Cycling - Where the number one competitor is banned for cheating!

goldencleric

Haha brilliant just read this:

World Rankings as of May 31, 2010
Result
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 392 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 374
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 294

... followed by this

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valverde-suspended-for-two-years-world-wide-keeps-results

Lumen

@ROK ON: I deleted your thread on the same issue as merging it would have added nothing. Post quicker next time

sy

Took them a long time. I had always admired Valverde (in the past) but at least he didn't win any of the major classics this season or there might have been some pretty embarrassed faces. Simon Spilak must feel cheated out of winning the Tour of Romandie.

RobFowl

Pity he'll keep the Vuelta title though.

TBH there are worse than him out there but it's a good move forward.

I'd say there a few more dog owners sweating just a bit more now......

ColSheehan

Happy he's finally been suspended! Was gutted that it wasn't done sooner though..

Noticed this from the cycling news article

The decision will likely lead the UCI to strip Valverde of his overall victory in the Tour de Romandie and his second place in Paris-Nice as well as see him stripped of his position as UCI World Rankings leader.

Would be nice if it actually happened

Question: Will the stages he won this year be taken from him as well or is it just the overalls?
EDIT: Yes, all victories are taken from him :
2/05/2010 2.PT 1 Tour de Romandie (2: Spilak)
2/05/2010 2.PTs 1 Tour de Romandie, Stage 5 (2: Anton)

6/04/2010 2.PTs 1 Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 2 : Zierbena - Viana (2: Freire)
5/04/2010 2.PTs 1 Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 1 : Zierbena - Zierbena (2: Freire)

14/02/2010 2.1 1 Tour Méditerranéen (2: Nocentini)

IM0

sy wrote: »

Simon Spilak must feel cheated out of winning the Tour of Romandie.

I thought that was the whole pt of cheating

petethedrummer

When are they going to do a DNA test on the 'AC' blood bag?

RobFowl

petethedrummer wrote: »

When are they going to do a DNA test on the 'AC' blood bag?

Whenever hell freezes over I suspect....

elduggo

petethedrummer wrote: »

When are they going to do a DNA test on the 'AC' blood bag?

I thought it was well known who AC referred to?

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/jun09/jun09news3

Or was he just taking a bullet for Contador?

petethedrummer

I hadn't heard that. But it doesn't mention that the bag was his. A simple DNA test would settle it once and for all.

RobFowl

petethedrummer wrote: »

I hadn't heard that. But it doesn't mention that the bag was his. A simple DNA test would settle it once and for all.

I think you're being unfair Pete

Alberto Contador has never failed a test and looks at his previous teams they really are an unblemished group with a strong anti-doping ethos......


2010

Astana
PRT
10
861
All
Points

2009

Astana

All
Points

2008

Astana

All
Points

2007

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

All
Points

2006

Astana - Würth Team

All
Points

2005

Liberty Seguros - Würth Team

All
Points

2004

Liberty Seguros

All
Points

2003

ONCE - Eroski

All
Points

2002

ONCE - Eroski

All
Points

→ Trainee as from 1/09

Chips Lovell

petethedrummer wrote: »

When are they going to do a DNA test on the 'AC' blood bag?

Is there an AC bloodbag? I thought the only mention of his name was in the documents found?

teufelswerk

RobFowl wrote: »

I think you're being unfair Pete

Alberto Contador has never failed a test and looks at his previous teams they really are an unblemished group with a strong anti-doping ethos......


2010

Astana
PRT
10
861
All
Points

2009

Astana

All
Points

2008

Astana

All
Points

2007

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

All
Points

2006

Astana - Würth Team

All
Points

2005

Liberty Seguros - Würth Team

All
Points

2004

Liberty Seguros

All
Points

2003

ONCE - Eroski

All
Points

2002

ONCE - Eroski

All
Points

→ Trainee as from 1/09

Is this sarcastic? i do know a lot of people think Contador is clean and he does have a physique that lends to being a mountain goat

RobFowl

teufelswerk wrote: »

Is this sarcastic? i do know a lot of people think Contador is clean and he does have a physique that lends to being a mountain goat

A little sarcasm was implied all right.

While he has the physique of a mountain goat he does seem to be able to beat TT specialists at will.......

And too be honest his list of teams is quite frankly a rouges gallery

Chips Lovell

The Spanish Cycling Federation: Making Pat McQuaid look like the world's greatest anti-doping campaigner.

Chips Lovell

RobFowl wrote: »

While he has the physique of a mountain goat he does seem to be able to beat TT specialists at will.......

Hey, lots of people can TT and climb. Like Lance Armstrong...

teufelswerk

RobFowl wrote: »

A little sarcasm was implied all right.

While he has the physique of a mountain goat he does seem to be able to beat TT specialists at will.......

And too be honest his list of teams is quite frankly a rouges gallery

Yeah I was worried you were forgetting this shambles:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/348714/astana-kicked-out-of-tour.html.

Hard to know who (if anyone) is clean. He can time trial as well as Cancellara, don't want to get drag in that can of worms to this thread as well!

I know he wasn't with Astana for this btw, I'm just making the point on Astana

ednwireland

teufelswerk wrote: »

Is this sarcastic? i do know a lot of people think Contador is clean and he does have a physique that lends to being a mountain goat

and a great time triallist, how does that work again let me see

petethedrummer

el tonto wrote: »

Is there an AC bloodbag? I thought the only mention of his name was in the documents found?

Actually you're right and I think I corrected someone on here before about that.:rolleyes: I think I'm developing amnesia. Sorry he's clean as a whistle.

Chips Lovell

José Ivan Gutierrez condemns Valverde's suspension. Jesus wept:

Alejandro Valverde's case is the greatest injustice I met in all my life. Alejandro is a champion to whom the right to race will be denied. And if I tell you the truth neither I nor the majority of us know why.

Ummm, bags of his blood were found in a doping clinic.

Alejandro Valverde is a rider who never had abnormal values in an anti-doping control and he is for sure the rider who underwent the greatest number of controls considering the fact he climbs on the podium in almost all the races he participates in, without taking into account the incredible number of out-of-competitions tests he is subjected to.

Ehhh, his blood bags tested positive for EPO.

And if you think Gutierrez is an exception, the Spanish press isn't far behind.

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

And if you think Gutierrez is an exception, the Spanish press isn't far behind.

Remember the hysterics our mainstream commentators got into when the American swimmer suggested Michelle Smith was doping?

See how the Spanish are reporting it in a few weeks to get a better idea of their reaction.