Tour De France 2010

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SPR™ Sep 2010 8:14am, 30 Sep 2010 12,142 posts	0 SPR™ MJB - Maybe, not surprised by any cyclist taking drugs TBH so possible. I guess we will see what comes out of the further investigation. Will be bad for cycling if it is proved to be more than food contamination. Thought EPO, CERA, etc when I saw your post.
paul the builder Sep 2010 8:31am, 30 Sep 2010 2,058 posts	0 paul the builder If it is "proved" to be just food contamination, that's also quite bad for cycling I think. He may be innocent, but given the history of the sport, no-one will really believe it (and they would probably be right). It would look like cycling brushing it under the carpet.
Chrisull Sep 2010 2:59pm, 30 Sep 2010 2,750 posts	0 Chrisull Do you think this tweet is 100% sincere? andy_schleck - "What a crazy day in cycling with the news about Contador I only heard about it in the press I hope he is innocent " Surely Andy's chances just increased massively for next year...
SPR™ Sep 2010 5:50pm, 30 Sep 2010 12,151 posts	0 SPR™ Chris - They are friends so yes.
Velociraptor Sep 2010 5:58pm, 30 Sep 2010 13,039 posts	0 Velociraptor Yes. Because one instance of drug misuse casts suspicion on everyone in the sport I really, really want this to turn out to be a red herring, or a bad bacon butty or whatever.
Argie Sep 2010 6:02pm, 30 Sep 2010 6,984 posts	0 Argie it was in the Paella apparently, which he bought from Lidl.
simbil Sep 2010 6:24pm, 30 Sep 2010 4,415 posts	0 simbil Coincidently I buy my performance enhancing ready meals from Lidl too.
Chrisull Oct 2010 12:24pm, 1 Oct 2010 2,751 posts	0 Chrisull Contador was somehow associated with Operation Puerto (but cleared of wrongdoing) anyway. I was massively suspicious of his time-trialling change, where he went from average, to better than Cancellara, and then back to not quite as good. He claims it was in the beef and that several others also failed as well, and the only one who passed from the "group" was Vinokourov (oh the irony) who hadn't eaten the "contanimated meat". Have been reading Fignon's autobiography and his account of "the doping era" or the first introduction of EPO is quite a dispiriting read, and it suggests the whole thing is completely endemic, which pretty much tallies with Kimmage's book Rough Ride and Whittle's Bad blood. Fignon fingered this as critica; because in his opinion this is teh moment where drugs went from being "performance aids" to something that could transform an average rider into a World champion - Matt Rendell's "thesis" on Marco Pantani pretty much backs up this point. I don't buy the Contador/Schleck friends stuff, colleagues yes, but you don't attack friends when the chain slips.
SPR™ Oct 2010 12:27pm, 1 Oct 2010 12,157 posts	0 SPR™ They've been on holiday together Chris.
GordonG Oct 2010 12:39pm, 1 Oct 2010 5,667 posts	0 GordonG Good/easy to read item on clenbuterol in New Scientist here: newscientist.com