[quote="marco"]The BBc story has been updated with Brailsford's quote
[quote]"This is not the first time this has happened to several riders and you tend to find that there are subsequent tests that are then actually verified by the UCI . They have come back and said everything is fine.
"I have known Rob a long time and there has never been any doubt in my mind that he has been anything but a fantastic athlete for Britain. He does not take drugs."
Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
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Re: Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
by -Adam- » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:26 pm
Im trying to think which other riders have had a 2 week layoff due to being over the 50% limit - at the moment I can only think of Pantani!!!
edit: also Dario Frigo
Nah loads of riders have had 2 week 'breaks' for this, it just doesn't always get publicised. My doctor at Kent Uni was telling me that your haematocrit can fluctuate by 2-3% quite easily. It's when you get big changes of around 10% that the alarm bells start to ring. So if a rider has an average Haematocrit level of say 49.7%, he's gonna have issues. Thats when they get their profiles looked at to prove its consistently high. Cunego has had to do this before.
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Re: Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
by Sylv » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:07 pm
Jo Rowsell on tonight, in the women team 3,000m
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Re: Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
by Ivor » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:05 pm
hmmm, and I have it as mpeg2... 
didn't spot that though. have to analyse the footage carefully tonight.
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Re: Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
by Snoop Doug » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:09 pm
6 minutes and 1 second in.....roughly 
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Re: Cycling on terrestrial tv tonight
by richv » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:31 pm
[quote="marco"]The BBc story has been updated with Brailsford's quote
[quote]"This is not the first time this has happened to several riders and you tend to find that there are subsequent tests that are then actually verified by the UCI . They have come back and said everything is fine.
"I have known Rob a long time and there has never been any doubt in my mind that he has been anything but a fantastic athlete for Britain. He does not take drugs."
[quote]"This is not the first time this has happened to several riders and you tend to find that there are subsequent tests that are then actually verified by the UCI . They have come back and said everything is fine.
"I have known Rob a long time and there has never been any doubt in my mind that he has been anything but a fantastic athlete for Britain. He does not take drugs."
Im trying to think which other riders have had a 2 week layoff due to being over the 50% limit - at the moment I can only think of Pantani!!!
edit: also Dario Frigo
Didn't Charlie Wegelius have an 'abnormal' haemocrit reading as well? Went off to Lucerne for tests and I think now has a certificate saying he's allowed to test over 50% (or was that testosterone?). The 50% limit is entirely arbitrary and there will be a few people in the population with naturally high haemocrit levels who are quite capable of going over when fully trained and rested.
Having said that my recollection is that 'abnormal' levels were far more common before they developed an EPO test with many riders being withdrawn before big events or not allowed to ride because they had registered over 50%. I wonder why that was
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