Image by murphy-R via FlickrFrankly, I am fed up with all the professional cyclists who keep on doping to be able to get ahead in their cycling career, and to make millions of dollars. It is sick and embarrassing that some pro-cyclists are so wimp they cannot finish in first place in the Tour de France if they are not cheating.Lance Armstrong always denied doping, he was never proven guilty with positive laboratory results, but I wonder: if Jan Ulrich, Ivan Basso and practically the rest of the peloton were doping, how is it that Lance Armstrong beat everyone for 7 consecutive years? However, these are only speculations since he was never proven guilty and he has never admitted to it.
Now it's Alberto Contador the one in question, and I am not surprised at all. I never liked the guy anyways. Hated his handgun signature when crossing the finish line and his poor sports attitude. But now he was tested positive for clenbuterol, and he told a news conference in his home town, Pinto, Madrid that: "It is a clear case of food contamination,"...meaning that the meat he ate had clenbuterol in it...mmm...oh please!
Don't lie, Abertico, you GOT BUSTED!
ReplyDeleteAll these Grand Tour winners are cheating scumbags. Sooner or later, they all are found to have cheated.
ReplyDeleteI hate to see so much continued doping problems in professional cycling.
ReplyDeleteCONTADOPER!!!!
ReplyDelete"CONTADOPER"....HAHAHAHAHA...Good one CB!
ReplyDeleteUntil recently I would have taken what Alberto says at face value, but I seem to have become cynical regarding pro cyclists excuses of late.
ReplyDeleteToday was a sad day for cycling.
ReplyDeleteI Agree- I never liked Contador either. Not surprised at all about this.
ReplyDeleteSad, isn't it? Apparently the pathetic need for a few fleeting minutes of self-absorbed glory extends into everything- athletics, business, life. And cheating to get ahead of the pack is now the norm, not the exception. How low can it get? I heard something about a cheater on the CURLING team of some nation- Curling? Seriously??? Nothing is sacred anymore, there is no integrity and less honesty in this planet and its' doings. Impressive, what a species we have d-evolved into, no?
ReplyDeleteThere is no bloody excuse that this man can use. Landis tried to say that the roids were slipped to him, that he hadn't done it to himself.
ReplyDeleteNice job, Roberto, you arrogant, condescending piece of work.
It will be a pleasure to watch you lose your tour title.
Sorry for this but I'm in a learning phase. Why would he need a transfusion on his rest day? Is that normal for all the tdf racers? Why would a racer have blood stored except for maybe he might need it due to an accident where he night lose a lot of blood and need a transfusion like some do prior to a schd surgery? Just asking?
ReplyDeleteAlso why wouldn't others have the same amount in their samples if it were from food? I really hate this and I'm not a Contador fan.
Blood doping 101. Anyone that's been watching cycling this past decade has unfortunately sat through the class. If you use someone else's blood, they can easily detect that in your system, so cyclists used their own for some time - still doping, obviously. Tyler Hamilton was originally caught with another person's blood in his system. Accidental blood-bag switch? Who knows, but it probably wasn't a chimera as his legal team argued.
ReplyDeleteIf you dope with your own blood (that perhaps was sent through a centrifuge at Dr. Fuentes' office to make the plasma more dense), tests track the number of red blood cells per unit of blood. The hematocrit is the percentage of your blood taken up by red blood cells or something. If it fluctuates unnaturally or gets too high, that's a red flag (Bjarne Riis used to be nick-named "Mr. 60%").
Your second Q: Contador says that the only other teammate of his that was tested on those days was Vino, who ate dinner before the team did.
"CONTADOPER!!!!"
ReplyDeleteI have a new one, CB:
CLENTADOR
IF clenbuterol was in the transfused blood, then likely it was to speed up recovery during his training. They probably tested the bags using less sensitive equipment, and nothing came up. It was only when the better German laboratory tested the blood that this popped up. Secondly, and just as damning, is the fact that it appears the UCI was covering up for Contador. Maybe they were waiting for the investigation to run its course, however, given their history, it seems the UCI might be too conflicted with promoting the sport to act in good faith to identify dopers.
ReplyDeleteThis is bad for the cycling world that more and more cyclist are using illegal substance just to make it on top.
ReplyDeleteWhy do they put their names on the line because they just want to win but they did it in a bad way.
ReplyDeleteThis is the price of doing something bad. It is affecting the person but also the cycling world as well.
ReplyDeleteThe association should be stricter and conduct drug test so that if there are cyclist who are tested positive should not be allowed to race.
ReplyDeleteThe one who uses this enhancers should be banned from the sports.
ReplyDeleteThey should not do this kind of things. Kids look up to them as their idols and its bad if they will see that their idols are bad.
ReplyDeleteThe officials should set the rules to avoid this kind of scandals in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis should be a lesson to bikers that hard work is still the best way to achieve your goal.
ReplyDeleteThis should be a lesson to bikers that hard work is still the best way to achieve your goal.
ReplyDeleteThey should not do this kind of things. Kids look up to them as their idols and its bad if they will see that their idols are bad.
ReplyDeleteThe association should be stricter and conduct drug test so that if there are cyclist who are tested positive should not be allowed to race.
ReplyDeleteAll these Grand Tour winners are cheating scumbags. Sooner or later, they all are found to have cheated.
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