tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post6536638958641868308..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Irregular Report 29DBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-78354228432577933372008-10-09T06:26:00.000-07:002008-10-09T06:26:00.000-07:00Cub,From what I gather, that test for autologous b...Cub,<BR/><BR/>From what I gather, that test for autologous blood doping isn't ready for prime time, yet. (Of course, that doesn't mean it won't get used before then...)daniel m (a/k/a Rant)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16126545986721397012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-61037653613641557002008-10-08T15:29:00.000-07:002008-10-08T15:29:00.000-07:00I will give ALFD and LNDD credit for being prolifi...I will give ALFD and LNDD credit for being prolific when it comes to turning out new tests. Two new tests for CERA this year, and now a new test for autologous blood transfusions.<BR/><BR/>Never mind that the urine test for CERA apparently doesn't work too well. I'm sure the newer tests are great.Cubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165830621857799735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-6408746308602884222008-10-08T08:52:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:52:00.000-07:00Is it just me or does it appear that ASO is saying...Is it just me or does it appear that ASO is saying "that rider rode too well, test him" or "let's read the tea leaves of the blood profiles". What right does Christian Prudhomme have to review athletes blood profiles? Isn't this confidential? I see a conflict of interest here. As a medical lab scientist I would say that the passport has some merit but you cannot tell yes or no wether someone is doping, just that markers look suspicious. Also, is AFLD now a mini-WADA? How is it that Schumy's test results were announced and he is hearing it for the first time? Doesn't he have rights to a B sample test before declaration of a positive? I wish these guys (UCI, WADA, AFLD) would show some class and decorum instead of bombastic preaching. And oh yeah, the results come months after Le Tour so it is not negative publicity for Le Tour, just poking riders reps in the eye.Cycling Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151146561248228672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-21920113567386969342008-10-08T07:20:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:20:00.000-07:00"The International Olympic Committee will retest d..."The International Olympic Committee will retest doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug. "<BR/><BR/>"The decision comes after a new lab test used by the French Anti-Doping Agency detected CERA during retesting of samples from Tour de France riders. The original urine tests had raised suspicions but proved inconclusive."<BR/><BR/>""It's very good. It allows us to confound the cheaters," Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme said Tuesday. "What's being done at the Tour de France has never existed in the world of sport."<BR/><BR/>Officials confirmed Tuesday that German rider Stefan Schumacher, and Italians Riccardo Ricco and Leonardo Piepoli had tested positive for CERA at the Tour. The three riders combined to win five of the Tour's 21 stages.<BR/><BR/>Bach said Tuesday that the future of men's road cycling in the Olympics could be threatened unless the sport cleans up its act under the aegis of the international cycling union, or UCI."<BR/><BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_sp_ololy_ioc_doping;_ylt=<BR/>AgUC_2pKFZvzTLC8WqQhQ38LMxIFmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845675234084955737noreply@blogger.com