Tyler and Blood Doping Article

[Dogmama]

Thought this was touching.

http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=11349&page=1

[Pink Kona]

Sooo... what do you think? Innocent or guilty?

It could be argued either way - two tests were conducted with the same results. But one was inconclusive. Do you think he would be singing the same song had the Olympic TT test B been affirmed?

Along the same lines, there is an excellent article on Marco Pantani in this months Bicycling. It describes fallen Angels and their pain of no-one ever really understanding them. They try their entire lives to fit in but eventually fall. Some dope, some become alcoholics, some commit suicide others live in utter seclusion. Hopefully Tyler won't fall too far....

[Veronica]

My understanding of the test is that it's based on statistical anaylsis. I've never been a big fan of statistics. There are too many exceptions. If I were a World Class athlete who didn't dope, I'd probably get myself tested to find out if I'd have false negatives.

V.

[MightyMitre]

Interesting idea Veronica. I'd love to see the results.

[Pink Kona]

Have you checked Tyler's site lately? He resigned from Phonak!

http://www.tylerhamilton.com/

Lame. Feel sorry for the guy.

[MightyMitre]

It all stinks ...

a) because even if he is guilty HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE PELETON WHO DOPE'S!!

b) if the tests are dodgy just how unfair is it to trash someone's entire career/ life while they fine tune them.

c) he's a really nice guy.


Bah - it makes me grumpy and I only make lists like this when I'm mad.