would you like some Mayo with Chicken and Vino?

[Fredwina]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...ul07/jul31news
He also tested postive at the Giro. Maybe I need to buy a slipstream jersey...

[Pedal Wench]

I give up.

[maillotpois]

The EPO apparently did not work....

[Fredwina]

The EPO apparently did not work....

that's becuase he took OPE......
Any other guys with Food related names or nicknames?

[7rider]

Rhetorical question, perhaps...
But how does a rider test positive for something, and it comes as a surprise to the team??? Is the team management hiding in a corner, somewhere, counting money, and not paying attention to their salaried athletes/employees??
I supposed my boss wouldn't know if I headed off for a doctor's and dosed on questionable pharmaceuticals....but I don't get paid to perform athletically - or pass doping tests.

[jeannierides]

Rhetorical question, perhaps...
But how does a rider test positive for something, and it comes as a surprise to the team??? Is the team management hiding in a corner, somewhere, counting money, and not paying attention to their salaried athletes/employees??
I supposed my boss wouldn't know if I headed off for a doctor's and dosed on questionable pharmaceuticals....but I don't get paid to perform athletically - or pass doping tests.

<<What she said!

[margo49]

Rhetorical question, perhaps...
But how does a rider test positive for something, and it comes as a surprise to the team??? Is the team management hiding in a corner, somewhere, counting money, and not paying attention to their salaried athletes/employees??
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Because they are not *always* together or even in the same country. This is why Jonathon Vaughters' new Team Slipstream is going to be based in a town in Spain (forgotten the name starts with a "G") in housing rented by the Team. All of the riders are non-Spaniards anyway he said. He thinks team management should insist and riders should comply with all sorts of restrictions like this "for their own protection" and "Why should they worry if they have nothing to hide?"
(All this from an interview on Eurosport tv on the penultimate day of the TdF)

[7rider]

Because they are not *always* together or even in the same country. This is why Jonathon Vaughters' new Team Slipstream is going to be based in a town in Spain (forgotten the name starts with a "G") in housing rented by the Team. All of the riders are non-Spaniards anyway he said. He thinks team management should insist and riders should comply with all sorts of restrictions like this "for their own protection" and "Why should they worry if they have nothing to hide?"
(All this from an interview on Eurosport tv on the penultimate day of the TdF)

It's a tough spot. Because these teams are sponsor-driven. You can't hold the team liable (or can you?), as you'll only drive the sponsor away. Perhaps this is a start. If I were a company plunking down my hard-earned dollars on a team, I'd want to make darn sure they don't destroy my company's good name (will half the world now associate "Phonak" with a blood-doping team?).

[Fredwina]

Part of it is it's a "perfect storm" The Rides are independent businessmen, ho in turn subcontract to the team, who in turn, agrees to advertise for the sponsor.it appear they're pretty much to do what they want , as long as they show up for the races on thier calendar
Part of it it is what I call the "Sgt. Schulz" defense. For those who don't know, Sgt. Schulz was a Character on the old "Hogan's Heros " TV show. Schulz was a German POW guard during WWII. A Typical plot line would be : Schulz goes to a bar. he hears someone shouting "Hey Schulzie!" and it would turn out to be Col. Hogan (an american) in a full SS uniform(one of my uncles actually escaped from a Nazi POW camp. Doing this in Real life would result in a bullet between your eyes). Schulz's typical line would be "Col. Hogan, I know Nothing!"
So part of it is the Coach and sponsor have been turning a blind eye, as long as they don't get caught.
Margo, I think the town is Giriona