheated.

It's illegal though...

 

[hrotha]

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Dont think cocaïne boosts performances.

It does. Stimulants are popular PEDs.