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Okay … I’m not a Contador fan, and it’s doubtful I ever will be … so when I first heard the news about his positive test yesterday, part of me was overjoyed. But now more details are available; specifically the UCI release regarding the positive test, and the levels of Clenbuterol which were detected. “The [...] Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has scheduled a news conference for Thursday to address reports of an apparent positive test for the bronchodilator clenbuterol. Contador, a three-time winner of the French national tour, apparently tested positive for the drug in tests conducted on the final day of this year’s race and was notified of [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] VeloNews | Drug maker cooperated with WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Riccò tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO during its manufacture. Riccò, 24, upset the big names of the sport to win two stages of this year’s Tour [...] From the New York Times: Study Shows Problems With Olympic-Style Tests Although athletes have said EPO is in widespread use, few have tested positive. Most of the athletes who have been linked to doping in recent years have been caught not through drug testing, but rather through criminal investigations. In the August 2006 issue [...] 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 [...] Boulder Report | No Confidence Open Letter to Hein Verbruggen, Dick Pound, Pat McQuaid, John Fahey et al.: By Joe Lindsey Let me make this as perfectly, crystal clear as possible: Stop. The political back-and-forth, the mud-slinging, the lawsuits, the puerile saber-rattling nonsense that has characterized the sport of cycling, the state of anti-doping and [...] |
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