A couple of posts in the SKY forum has made me start this.
The comment was along the lines of "if its not on the WADA list then its not banned" and referred to Tramadol.
So instead of it derailing the SKY thread i thought it would be good for people to debate here. An example I can think of is Actovegin - not on the list as a banned product but the method is banned. AICAR and EPO are mentioned specifically. Similarly Oxycodone is banned as an opiod narcotic but Tramadol isn't.
And what about Xenon? What about altitude tents?
Mods - if this has been covered before please can you merge in - I did a quick search but couldn't see anything.
EDIT - on rereading I was thinking the title should read doping not cheating since that was what was on my mind, but cheating is probably a better description since in can include mechanical bike doping (and the fact that i couldn't work out how to change it).
The comment was along the lines of "if its not on the WADA list then its not banned" and referred to Tramadol.
So instead of it derailing the SKY thread i thought it would be good for people to debate here. An example I can think of is Actovegin - not on the list as a banned product but the method is banned. AICAR and EPO are mentioned specifically. Similarly Oxycodone is banned as an opiod narcotic but Tramadol isn't.
And what about Xenon? What about altitude tents?
Mods - if this has been covered before please can you merge in - I did a quick search but couldn't see anything.
EDIT - on rereading I was thinking the title should read doping not cheating since that was what was on my mind, but cheating is probably a better description since in can include mechanical bike doping (and the fact that i couldn't work out how to change it).