http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-stage-winner-astarloza-suspended-after-failed-doping-test
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Oh boy - here we go!
Yup…and so it begins!
Does this mean Phil L. will get the Versus yellow jersey since he seemed to pick Sandy Casar for every stage? I assume his stage 16 victory will be struck.
Oh boy - here we go!
I don’t see why you would feel disappointed. I see it as evidence the efforts to clean up the sport are working, if not perfectly at least partially. This is way better than 10-20 years ago when “everyone” was doping and the sport didn’t care.
Oh, I’m not disappointed nor even surprised. Just patiently waiting …
Oh, I’m not disappointed nor even surprised. Just patiently waiting …
The day the Tour doesnt go through doping events, will be a day cycling has given up on the doping programs.
I’m always surprised it takes so long to process the OOC tests, but it’s good that they do them and catch people.
I’m waiting for the 2008 TdF re-tests to be complete, so we’ll probably have another reshuffle of those results - expect to see the final 2009 TdF results by August 2010!
“On Friday, the UCI announced that Astarloza tested positive for recombinant EPO, a blood booster, in an out-of-competition control.”
That is the way to go. Catch them when they ‘gear up’.
It is good to know that the TDF ranking is ‘preliminary’.
Some guys will now start sweating…