UCI in a panic over document in Friday's L'Equipe

[Don't be late Pedro]

Thing is, I don't buy the UCI's official explanation (which is what JV was bringing up). There are inconsistencies with it that haven't been addressed properly:

That is a reasonable point and there is more than one reason why JV would benefit from singing from the same hymn-sheet as the UCI. And arguably riders who might have a certain reputation are probably on the higher scale of things.

Any idea how the UCI dictates who and where people should be tested?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Clenbutarol in China is very different from the EU, much more concerning is that Mick is a former Ferrari client

Brings back memories of july 2012 where i started a thread about him on PRR and hrotha,me and i think roundbout were trying to joke about the fact but it was closed lol

 

[sniper]

posted by hrotha

Oddly enough, the French teams and riders got, by far, the lowest scores. This was before 2011's Europcar festival, and before some other worrying signals coming from France. If lack of recent testing was such a big factor, wouldn't you expect high scores to be distributed more evenly? Or does this mean the French were tested more often than anybody else in 2010, despite their being largely a non-factor, therefore lowering their scores?

lovely argument.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

lovely argument.
also, menchov was a 10, even though he'd been getting podium results on a regular basis in that period so must have been tested regularly as well.

i) That might be true if the lack of testing is evenly distributed.
ii) Regular testing is just one of the inputs. Blood irregularities are another. Given that Menchov has now been sanctioned it would appear that it was the latter in his case.

 

[the sceptic]

Clenbutarol in China is very different from the EU, much more concerning is that Mick is a former Ferrari client

Ferrari and Leinders client. Doesnt get much worse than that.

 

[sniper]

ii) Regular testing is just one of the inputs. Blood irregularities are another. Given that Menchov has now been sanctioned it would appear that it was the latter in his case.

indeed.
i realised this shortly after posting and edited my post accordingly one minute before you posted