Shimano gets tough on dopers

RobFowl

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/397436/shimano-gets-tough-on-dopers.html

Nice to see this. It's a slow process but the mindset in pro cycling seems to changing (no doubt at all it still heavily engrained in some teams and countries).
Wonder if Oakley and Nike will do the same :rolleyes:

CheGuedara

That's great - Now just if Campag and SRAM would follow suit and give teams no place else to run to if they lose a supplier due to doping.

furiousox

What about "false positives" like, ahem, Floyd Landis? :rolleyes:

CheGuedara

furiousox wrote: »

What about "false positives" like, ahem, Floyd Landis? :rolleyes:

Take away the left hand shifters and front derailleurs until suspicion has been put to bed one way or the other

Chips Lovell

CheGuedara wrote: »

That's great - Now just if Campag and SRAM would follow suit and give teams no place else to run to if they lose a supplier due to doping.

They'd be doing the Tour on fixies.

ednwireland

el tonto wrote: »

They'd be doing the Tour on fixies.

"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear!"
Henri Desgrange