UCI helped Froome with illegal(?) TUE at Romandie

[Netserk]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-uci-fast-tracked-froome-tue-request-at-tour-de-romandie

The UCI gave Chris Froome a therapeutic use exemption for the corticosteroid prednisolone at this year’s Tour de Romandie without following the correct protocol, Le Journal du Dimanche has reported.

Original source: Le Journal du Dimanche

 

[Libertine Seguros]

But I thought Sky would withdraw riders from races rather than apply for a TUE?

 

[ebandit]

remember

I'm thinking back trying to recall when DB said team sky has no TUE's

I thought it was just marginal gains....a 'lil puff of this...a tiny tab of that

Mark L

 

[Rollthedice]

In last year's Vuelta Nibali was stung by a wasp, "dirty" Astana being part of MPCC he did the ITT with a swollen face. Clean Sky needs a TUE for Chris the Inhaler. The myth is busted.

 

[thehog]

40mg per day!!!

What is he? A cow? That's a truck load of steroid!

I thought he reduced his saddle height for his back problem? Not take horse steroids to race again.

Man this guy is a walking medicine cabinet. Just as well a Walsh had already revealed this in his column in the Sunday Times.

Sky's backdated perscription moment? (Check).

 

[Dalakhani]

So the usual PED rules don't apply to Sky? The UCI just swept them away, rather than risk Froome not riding?

If only there was a Brit running the UCI, that would put a stop to these dodgy goings on...

 

[TailWindHome]

Sky's backdated perscription moment? (Check).

Whatever it was, it wasn't 'backdated'

Ahead of the Tour de Romandie, Le Journal du Dimanche reports, Sky team doctor Alan Farrell requested

 

[deviant]

40mg per day!!!

What is he? A cow? That's a truck load of steroid!

I thought he reduced his saddle height for his back problem? Not take horse steroids to race again.

It's no more than I would issue to a COPD patient with exacerbation of their condition.
30-40 mg\day is the therapeutic dose in that scenario (6-8 tablets).

Similar amount to that which my mother takes for Polymyalgia too, less of the hyperbole please.

 

[thehog]

Whatever it was, it wasn't 'backdated'

Ahead of the Tour de Romandie, Le Journal du Dimanche reports, Sky team doctor Alan Farrell requested

Whatever it was?

It was an illegal TUE

And of course you missed that I was drawing a comparison between Armstrong's cosy relationship with the UCI and Froome.

Are you sure you didn't to go school with Richie Porte?

 

[wattage]

Armstrong starts looking like choirboy when comparing to man of constant marginal gains Chris "Inhaler" Froome. What stuff is that guy not on

 

[thehog]

It's no more than I would issue to a COPD patient with exacerbation of their condition.
30-40 mg\day is the therapeutic dose in that scenario (6-8 tablets).

Similar amount to that which my mother takes for Polymyalgia too, less of the hyperbole please.

Froome has Polymyalgia?

Lucky he was at home resting and not out winning a bike race

 

[the sceptic]

Now we have some EVIDENCE that the UCI are bending the rules in favor of sky. Just begs the question what else they are letting sky get away with.

Also, how on earth is Zorzoli still there?

 

[the sceptic]

Froome has Polymyalgia?

Lucky he was at home resting and winning a bike race

Another disease added to the list. Froome is a medical miracle!

 

[Benotti69]

Now we have some EVIDENCE that the UCI are bending the rules in favor of sky. Just begs the question what else they are letting sky get away with.

Also, how on earth is Zorzoli still there?

It has long been suspected that Sky were in cahoots with ASO and UCI, this is just a flicker of flame from all that smoke we have been seeing.

 

[Bexon30]

Armstrong starts looking like choirboy when comparing to man of constant marginal gains Chris "Inhaler" Froome. What stuff is that guy not on

What was it actually needed for? Was it the 'bad back' episode? My memory is poor when it comes to Froome and his ailments.

 

[thehog]

What was it actually needed for? Was it the 'bad back' episode? My memory is poor when it comes to Froome and his ailments.

There was the back episode. Then at Romandie he was beaten in the prologue. Took his 40mg per day and smashed the mountain stage with a *** attack and killed the ITT.

Not bad.

 

[deviant]

Froome has Polymyalgia?

Lucky he was at home resting and not out winning a bike race

Weird extrapolation of my post.

I was merely pointing out that 40 mg Pred is not a 'cow's dose' and there are several conditions where these doses are advocated..... but then you knew that already, it just didn't fit your narrative eh?

 

[McLovin]

There was the back episode. Then at Romandie he was beaten in the prologue. Took his 40mg per day and smashed the mountain stage with a *** attack and killed the ITT.

Not bad.

Yes. It was time for someone to see this. Plus, before this TUE from April he was a donkey in the mountains for all his carrier, same with TT, not better not worse than Cavendish.
Finally the connections are made.

 

[thehog]

Yes. It was time for someone to see this. Plus, before this TUE from April he was a donkey in the mountains for all his carrier, same with TT, not better not worse than Cavendish.
Finally the connections are made.

Yes this is what 40mg of horse steroids can do:

@ 2:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFxtdeQYZ4&sns=em

 

[JimmyFingers]

This thread is just going to run and run isn't it.

Shoddy from Sky if true, but this is just a newspaper report so far right?

 

[the sceptic]

This thread is just going to run and run isn't it.

Shoddy from Sky if true, but this is just a newspaper report so far right?

I struggle to see how Froome could be any cleaner. Dont worry Jimmy, still never tested positive right?

 

[peloton]

Now we have some EVIDENCE that the UCI are bending the rules in favor of sky. Just begs the question what else they are letting sky get away with.

Also, how on earth is Zorzoli still there?

That's a very good question.
Here's an interesting article on Cookson, Zorzoli etc. (in Spanish)

 

[Fzotrlool]

Are you guys on Twitter? We could send an army of critical fans to ask the UCI officials a few questions.

 

[Granville57]

this is just a newspaper report so far right?

Yup

 

[_nm___]

emergency TUEs are always granted for exacerbations of asthma:



he is asthmatic, he had a respiratory infection

a respiratory infection in asthmatics can lead to an acute exacerbation of asthma

and acute exacerbations of asthma are no joke, they can send you straight to accident and emergency if badly treated or not treated at all

therefore, athletes with an acute exacerbation of asthma have the right to an emergency TUE, in fact they even have the right to a retroactive TUE if necessary. this is clearly stated in the WADA paperwork

http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/Science_Medicine/Medical_info_to_support_TUECs/WADA-Medical-info-Asthma-5.0-EN.pdf

so i'm surprised they are making such a fuss about it


... unless this is to do with his status as an asthmatic either not being registered or not having been renewed, which is another story altogether