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Is he guilty or a lot of fuss over nothing as the amount found is 400 times less than what they can detect?! Schleck may yet have the yellow jersey, and wouldn't that be a twist in the tale after chaingate!
Lot of fuss over nothing in my opinion, the level of clenbuterol that was detected is tiny, to get any performance advantage from this drug he would have to use it regularly and in much higer doses, this would have been detected long ago as he is tested on a frequent basis. Also clenbuterol is very hard to mask. But, as usual, the media will blow it all out of proportion and he will be labelled as one of the "bad uns". I think his claim that it was food contamination stacks up. If he was going to cheat and use doping, there are far more efficient drugs that are easily masked and hidden. This is just a headline grabber and nothing more
@HeavyD wrote:
Lot of fuss over nothing in my opinion, the level of clenbuterol that was detected is tiny, to get any performance advantage from this drug he would have to use it regularly and in much higer doses, this would have been detected long ago as he is tested on a frequent basis. Also clenbuterol is very hard to mask. But, as usual, the media will blow it all out of proportion and he will be labelled as one of the "bad uns". I think his claim that it was food contamination stacks up. If he was going to cheat and use doping, there are far more efficient drugs that are easily masked and hidden. This is just a headline grabber and nothing more
I would tend to agree, but it's unlikely to go away, that's for sure. There was commentary on Eurosport today about another rider who had tested positive, and it was found that the trace of clenbuterol was from a supplement that had been taken. The rider was admonished of guilt and went on to sue the supplement manufacturer.
i think if contador would have watched a bit more 'El Grangio Hillio' back in the eighties like the rest of us, instead of messing about on his bike, he may not have found himself in such a predicament!
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@andybeswick wrote:
i think if contador would have watched a bit more 'El Grangio Hillio' back in the eighties like the rest of us, instead of messing about on his bike, he may not have found himself in such a predicament!
Very clever...
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