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  1. 07-17-2008, 04:34 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by ilima View Post
    I Doctors must be involved in this one.
    Doctors are always involved - the slimy, smarmy types.....
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  2. 07-17-2008, 05:07 PM #2
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    If he was doping, I would think the odds are he was not the only one on his team that was. Maybe that played into the team's decision to withdraw - they didn't want any of their other riders to get caught.
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    I really hope Mark Cavendish isn't doping. He's such a good sprinter. Since we can't have Tornado Tom on board......
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    Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
    I really hope Mark Cavendish isn't doping. He's such a good sprinter. Since we can't have Tornado Tom on board......
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ng/6278316.stm

    I don't think so, he is a very outspoken anti-doper. As a British cycling fan it has been great to watch someone so anti-doping win and win three stages. He was even on the main evening news, some good exposure for cycling for a change. Unfortunately (for the Tour) I don't think he's going to continue much longer as in an interview I watched last night he said he was pretty tired and he struggled in the Pyrenees

    He's part of the British Olympic track team so he won't want to knacker himself completely.
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  5. 07-18-2008, 04:24 AM #5
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    Watching VS "expanded coverage" last night, it seems that the positive lab test is that the blood isn't normal. Detection of any anomaly beyond normal limits is considered positive for doping. IE you don't need the specific test for drug XYZ.
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    Latest news (as mentioned in the Yahoo! Eurosport live coverage) is that both Ricco and Piepoli have been sacked from Saunier-Duval. And VeloNews mentioned that the title sponsor has dropped the team. The ripple effect of doping is becoming intense.
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  7. 07-17-2008, 08:00 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flur View Post
    If he was doping, I would think the odds are he was not the only one on his team that was. Maybe that played into the team's decision to withdraw - they didn't want any of their other riders to get caught.
    Oh, they'll get caught. They just won't be in France to be manhandled by the French police. Ricco's test was from Stage 4, so the tests are about a week behind. I have no doubt there will be more positives.
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