This for real? LIke, wut?
Maybe they were just all on hookless?
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Grim.
Grim.
I take an opposite view. What a great success! Actually put enough staff to test everyone and, behold, a clean finish (or more clean). Cheating by using any banned substance(s) would drop significantly if this was done at every “major†event and things would be much better for those tip-of-the-spear folks who don’t cheat. For me, it’ll make some difference, but I’m mop and it won’t affect me qualifying for Kona.
Imagine if they came to Miami
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Now do IMTX in April!
I’d love to see it.
Saw that. It’s not the first time a headline like this has come out of the EU for amateur bike racing.
If you did that at an IM event/USAT Ag nationals or another big race, I bet you’d get an extra 10-15% increase in the DNF rate
Why take a doping test if you didn’t place? Sit and wait in line for a test when you can just go home? All doping test should be done 30 min before the race
I know that amateur doping is a problem but more than 70% of the field dropped out of the race. That’s just nuts.
What the hell is everyone taking? Good lordy.
The article I read on it said that the standard DNF rate for this event was pretty consistently around 50%, so the doping control potentially led to an additional 20% dropping out.
The article I read on it said that the standard DNF rate for this event was pretty consistently around 50%, so the doping control potentially led to an additional 20% dropping out.
Natural 50 percent dnf rate is already seriously nuts even without doping!
Isn’t the idea “if I can’t be riding in the front group, I won’t bother finishing�
Why take a doping test if you didn’t place? Sit and wait in line for a test when you can just go home? All doping test should be done 30 min before the race
Better still, set it up about 4 or 5 miles after the start. Neutralise that 2st bit. Corral everyone on the road. Leave and you get a lifetime ban. And test everyone. With no pre notice.