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Good news is that Tom Zirbel’s sanction has been reduced, as he indicates in this except from his blog earlier today: Um well…so I guess I have some good news. Turns out I can race this year due to a string of random events that played out starting last October. Remember when I lamented on [...] At least, that’s the most reasonable assumption, since neither rider tested positive for any performance enhancing drugs, and were banned based on other evidence … and it is pretty well known that Joe Papp provided USADA with a list of his customers during his own doping investigation. In the first announcement of the day: Neal [...] News from Italy: The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that the examination of Italian cyclocross rider Vania Rossi’s B sample has returned a negative result for EPO-CERA. CONI released the news on its website on Friday with the statement, “In the B sample analysis for Vania Rossi, conducted in the period from March 29 to [...] VeloNews.com – Clinger suspended for two years A three-member arbitration panel has issued a two-year suspension of David Clinger for a positive testosterone test at last year’s national elite championships in Bend, Oregon. Clinger had finished second in the national road race, behind Michael Olheiser, but that result and any achieved since his positive test [...] Armstrong parts with Catlin Lance Armstrong has decided to part company with Don Catlin, the doctor intended to conduct an individual anti-doping programme with him during 2009. Consequently, the proposed comprehensive, individual programme will proceed under the guidance of Ramsus Damsgaard, the man responsible for Astana’s internal anti-doping efforts. Bill Stapleton, Armstrong’s long-time agent and [...] I think this is the first time that USADA has agreed with a rider that there were mitigating circumstances for missing a test, instead of banning a rider and having to be taken to arbitration. VeloNews | Jonathan Page cleared | The Journal of Competitive Cycling. Former U.S. national cyclocross champion Jonathan Page has been [...] Cyclingnews.com: Page missed post-race doping control American cyclo-cross rider Jonathan Page missed a post-race doping control at the fourth round of the UCI’s World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium, on November 29. The 32 year-old silver medallist at the 2007 cyclo-cross world championships now has to await a hearing from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) [...] Remember when Lance Armstrong announced his comeback, back in September, and indicated that Don Catlin would be doing a lot of testing and posting results and how visible everything was going to be? Well, today I came across this article on Bikeradar.com; from the same people that bring us Cyclingews.com and ProCycling magazine: Armstrong’s [...] I’m torn by the following news … on the one hand, yes, it should be a pretty good way to help get rid of the cheaters once and for all; although, like McQuaid, life bans would be better. On the other hand, as slipshod as many of the testing procedures and protocols have proven to [...] Brief article at CanadianCyclist.com yesterday, pointed out by a Portland-based pal: Anti-doping Tests Flawed According to Study The current issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism contains a study by a Swedish team that concludes current standard anti-doping tests for steriods will not catch many athletes that used the banned substances, and will [...] |
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