This guy.
Sanctioned by USADA.
Yeah, I confirmed that this is the right guy by checking the results of the race where he was caught, the Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional.
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8 comments:
How many SoCal guys do you think would fail a pee test if they had them? My guess is it would be a heck of a lot...sad.
USADA only got lucky on that one because the guy ended up doing a race where he had to pee in a cup. If he was smart he would've just stayed in the US...which is also sad.
Not to be argumentative, but I don't think very many socal riders are doped. Of course there are a few that are generally suspected, and I think some of those are probably correct. But out of a few thousand licensed racers, I bet you could count the number who dope with your fingers and toes (at most). Not to minimize the issue, but I don't think it's rampant at all.
If I were king, I'd insist that USADA be at all NRC races, and then as long as they're there for the P/1 & Women's race, they should go ahead and do some testing in other categories/classes. I think it's a few hundred dollars for a pee test, probably covering EPO and steroids. Pay for it with higher license fees and entry fees.
Yeah...but this guy was popped for testosterone. There are a lot of "anti-aging" docs prescribing that stuff out there (along with HGH). Even if a guy takes it just to get his levels back up to "normal" (however THAT is defined) and rationalizes it that way, it's still technically doping...and cheating.
http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/200311/200311_drug_test_1.html
Read that article above and then tell me that you won't increase your estimate...
That link had no effect on my estimate. Mostly because it didn't work. Have a better link or article text?
Hmmm...works for me. Try this one instead:
http://tinyurl.com/tqxn
Yes, I have no doubt that somebody inclined to dope can do it. So maybe that accounts for the 20 or so that I guestimated.
Add Berhard Kohl to the list of losers...
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct13news4
Druber
Oh man Druber! They're dropping like flies. So much for the delusion that this year was a lot cleaner.
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