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Since we have a few people who know a few things, just a few questions (and no I'm not looking at trying it):
1) If a cyclist (or any endurance athlete), were to use autoglas blood transfusions as a way of cheating, if they extract blood, is it effective if is injected (after being frozen) at a later date of just the riders blood that had been extracted, or is it laced with EPO,CERA, or insulin (for example), as in the only way it can work? How long can it last for, and how do they make the riders blood is laced (for want of a better word), with say EPO, is it something the rider had to take before the blood was extracted?
2) Is generally the riders blood extracted at the start of the season and then frozen and used at particular intervals, for example, said rider is targeting the Giro and the Vuelta, then the blood gets used before those two races, or is it generally extracted some time before the two races and then re-injected later on? What is generally the best time frame to do this? I remember a quote by Jesus Manzano when he was at Kelme and he said in a training camp before the Vuelta, several riders were taken to the local hospital to get blood extracted, the no-names (so to speak) didn't go.
3) Has blood transfusions been around since EPO first became more common in the peloton?
4) Can it improve performance in all areas? Is it going to make a sprinter be able to sprint quicker, or would that be a different program altogether? Or is it best for say a climber, but not a TT rider?
5) What are the associated health risks with autoglas blood transfusions? Not just with the doping itself, but with the extracting and re-injecting of blood? I would freak if I knew somebody else had been using the same centrifuge as me, and it would probably put me off from doing it, because otherwise how could I be certain it would be 100% clean? Also, post cycling career, what are the side effects, as say an increased chance of stroke or shortened life expectancy?
6) Is a pretty simple operation to run or is it a very sophisticated operation? I ask because remember Kohl's manager was behind it all back in Vienna.
Thanks in advance.
1) If a cyclist (or any endurance athlete), were to use autoglas blood transfusions as a way of cheating, if they extract blood, is it effective if is injected (after being frozen) at a later date of just the riders blood that had been extracted, or is it laced with EPO,CERA, or insulin (for example), as in the only way it can work? How long can it last for, and how do they make the riders blood is laced (for want of a better word), with say EPO, is it something the rider had to take before the blood was extracted?
2) Is generally the riders blood extracted at the start of the season and then frozen and used at particular intervals, for example, said rider is targeting the Giro and the Vuelta, then the blood gets used before those two races, or is it generally extracted some time before the two races and then re-injected later on? What is generally the best time frame to do this? I remember a quote by Jesus Manzano when he was at Kelme and he said in a training camp before the Vuelta, several riders were taken to the local hospital to get blood extracted, the no-names (so to speak) didn't go.
3) Has blood transfusions been around since EPO first became more common in the peloton?
4) Can it improve performance in all areas? Is it going to make a sprinter be able to sprint quicker, or would that be a different program altogether? Or is it best for say a climber, but not a TT rider?
5) What are the associated health risks with autoglas blood transfusions? Not just with the doping itself, but with the extracting and re-injecting of blood? I would freak if I knew somebody else had been using the same centrifuge as me, and it would probably put me off from doing it, because otherwise how could I be certain it would be 100% clean? Also, post cycling career, what are the side effects, as say an increased chance of stroke or shortened life expectancy?
6) Is a pretty simple operation to run or is it a very sophisticated operation? I ask because remember Kohl's manager was behind it all back in Vienna.
Thanks in advance.