ecce-homo wrote:
or perhaps only rider that kept his previous level after serving the ban.That's the eff'd nature of the doping agencies and UCI setting that "50" hematocrit level. People are born with some kind of level that ebbs and flows a little over time and racing. The ones born with less could do more to raise their level. Those born closer could not.
I'd guess that with the assumption he isn't doing doping any longer, he was perhaps one of those closer to the limit already and naturally. I think the blood was both perf and recovery based whereas the EPO had more to do with the "50" number itself.
So it would make sense he was caught up in Puerto but still able to hold a level afterwards.
Maybe it's "50", can't remember from reading the scandalous tell all books.