Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

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What a sh*tshow! Would laugh unless I was crying, procycling for me is mostly dead, when they allow this Gianetti led clownshow on the races. What an absolute disgrace. 🤮

completely agree.

we had about a decade where I kind of felt the natural hierarchy was largely respected.

last two years uae has made it completely ridiculous however. a team, run by one of the worst dopers when a cyclist, who previously managed infamous dopers who got busted after extraordinary performances where team-mates dropped everyone else, and uae just gave this guy millions upon millions to run their team.

this feels like a similar watershed as the arrival of EPO in the peloton. riders not on the program simply can't come close to competing.
 
Going a bit in tinfoil hat territory, but it's weird he is carrying his bike himself. Probably to hide a motor!!

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Hi everybody, could you take the time to have good look at this 2020 paper and tell us what you think about it ?
The artificial hemoglobins described in the article would be easily detected in a test. I don’t think that is a feasible strategy.
 
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Isn't that what the Festina team was allegedly using in 1997 at the Courchevel stage?
Pretty sure that was EPO. 1997 was before the EPO test became available.

The below linked info should be compulsory reading for everyone here. There is a link to ABP Operating Guidelines. There it lists the blood markers tracked.

As stated above (by @Low is rhe new high), artificial hemoglobins described in the article would be easily detected in a test. Anything which influences those markers can potentially trigger an adverse finding. That includes artificial hemoglobin.

 
Pretty sure that was EPO. 1997 was before the EPO test became available.

The below linked info should be compulsory reading for everyone here. There is a link to ABP Operating Guidelines. There it lists the blood markers tracked.

As stated above (by @Low is rhe new high), artificial hemoglobins described in the article would be easily detected in a test. Anything which influences those markers can potentially trigger an adverse finding. That includes artificial hemoglobin.

Afaik, HBOCs don't raise your hematocrit, so they'd be superior to epo after the 50 % limit.
 
The examples are many, most recent being in Dauphine this year an average TT, but after total mutant level watts in the mountains. That extra 50-100 watts surely helps.
Yeah I remember that. I was pretty sure something went wrong with the bike during that ride because he looked absolutely cooked during the climb. There was also a little weird kick out moment from the back wheel although others assured me it was just a pebble or something. I don’t know, looked weird. But then he just miraculously goes up like five levels the next few days and crushes the field. Not the first time he’s done that either. The kid either has a superhuman ability to improve his ability during a race and defy human physiology, or sometimes his bike is normal or not functioning properly. I am pretty sure the answer is the most obvious one. It’s the bike.