So he was injected with a powerful corticosteroid with potentially dangerous side-effects just before the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France and the 2013 Giro. He applied for and received a TUE for them both times - so he followed the rules.
I think it is clear that the rules need to change. But it is also clear that his actions are very much against the spirit of clean sport. Here is what David Millar, doper cum anti-doping crusader says about this drug:
“As I said in my book [Racing Through The Dark], I took EPO and testosterone patches, and they obviously produce huge differences in your blood and you felt at your top level … Kenacort, though, was the only one you took and three days later you looked different.
“I remember it was one of the reasons I took sleeping pills because Kenacort put you on this weird high. It’s quite scary because it’s catabolic so it’s eating into you. It felt destructive. It felt powerful.”
Millar said there was no doubt in his mind that the drug was performance-enhancing and called on the powers-that-be to ban its use in-competition via TUEs.
“You would do all the training but my weight would stick,” he said. “But if I took Kenacort, 1.5-2kgs would drop off in like a week. And not only would the weight drop off I would feel stronger.
“If you are non-asthmatic and you take Ventolin it’s not going to give you any advantage. But if you take Kenacort it’s not only going to make a sick person better, it’s going to make a sick person better than a healthy person. That’s a very grey area.
From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...anned-says-david-mi/
Do we consider Wiggins just taking all of the legal advantages he could, or do we consider it an immoral choice, looking to gain an advantage against riders who respect clean sport and/or not be forced to take dangerous substances in order to be successful?
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Ed O'Malley
www.VeloVetta.com
Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
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I think it is clear that the rules need to change. But it is also clear that his actions are very much against the spirit of clean sport. Here is what David Millar, doper cum anti-doping crusader says about this drug:
“As I said in my book [Racing Through The Dark], I took EPO and testosterone patches, and they obviously produce huge differences in your blood and you felt at your top level … Kenacort, though, was the only one you took and three days later you looked different.
“I remember it was one of the reasons I took sleeping pills because Kenacort put you on this weird high. It’s quite scary because it’s catabolic so it’s eating into you. It felt destructive. It felt powerful.”
Millar said there was no doubt in his mind that the drug was performance-enhancing and called on the powers-that-be to ban its use in-competition via TUEs.
“You would do all the training but my weight would stick,” he said. “But if I took Kenacort, 1.5-2kgs would drop off in like a week. And not only would the weight drop off I would feel stronger.
“If you are non-asthmatic and you take Ventolin it’s not going to give you any advantage. But if you take Kenacort it’s not only going to make a sick person better, it’s going to make a sick person better than a healthy person. That’s a very grey area.
From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...anned-says-david-mi/
Do we consider Wiggins just taking all of the legal advantages he could, or do we consider it an immoral choice, looking to gain an advantage against riders who respect clean sport and/or not be forced to take dangerous substances in order to be successful?
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Ed O'Malley
www.VeloVetta.com
Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
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