as promissed earlier, the french antidoping agency started re-testing 2008 tour samples.
michael lehner (stefan schumacher's lawyer): "There will come a storm,"
michael lehner (stefan schumacher's lawyer): "There will come a storm,"
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python said:as promissed earlier, the french antidoping agency started re-testing 2008 tour samples.
michael lehner (stefan schumacher's lawyer): "There will come a storm,"
python said:as promissed earlier, the french antidoping agency started re-testing 2008 tour samples.
michael lehner (stefan schumacher's lawyer): "There will come a storm,"
Bala Verde said:they would be retesting the top 10 (and more?) in September. So I guess it's postponed till October now huh..
issoisso said:They announced at the time that in late September/early October they would start testing 15 riders, all of them top 20, plus ten Dam. Menchov and Evans have been confirmed as two of the ones being re-tested.
I remind you that the ones being re-tested are those that presented suspicious blood values indicative of blood manipulation. The reason they're being re-tested is due to the new, more efficient, EPO test that's been around since May (notice the large number of positives since then compared to the near absence of positives before). It's also the first test that can detect Dynepo.
"Im September", sagt AFLD-Sprecherin Delphine Saint-Laurent, "werden etwa 15 Proben der Tour 2008 auf das Epo-Mittel Cera nachuntersucht.
Wie jedoch die belgische Tageszeitung Le Soir Ende September 2008 unter Verweis auf "seriöse Quellen" gemeldet hatte, soll es sich bei den weiteren auffälligen Tourstartern um den damaligen Sieger Carlos Sastre, den Schweizer Fabian Cancellara, den Luxemburger Frank Schleck und den Australier Stuart O'Grady gehandelt haben - allesamt vom CSC-Team (jetzt Saxo) um den umstrittenen Chef Bjarne Riis.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Isso, you have misread once again. McQuaid + doping agency both expressively emitted the testing was not because of suspicious values like in the first press reports (where you base yourself on), but a general retest of the top riders in that Tour.
Funny you always base yourself on not corrected versions or older versions of certain news articles.
Bala Verde said:Menchov, Ten Dam, Evans had been asked before the 2009 start that their 2008 samples would be retested, correct?
the truth. said:are like eating indian food out of an unflushed toilet bowl
auscyclefan94 said:why do these tests take so long?
Ferminal said:Surely they can't bust anyone "big", even though they are reportedly only testing a handful of key riders. If they busted one of the top 5, why that rider and not the next?
Maybe they will go for Valverde and kill two birds.
Frosty said:Well, only one may test positive for what they are testing.
python said:so who is gonna go down?
i’ll start..
sastre no yes no yes no
evans no yes no no
vdv no no no no
ak-zaaf said:Euh, WTF?
Evans and Sastre are 2 riders who most people believe are clean. VDV has a pretty shady team history (USP, Saiz, Riis). And he's the only guy yo no no no no no?!?
I love speculation so I'll say:
sastre: no
menchov: yes
evans: no
vdv: yes
kirchen: yes
astarloza: yes
SCHUMACHER: yes
fschleck: yes
ashleck: don't want to think about it
nibali: Italian
Frosty said:Ive heard before that it is due to the labs being busy with various other tests. Not sure how true this is but it sounds plausible
Dekker_Tifosi said:Or maybe Evans will get caught now. Leaving us with Kolobnev as world champ