Basso leaves Disco

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http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/12145.0.html

[jobob]

wow .....

[IFjane]

Wow Snap! Thanks for the latest news. This does not bode well for Basso...

[chickwhorips]

i triple that wow.

[margo49]

Yeah, I just read that over on the Eurosport website.

[alpinerabbit]

107 names are now linked to Doctor Fuentes nowadays... that's over half the TdF peloton.....

[margo49]

I saw they had 200 samples (bags of frozen blood) matched up.
Only 2 weeks till the start of the Giro too.

[Eden]

I think that it is quite sad that all of these cyclists are losing their careers over rumor and innuendo - which is all I've seen from Operacion Puerto so far, when other sports, like baseball, seem to be completely ignoring the problem. A batboy was just busted for selling PED's, but I have yet to hear about any players being suspended because of it. If it had been cycling and a soingeur had been the busted one I bet the whole team would have been suspended. I really wish they would leave cyclists alone until they can actually prove something..... (a list of names is not good enough for me!!)

[smilingcat]

Hi Eden,

Someway I agree with you. Innuendos and rumor is all its enough to ruin someone's career in cycling. Look at Floyed Landis and the French authority's approach in dealing with his dopig issues. I have a problem with how Landis doping issues is handled. Why the French did not allow a representative from Landis camp be allowed to watch the testing?? And would it hurt to have a rep there watching the process? and why didn't they allow some other testing facility to do the test instead of the SAME PLACE??

But.... You race. So you must have heard/seen about drugs even at regional levels??

I'm not a great rider by any means, yet I've been personally offered steroids on several occasions from different people. I've know people who were offered EPO, the drug of choice today. But it's all heresay right?

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Granted cycling world seems to be taking a harder line than lets say baseball or American football... Maybe American culture revolves too much on idol worshipping and more willing to look the other way. Its just a reflection on our drug culture. pop a pill to cure anything.

[snapdragen]

I agree - personally, I think Barry Bonds needs a huge asterisk next to his name when his "accomplishments" are listed.

I think that it is quite sad that all of these cyclists are losing their careers over rumor and innuendo - which is all I've seen from Operacion Puerto so far, when other sports, like baseball, seem to be completely ignoring the problem. A batboy was just busted for selling PED's, but I have yet to hear about any players being suspended because of it. If it had been cycling and a soingeur had been the busted one I bet the whole team would have been suspended. I really wish they would leave cyclists alone until they can actually prove something..... (a list of names is not good enough for me!!)