Yet another positive test

Funkyzeit

Sella...and considering his unreal performances this year in the Giro maybe not a surprise...


http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/05082008/58/sella-latest-italian-test-positive.html

Chips Lovell

Not at all surprising. Everyone was talking about him.

Chips Lovell

In other news, Ricco said that Dr Carlos Santuccione, aka Ali the Chemist was his supplier. You've got to love this quote:

"I have not paid, naturally," said Riccò. "Santuccione assured me you could not be found positive. So I did not give him the money."

penexpers

Ricco has been coming out with some strange quotes, including the one where he said he should have tested positive more times and the fact that he didn't says alot about the testing procedures.

dedon

No surprises here at all!! What he did in the Giro was unreal. Disgraceful that he got away with it in the Giro.

It just shows that now these superhuman efforts are being shown up for what they really are. It is just a shame that it has taken so long and some have gotten away with it
in the past.

I expect a good few more positives for CERA

Chips Lovell

dedon wrote: »

I expect a good few more positives for CERA

You would hope that everyone who had been doing it will get busted but I'm not so sure. No word yet on whether they can or will retest the samples from the Giro. Also it seems that all the testing now for the Tour de France is finished, so I don't think we'll see any more positives from there.

Ricco's comments on how only a few of his samples tested positive are interesting. You'd wonder if the test can pick up CERA 100% of the time.

I did read though that traces stay in the body much longer than normal EPO. In which case there's probably a lot of riders planking themselves right now.

dedon

Ya you are 100% right there. The testing does not seem very consistent. Ricco was tested a load and they only got him a twice I think.

So it looks like a good few boys have gotten away with it

TinyExplosions

dedon wrote: »

So it looks like a good few boys have gotten away with it

Yeah, like that f**ker Lance Armstrong..

sorry, couldn't resist, I'm off to the airport on my holidays and feeling mischievous

Chips Lovell

Just read a quote from Pat McQuaid saying that Sella's samples from the Giro will be sent for retesting. I wonder does that mean they can retest everyone?

Apparently, there was also some talk in the Italian press that other of Ricco's samples from the Tour weren't negative per se, but were inconclusive.

Chips Lovell

Looks like Rabobank are doing their best to sever their relationship with Thomas Dekker. You kind of have to read between the lines as to why. He's only 23.