tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post6771338341180709911..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: A correction and expansionDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-13511800196397873252007-06-22T12:21:00.000-07:002007-06-22T12:21:00.000-07:00The folks calling the shots at UCI must have grown...The folks calling the shots at UCI must have grown up watching too many old U.S. westerns....black identifies the bad guys making life simple. Or maybe they have a Darth Vader obsession?<BR/><BR/>And they sorted 60 down to 6 or 7, using their fine tuning criteria? Not based on out of competition testing results? <BR/><BR/>Close focus on a few with repeated testing is certainly likely to suggest to even the mentally slowest rider that he might be under a microscope. Just might have an impact on any PED use. <BR/><BR/>If they really wanted to stamp out PED's then they would subject all of the potential riders to consistent, constant donations for testing and then do their sampling on whatever basis they want. Eye color, make of bike, training location, mother's hair color, music preference, etc. Maybe the black training kits are actually for Landis, or LNDD.<BR/>Pete CrosbyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112722833949197867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-2403269332993715162007-06-22T07:13:00.000-07:002007-06-22T07:13:00.000-07:00My reading of the translation is that the UCI beli...My reading of the translation is that the UCI believed that they were trying to conceal their training by not dressing in team colors.<BR/><BR/>Sort of a "Hey! who are those masked cyclists?" approach.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965064327195139602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-65402355782949812892007-06-21T19:00:00.000-07:002007-06-21T19:00:00.000-07:00If black shirts are the selection criteria, what w...If black shirts are the selection criteria, what would happen if the cyclists wore Floyd Landis kits? ... daily tests, more magnets on the mass spectrometer, and the baselines would be as flat as the L'Alpe d'Huez.GMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13827404930085676519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-41223528437653665092007-06-21T18:44:00.000-07:002007-06-21T18:44:00.000-07:00First before my comment, thank you Marc for your w...First before my comment, thank you Marc for your work in translating this for the people who didn't pass their french class many years ago.<BR/><BR/>The UCI's logic for picking people for special tests makes as much sense to me as the police along some of the drug belt interstate highways using the fact that a driver was driving exactly the speed limit, or a couple of mph below the speed limit as probable cause to pull them over and search the vehicle. After all if they are obeying the law they must be afraid of getting stopped and having their vehicle searched.N.B.O.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05942658868724918725noreply@blogger.com