Radioshack suspend rider for doping positive

Slideshowbob

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/radioshack-suspends-li-after-doping-positive

mloc123

oh dear, poor Lance... must be a plant to drag his good name down

Slideshowbob

Lance's twitter aint yet spoken on the matter

Must be trying to come up with something. Will be hard to prolong the Radioshack positive vibes on this one me thinks!

Lumen

Li Fuyu, that's brilliant.

"Hello Lance, I Li Fuyu".

Hermy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-nSdyHhZeM

"Lance you know it's true
Man, there's nothing I won't do
Would I Li Fuyu..."

JacksonHeightsOwn

chinese athelete in doping shocker

petethedrummer

Wait a sec though...this could be Bruyneel's first postive. This is big news. No rider has ever tested postive been sanctioned under his mangement.

Anyways, its nothing a post-dated TUE couldn't solve.

Slideshowbob

petethedrummer wrote: »

Wait a sec though...this could be Bruyneel's first postive. This is big news. No rider has ever tested postive been sanctioned under his mangement.

Anyways, its nothing a post-dated TUE couldn't solve.

dont u mean a pre dated tue??

petethedrummer

Slideshowbob wrote: »

dont u mean a pre dated tue??

Back-dated TUE.:D

This is going to sully Bruyneel's clean rep. Its a sad day.

jwshooter

hardly the new wounder drug .

nature of the irish .knock the shxt out of something .

Slideshowbob

Quit knocking our knocking !!

RobFowl

petethedrummer wrote: »

Back-dated TUE.:D

This is going to sully Bruyneel's clean rep. Its a sad day.

Retro active TUE is the phrase you're looking for

Chips Lovell

Tenner says this will turn into one of those "I took too much of my asthma inhaler" cases.

petethedrummer

Or he could go the Lashaun Merritt route: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article7105706.ece

ednwireland

jwshooter wrote: »

hardly the new wounder drug .

nature of the irish .knock the shxt out of something .

http://www.google.ie/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=radioshack+positive+test&meta=lr%3D&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

not the only people talking about it, must have not been using the 'bruyneel' method

concussion

Can you even get a TUE for clenbtuterol, seeing as it's listed as an anabolic agent and not a beta-2 agonist?

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

Tenner says this will turn into one of those "I took too much of my asthma inhaler" cases.

And "I'm actually a dog "

(it's an animal/vet medication not used in humans in the vast majority of countries)

RobFowl

concussion wrote: »

Can you even get a TUE for sabutamol, seeing as it's listed as an anabolic agent and not a beta-2 agonist?

Salbutamol is permitted these days, he actually tested positive (A test only so far) for Clenbuterol

concussion

RobFowl wrote: »

Salbutamol is permitted these days, he actually tested positive (A test only so far) for Clenbuterol

Dammit. I meant to say clenbuterol. Grr. Will edit above.

Chips Lovell

RobFowl wrote: »

And "I'm actually a dog "

(it's an animal/vet medication not used in humans in the vast majority of countries)

Isn't it used for products in China?

He could always use the Frank Vandenbrouke excuse. "It was for my dog".

niceonetom

Radioshack could try to use one of the many technical (and implausible) defences used in the past, but I reckon that seeing as no one had ever heard of this guy before now, they'll take the better PR route and hang him out to dry.

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

Isn't it used for products in China?

It is but China=Wild west as far as medications concerned. In the Beijing Olympics athletes were warned only to go to the on site pharmacy in the Olympic village such was the level of concern. Even then there was a "proper" pharamcy and a "tradition chinese" one (where athletes were told in no uncertain terms to avoid).

Lumen

"The medication was for my dog, but he didn't pull through so I ate him".

I have eaten dog in China, twice. It wasn't great either time. I prefer squirrel

Vélo

Lumen wrote: »

"The medication was for my dog, but he didn't pull through so I ate him".

I have eaten dog in China, twice. It wasn't great either time. I prefer squirrel

I ate Kangaroo in Lucan before.

Not great either.

alfalad

Vélo wrote: »

I ate Kangaroo in Lucan before.

Not great either.

Kanga is lovely served rare, but haven't had it here to be fair!

Leroy42

Can't see the story here, apparently because he is on Lance's team it means we can take some leap to say that this implicates Lance or Bruynell.

Wasn't there a guy on the BMC team suspended yesterday as well, so therefore Cadel must be guilty too.

My lycra shorts are streched less than this link!!!!!

Git101

Leroy42 wrote: »

My lycra shorts are streched less than this link!!!!!

A strategically placed sock can help with the shorts stretching thing

I've just read Paul Kimmage's book and I have to admit it's made me even more cynical.

BryanL

jwshooter wrote: »

hardly the new wounder drug .

nature of the irish .knock the shxt out of something .

It might be the Irish nature to make black comedy about something, some of us truly care about.
Armstrong and bruneel insist there is no problem with doping in cycling? Where as I would find it hard to applaud the giro del trentino? Or Armstrong and Bruneel.
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Flaminia Ceramica
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-del-trentino-2-1/stage-4/results

RobFowl

BryanL wrote: »

It might be the Irish nature to make black comedy about something, some of us truly care about.
Armstrong and bruneel insist there is no problem with doping in cycling? Where as I would find it hard to applaud the giro del trentino? Or Armstrong and Bruneel.
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Flaminia Ceramica
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-del-trentino-2-1/stage-4/results

FYP

Scarponi got done for Puerto as well

BryanL

RobFowl wrote: »

FYP

Scarponi got done for Puerto as well

It just gets better:rolleyes:

ROK ON

BryanL wrote: »

It just gets better:rolleyes:

I've been thinking a lot about doping today. It would seem as if the Italians are the most prolific dopers in cycling on the basis of how many get caught. However, who are the best dopers? Going back quiet a while it would be either
(1) Spaniads, in that some of their highest profile dopers wre actually among the best cyclists in the world and took several major victories
or
(2) US - fewer cyclists, but most of the guys who were caught for doping were pretty high profile.

So the Italians probably get the least bang for buck from doping.

petethedrummer

ROK ON wrote: »

I've been thinking a lot about doping today. It would seem as if the Italians are the most prolific dopers in cycling on the basis of how many get caught. However, who are the best dopers? Going back quiet a while it would be either
(1) Spaniads, in that some of their highest profile dopers wre actually among the best cyclists in the world and took several major victories
or
(2) US - fewer cyclists, but most of the guys who were caught for doping were pretty high profile.

So the Italians probably get the least bang for buck from doping.

At least at the moment the Italians are doing something to clean it up. Spain is doing nothing.

sy

ROK ON wrote: »

I've been thinking a lot about doping today........

:rolleyes:

sy

petethedrummer wrote: »

At least at the moment the Italians are doing something to clean it up. Spain is doing nothing.

+1 on that. It will be interesting to see if Valverde makes it to the TDF start this year. The French were spared that dilemma last year not sure if they will put up with it this time around.