tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post2123056430584505929..comments2023-09-08T06:31:18.925-05:00Comments on Belgium Knee Warmers™: Hit or Miss?Radio Freddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419506761098758178noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-10873869380056071502008-07-03T05:23:00.000-05:002008-07-03T05:23:00.000-05:00Interesting point on American vice European justic...Interesting point on American vice European justice. Great article, but still leaves me little hope for a clean future in cycling. Oh well, let's level the playing field - remove all controls and let ALL the riders drug up to the gills!SkidMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405640189495325670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-43405071967810399282008-07-03T00:29:00.000-05:002008-07-03T00:29:00.000-05:00what happened to radio freddy and his posts about ...what happened to radio freddy and his posts about bike shops and cyclocross racing? i can read about landis and WADA at velosnooze. i want more commentary about things that other people don't already write way too much about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283988150013827871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-88060307753304779152008-07-02T16:22:00.000-05:002008-07-02T16:22:00.000-05:00...nice to be assured, a week before the tour, tha......nice to be assured, a week before the tour, that there are no assurances...<BR/><BR/>...have a good race, guys...bikesgonewildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489983012589939600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-31890575105724859732008-07-02T15:40:00.000-05:002008-07-02T15:40:00.000-05:00WADA needs to look at this very seriouslyYeah, rig...<I>WADA needs to look at this very seriously</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, right. Point out that the emperor's clothes are a wee bit threadbare... Floyd just found out there isn't much profit in that, better to keep your mouth shut. <BR/><BR/>Nothing to see here, folks. Keep on moving.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461836999036966262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-14446836249960808942008-07-02T12:24:00.000-05:002008-07-02T12:24:00.000-05:00Great post. I also was alarmed, if that's the rig...Great post. I also was alarmed, if that's the right word to use, by the study, and that was before I was aware of the lab director's weak excuses. It appears we have a long way to go in the fight against current doping practices, which will only get worse as dopers find new ways to get around the fixes that will hopefully come. I would suggest (for full disclosure, I know virtually nothing about biology or law) a broad initiative by the UCI, other sports' governing bodies, WADA, national anti doping groups, and the teams/athletes themselves to overhaul both the scientific and legal aspects of the fight against doping. The funds for such initiative should come from whoever has a stake in clean competition (the teams/athletes, governing bodies, labs...). This state of non-effective controls that are held up as being error proof by those who perform them is only hurting everyone involved. Every court case and consequent appeal (see Mr. Landis) represent time, energy, and funds that could be used to fix the problems once and for all rather than fostering the distrust in the system. That's my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-4671943412528441152008-07-02T12:09:00.000-05:002008-07-02T12:09:00.000-05:00Without adequate EPO testing, the bio passport is ...Without adequate EPO testing, the bio passport is weakened. If you have your own hematocrit test machine and access to either a 7-11 big gulp dispenser or an IV bag you can easily keep your values balanced by adjusting the fluid level of your blood.<BR/><BR/>One red flag with the Bio Passports is you don't see riders above 50%. I'm an old guy who rides 350 miles per week and my normal hematocrit level before chemo was 51. I asked my doctor if that was high and he said the normal range is 40-54.<BR/><BR/>Why are pro cyclists under the UCI limit but not falling within a normal distribution curve for what is considered medically normal?<BR/><BR/>To me it seems like how normal traffic on a given road might be ten fifteen miles per hour over the posted limit, but you put a patrol car in plain sight with a loud radar gun and all of a sudden all of the traffic is at or below the speed limit.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, there are other ways the anti-doping movement is enforced: peer pressure, steep fines and police investigations. Now that this info on EPO test problems has come to light it will only be a matter of time before better testing is in place. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be surprised if there are few scientists who read this report and are saying, "See,this is why we need to use my test!"Old Fonziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179912669095256288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-28677167160280960702008-07-02T08:59:00.000-05:002008-07-02T08:59:00.000-05:00The biological passport does an end-run around the...The biological passport does an end-run around the detections issues by looking at the result in the body. This method would seem far more clear than chemical detection. We'll see how the Tour goes this year.....Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282324838942911896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-32898395954505889212008-07-02T08:45:00.000-05:002008-07-02T08:45:00.000-05:00Oh, just to explain the above post, I am ridiculin...Oh, just to explain the above post, I am ridiculing dopers.<BR/><BR/>Using Amgen EPO is bad enough just because of the known risks and side effects(I was afraid to use it during cancer treatment), but would you really want to use some shady off brand?<BR/><BR/>Look at the quality of legal supplements. For example, I heard a report on NPR yesterday about an herbal supplement study. The supplement helped heart patients, but it was a carefully monitored supplement. The researcher noted that off the shelf the herb had various levels of quality. Some even contained enough heavy metal to be considered poison -- and this was being sold above the counter, legally.<BR/><BR/>No way would I trust some pony medicine from China or Mexico just to ride a little faster.Old Fonziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179912669095256288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821760991275369602.post-75188456274687287132008-07-02T08:34:00.000-05:002008-07-02T08:34:00.000-05:00the test WADA uses is optimized to find Amgen-prod...<I>the test WADA uses is optimized to find Amgen-produced EPO, while EPO produced in Mexico or China, and recombinant EPO can all escape detection if lab technicians only look for Amgen EPO.</I><BR/><BR/>All those years of my mom making me buy generic off brands has finally paid off.<BR/><BR/>Like I tell my buddies, if you put it in an Amgen hypo it tastes just the same.Old Fonziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179912669095256288noreply@blogger.com