Here's Jim Courier in 1999: "American pro Jim Courier charged that steroids are far from the worst abuse in tennis. ""EPO is the problem,'' Courier told NEWSWEEK. ""I have pretty strong suspicions that guys are using it on the tour. I see guys who are out there week in and week out without taking rests. EPO can help you when it's the fifth set and you've been playing for four-and-a-half hours.'' Although the endurance-building effects of EPO last for about two weeks, its use can't be detected in urine at all or in blood for more than a day or so after the athlete stops taking it."eloy said:Always thought that doping in Tennis is probably rampant, but seeing the amount of push Sharapova is getting on her comeback is interesting:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/sharapovas-1st-opponent-opposes-wild-cards-after-doping-ban/ar-BBAh7bc?ocid=UE13DHP
@JohnMalcolmson,JohnMalcolmson said:Unrepentant dopers take note http://www.velonews.com/2017/04/commentary/opinion-six-reasons-we-should-trust-valverde_436574
Listen to this garbage: "Would he risk doping? Who knows, but the fallout would be incalculable." LOLZ.
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As bad as it looks for Salazar, he's been associated with so much dodgy stuff for so long, I also think it reflects poorly on his corporate benefactor, Nike.eloy said:Obviously, not about cycling, and written in a particularly incendiary tone, still it just looks so crazy bad for Salazar. This has been a long time coming.
For those who aren't familiar with Leogrande, here's a pic he shared with (one of) his doping source(s), Pappeloy said:good riddance. what an impossible level of sad.
this guy, and his friend Papp, are the very definition of idiocy. also, jerks.
He just "liked" one of the races I uploaded to Strava.jim_nelson said:Well he must have gotten from you to me cause he's liking me now too. Like a virus.
we can block him, but in situation like this, i have learned it is better to simply fully ignore the trollJules said:Creepy as fuck. Can't block him?
That is the craziest thing yet.eloy said:not doping, but definitely cheating. can't make stuff like this up:
http://www.bicycling.com/racing/ironman-703-syracuse-age-grouper-dqed-for-bike-tampering?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebutton
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/AG_Cheater_BUSTED_at_Syracuse_70.3!_P6340882/Jules said:That is the craziest thing yet.eloy said:not doping, but definitely cheating. can't make stuff like this up:
http://www.bicycling.com/racing/ironman-703-syracuse-age-grouper-dqed-for-bike-tampering?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebutton
Stories like this always make me wonder. Did he dope on his previous team and wasn't caught, or did he do this to pick up his game to make the Tour team?Thierry Bonnaire said:https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Andre-cardoso-trek-segafredo-controle-positif/814018
Bad news for the Trek team.
As much as they always protest, the "it was only just this time" always rings hollow with me. Convince me this rider got to the world stage, then made the short list for the tour team THEN decided to gamble it all with EPO.mugwump said:Stories like this always make me wonder. Did he dope on his previous team and wasn't caught, or did he do this to pick up his game to make the Tour team?Thierry Bonnaire said:https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Andre-cardoso-trek-segafredo-controle-positif/814018
Bad news for the Trek team.
I have less & less respect for Gaimon as a professional. The "he didn't act like *I* would have acted" is a classic bit of misogyny that is being transposed here.JohnMalcolmson said:Gaimon on Cardoso...
http://philthethrill.net/thoughts-on-andre-cardosos-positive-test/
It's interesting how he breaks this down to a kind of desperation to risk it all when the writing is on the wall.
It's so odd that we have people like Floyd Landis treated like and absolute pariah to this very day, and then you have this collective amnesia with Puerto dopers like Mancebo still hitting payday—the whole thing is so grossly fucked up.
“Until then, I hope that those who know me, trust me when I say that I’m innocent, and that my colleagues and cycling fans everywhere don’t judge me too quickly during this difficult time.”
Also, "misogyny" is prejudice against women no?
They do?JohnMalcolmson said:The innocent tend to be more outraged/WTF/how did this happen.