tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post8422783097870107884..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Fallout 26DBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-53994362478541926822008-07-30T13:18:00.000-07:002008-07-30T13:18:00.000-07:00AdvoCare is a global health and wellness company. ...AdvoCare is a global health and wellness company. AdvoCare provides a diverse range of nutritional and skincare products. AdvoCare offers six product lines that include Trim, Active, Well, Performance Elite, KickStart Kids and Definite Difference items. With the help of these products, the company provides different solutions for weight management, on the go nutrition, sports nutrition, nutrition for kids and skincare. Personally I used the weight management line. I learned about it from this great site www.pissedconsumer.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-57637780639908280882008-07-25T13:45:00.000-07:002008-07-25T13:45:00.000-07:00From ProCycling.com, today:Team Astana terminates ...From ProCycling.com, today:<BR/><BR/>Team Astana terminates Vladimir Gusev By BikeRadar<BR/><BR/>Astana Cycling team management has terminated the contract of Russian cyclist Vladimir Gusev due to 'irregular values'. The values were gathered during internal out-of-competition control tests, under the supervision of anti-doping expert Dr. Rasmus Damsgaard. The Team has applied the contractual clauses based on these physiological and biological abnormalities.<BR/><BR/>“Vladimir Gusev has been officially notified that he no longer represents Team Astana”, said general manager Johan Bruyneel. “Though his results do not indicate the use of forbidden substances, Vladimir’s values exceeded the normal parameters established by Dr. Damsgaard and were not compliant with the strict agreement signed by all thirty riders. Our Kazakh sponsors have also been made aware of this decision and are fully supportive.”<BR/><BR/>Bruyneel further commented: ”It’s impossible for any team manager to know the activities of riders behind closed doors, but we continue to enforce that Team Astana has a 100 percent no tolerance policy and any violators will serve the same fate as Vladimir. On a brighter note, this proves that Dr. Damsgaard’s system works and we are committed to racing clean.”<BR/><BR/>Under Dr. Damsgaard’s anti-doping system, Team Astana riders are frequently required to submit blood and urine samples, which are then sent to independent labs for analysis. This system, also instituted by CSC-Saxo Bank, is in addition to any sport or Olympic governing body’s tests. <BR/><BR/>“Certainly these situations are unfortunate, but I truly believe that we are continuing to see a cleaner sport with a large majority of credible riders. Teams like Astana and CSC-Saxo Bank have shown their full commitment to my program and I, in return, have committed all my resources to their firm anti-doping stance," Dr. Damsgaard said.<BR/><BR/>According to team spokesman Philippe Maertens, Gusev’s release is effective immediately and he is free to seek employment with another team or companyLaura Challoner, DVMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00606828463436614790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-55894035729753520362008-07-25T13:44:00.000-07:002008-07-25T13:44:00.000-07:00Uh uh. Gusev sacked by Astana for non-AAF reasons:...Uh uh. Gusev sacked by Astana for non-AAF reasons:<BR/><BR/>http://www.velonews.com/article/80810/astana-sacks-gusev-over--abnormal-values--found-duringEightzerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326301095221867947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-83437431793123613172008-07-25T12:07:00.000-07:002008-07-25T12:07:00.000-07:00About the ToC '09, do people go out and do a pre-r...About the ToC '09, do people go out and do a pre-ride the day before a stage, in an organized manner, or just whomever cares too?<BR/><BR/>A few of us are starting to plan coming down the coast for the event and figure we'd bring our bicycles with us. Of course if it is not raining we wouldn't ride.<BR/>HA!nahualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897814178784873052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-58694420853790741792008-07-25T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:41:00.000-07:00Hey, that's my paint on the road! My mom and I pa...Hey, that's my paint on the road! My mom and I painted it just up the road from where we put FLOYD FLOYD FLOYD FLOYD FLOYD on Alpe d'Huez in 2006. We miss cheering him on here at the Tour.Lijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441670353297115334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-23837837330082719092008-07-25T10:27:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:27:00.000-07:00Interesting read on a normally stick and ball blog...Interesting read on a normally stick and ball blog about "the probability that an athlete who tests positive for PEDs, isn’t actually guilty of cheating."<BR/><BR/>And a mercifully short url:<BR/><BR/>http://thebiglead.com/?p=6851bobblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772507610157162749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-16768643844403932552008-07-25T10:15:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:15:00.000-07:00That same cyclingnews article reports:"According t...That same cyclingnews article reports:<BR/><BR/>"According to the Associated Press, the public prosecutor in Tarbes clarified that Dueñas "has admitted having bought and used products that improve performances, at the instigation of doctors on his team."<BR/><BR/>"He said he was unaware of the composition of these products, which he took himself, orally or intravenously." <BR/><BR/>Kinda like Barry Bonds saying he was told it was "flax oil."<BR/><BR/><BR/>At the instigation of "team doctors"? <BR/><BR/>Previously Duenas claimed the stuff was given to him by "his Spanish doctor, Jesus Losa", who of course denies this. Was Losa a team doctor? If yes, more and more justification for ending the team's sponsorship.mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845675234084955737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-27918306411804402322008-07-25T09:06:00.000-07:002008-07-25T09:06:00.000-07:00AToC is going to finish the entire stage race on t...AToC is going to finish the entire stage race on top of Mt. Palomar? I see they have announced finishing in nearby Escondido, but I saw nothing about Mt. Palomar.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how Floyd's participation will be effected by ASO's partnership with AEG. IIRC, AEG had some say over who was allowed to start last year, based on what appeared to be some ad hoc rules. <BR/><BR/>I'd pay real money to see Floyd in that race.Eightzerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326301095221867947noreply@blogger.com