van Dijk gets 8 years for second offense

[roundabout]

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1297/Dopin...therapie-kost-Van-Dijk-8-jaar-schorsing.dhtml

Caught him right in the nick of time should he change his mind about retirement

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Whew, at last the big guns can feel safe from the risk of being cheated out of 4th place in a sprint in a 1.1 race in Belgium! Good job testers!

On a serious note though, will be interesting to see if this Ozone therapy detection goes anywhere.

 

[Ferminal]

I didn't even know he was suspended once

Funny if he got an eight year ban without ever actually doping "properly" at any stage.

 

[jens_attacks]

seems like people don't realize yet

it is a uci politic i suggested myself to them years ago. ban the riders after they actually retired. zaballa,barredo, van dijk, hoste.
why on earth make the fans suffer , suspending beautiful riders at the top of their game? isn't the best for everybody suspending them after their career is over?
anti-doping wins, fans win, uci wins.
i applaud this approach by uci.

 

[theyoungest]

The hypocrisy of the cycling world at its apex... Van Dijk gets 8 years for an offense which isn't even serious enough to take Kittel off the anti-doping crusader pedestal. By the Belgian union which does no investigation to speak of into the history of, say, Patrick Lefevere.

Yes, I know it's his second 'offense'.

 

[Ferminal]

Oh dear it was the Belgians? Their "anti"-doping really is a disgrace.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

seems like people don't realize yet

it is a uci politic i suggested myself to them years ago. ban the riders after they actually retired. zaballa,barredo, van dijk, hoste.
why on earth make the fans suffer , suspending beautiful riders at the top of their game? isn't the best for everybody suspending them after their career is over?
anti-doping wins, fans win, uci wins.
i applaud this approach by uci.

But Zaballa was never properly suspended and neither was Barredo? Barredo was still young enough to have years in him, he was just hounded into retirement by the UCI.

 

[jens_attacks]

if he had years in him, he would have come back after two years, i don't know what to say about this...