You can attack in the high mountains one day, but then you need two days to recover. These guys have, for years, been attacking in the mountains day-after-day with no apparent need to recover...well they recovered overnight, in the past with a testosterone patch on their testicles, some Human Growth Hormone and a little EPO mixed in for a little extra zoom, zoom, zoom. ref. Jorge Jaschke's Dr.
Once the vampires were able to detect the presence of such substances, we now know, and have been suspicious of for a number of years, they have moved on to autologous blood doping...Operation Puerto be damned...carry on boys, carry on...remember the good doctor had bags labeled A.C...nah, couldn't be...
Do you really think Andy was doing anything different?
By JULIET MACUR
Published: October 4, 2010
A test new to the antidoping movement was used for the first time at the Tour de France last summer, and now it appears that the three-time Tour winner Alberto Contador — who tested positive for a banned drug at the race — may have more explaining to do.
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At a news conference in Spain last week, Alberto Contador discussed his positive test for clenbuterol but denied doping.
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Times Topics: Alberto Contador | Doping
That new test detects a specific type of chemical, called a plasticizer, that is found in plastic IV bags. Evidence of that chemical in an athlete’s urine could mean the athlete has used a blood transfusion to boost endurance. The World Anti-Doping Agency bans blood transfusions or any intravenous infusions, except in a medical emergency.
A test performed on at least one of Contador’s urine samples from the Tour revealed levels of that chemical eight times higher than the minimum amount that signifies doping, according to a person with knowledge of the test results.
The International Cycling Union drug-testing chaperones took the urine sample from Contador on July 20, the eve of the Tour’s final rest day, said the person, who wanted to remain anonymous because of an agreement to keep the information confidential while Contador’s investigation is continuing.
The next day, as Contador announced last week, he tested positive for clenbuterol, a weight-loss and muscle-building drug. He claimed that failed test came from his consumption of tainted beef from Spain. Contador has denied ever doping and said he knew nothing of the latest incriminating test.
The cycling union has spent more than two months investigating Contador’s case, and it is receiving scientific help from the World Anti-Doping Agency as it determines how to proceed. Pat McQuaid, the cycling union’s president, did not return phone calls or e-mails for comment.
While there was already a validated test for blood doping with someone else’s blood, the new test breaks ground because it may be able to detect if an athlete has had a transfusion with his own blood.
Before, an athlete could remove his own blood, store it, then reinfuse it just before a sporting event to gain an edge without worrying about testing positive.
The test to detect plasticizers from IV bags has been around for more than a year in antidoping, but is not yet validated for use, so an athlete could easily question its validity in court. Still, the test could be used in conjunction with other facts to build a doping case, antidoping experts said.
“Even without a validated test, it could be looked at in a case-by-case basis,” Francesco Botré, the chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Rome, said. “If someone has a very, very high level of plasticizers in the urine, it would be hard for that athlete to explain how that happened if not for doping. If the level is lower, it obviously would make it much harder, but it would still be possible to prove.”
...the rest of the article here http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/sports/cycling/05cycling.html?ref=sports
and some more from CN - http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/plasticisers-in-contadors-urine-could-indicate-blood-transfusion
"Sport is complicated. It is played for mortal stakes. You can wish for all the sandbox purity of play to be retained at the highest levels you want. But the public has asked for and is bearing witness to the most amazing feats of human achievement. We wanted to see 75 home runs hit in a season and we're willing to make that man a king for doing it.
ReplyDeleteMoral relativism is not limited to the athletes."
"Obviously, I'm not the only one in the sport with some issues," Landis said.
Accusations aside, perhaps Landis is on to something here. One significant issue is between people who race for money and those who race for everything else. The money will find you out one way or another. And it will force your hand at the crossroads.
And the only jury will be your conscious.