Local rider +ve for EPO!!!

[DavidKennett]

[url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/493401/british-rider-dan-staite-banned-after-testing-positive-for-epo.html]Oh dear[/url]

[Sylv]

So it was true then ..

[Dombo]

Just out of curiosity, what difference would an armful of EPO make to say, me?
Instead of being lapped 5 times by Sylv and Adam at Hillingdon could I have held them off or been lapped four times. Or on the CR, could I step out with the TG or would it only make the difference between 18s and 19s?
As I say, just curious.

[Sylv]

It's been proved to be up to 15% improvement (think watts not mph)

I'm curious about the repercussions on this person's job, as a non-pro cyclist. It's big news (now on cyclingnews) and unlikely to go unnoticed by an employer if he has one. I know it's not a criminal charge here but would they employ a convicted cheat. Big trouble.

[kieran]

[quote="marco"]Question is why were they sitting on it for so long?

[Roy Green]

Sad to see that he offended in the race commemorating my old Editor, Jock Wadley. JBW would not have been amused.

Interesting to see in the long list of banned people on the UK Anti-Doping Agency website that rugby and football throw up quite a lot of offenders. Yet, looking back a couple of years, Staite is the only cyclist offender. And still cycling is most pilloried in the media.

[Dombo]

The media makes more money out of football.

Look how hard it was to find TdF reports in the mainstream press, and probably a quarter of that dwelled on Landis confessions

[Toks]

Here is the man in question winning the Jack Wadley
[img]http://i26.tinypic.com/35lhmvs.jpg[/img][quote]it wasn't the results he got or simply being in the winning break in a couple of decent races that looked dodgy, it was the way he was riding. I don't know about the roy thame but in the jock wadley, towing one of the best riders in the country across a 2mins 30 gap without asking a turn to a group which had no rapha riders in it is just mad. My team-mate was in the break and apparently dan staite just sat on the front without caring for others to work then john tiernan-locke left them and he carried on sitting on the front plugging away!

[kieran]

must be a great feeling I suspose, feeling so powerful, but wouldn't the knowledge of how you came by it taint that feeling just a little? How could you feel great about your wins?

[Toks]

[quote="Dombo"]Just out of curiosity, what difference would an armful of EPO make to say, me?
Instead of being lapped 5 times by Sylv and Adam at Hillingdon could I have held them off or been lapped four times. Or on the CR, could I step out with the TG or would it only make the difference between 18s and 19s?
As I say, just curious.

[Toks]

[quote="kieran"]must be a great feeling I suspose, feeling so powerful, but wouldn't the knowledge of how you came by it taint that feeling just a little? How could you feel great about your wins?

[Paul H]

Apparently according to some rowers its been know for 9 years he's been doping. I winder why he edited his posts on this forum. What an ahole

[url]http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5939&st=0&sk=t&sd=a[/url]

[Andrew G]

What a tragic cretin. Never fail to be amazed by the level of idiocy of some people, from Paul's link he's obviously been a cock for years. From the report on how he suddenly started riding he clearly has the intelligence of a 6 year old who nicks sweets and can't wait to tell everyone about it.

[richv]

[quote="marco"]I don't understand the 'due process' thing though - everyone knew and the rider in question wasn't even contesting it.

[Paul H]

and it looks like he will be back

[quote]Keep up the good work. All this is the perfect ammunition for my return.

All the best
Dan