The twilight zone called Portugal.

[QueenStagiaire]

And now somehow Portugal is the only place where people actually get legit bans because of passport violations...

That‘s because they‘ve currently arrived in about 2008/2010, they‘re still catching up.

 

[Froome]

And now somehow Portugal is the only place where people actually get legit bans because of passport violations...

Because now the passport is mandatory and these people who run the teams in Portugal are stupid. They risk a lot without having the resources that the WT teams have to hide doping.

 

[zlev11]

wild how pretty much that whole generation of Volta GC riders from 2016-2022 are banned now. only Veloso and Marque made it out alive by retiring.

 

[Froome]

wild how pretty much that whole generation of Volta GC riders from 2016-2022 are banned now. only Veloso and Marque made it out alive by retiring.

Let's see how many time this guy called Nych who won this year the Volta a Portugal will survive.

Sabugal team is also run by dirt people, like w52, and this russian guy is really suspicious, a guy with 74 kg.

 

[Rob5091]

It aint all sunshine in Portugal ...
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ng-non-payment-and-chronic-abuse-in-top-teams

"All I know is that there were always a lot of sponsors coming in, but there never seemed to be any money for anything."

 

[Ricco']

It aint all sunshine in Portugal ...
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ng-non-payment-and-chronic-abuse-in-top-teams

Portuguese cycling team's management is just a reflection of the general management of businesses in the country.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Portuguese cycling team's management is just a reflection of the general management of businesses in the country.

I can see the same things happening in Italy.

 

[Rob5091]

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...s-suspended-for-biological-passport-anomalies

According to the Lusa news agency, cyclists Luis Mendonça, Luis Fernandes and Venceslau Fernandes have been suspended due to anomalies in their biological passports.