www.amazon.co.uk/The-Secret-Race ... 0593071735

Explains how to microdose EPO, HGH and assorted steroids during the night time hours and be pretty confident of passing a test the following day when testers are allowed to visit, even in an era of biological passports. And that's in a sport far more under the spotlight than RL is.

Being caught is far from inevitable and those who are more often than not screwed up their regimen.

It's probably unfair to assume guilt on the part of everyone. But nobody's doing themselves any favours if they allow themselves to be surprised by the guilt of anyone at all, in any sport or on any team.

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Secret-Race ... 0593071735

Explains how to microdose EPO, HGH and assorted steroids during the night time hours and be pretty confident of passing a test the following day when testers are allowed to visit, even in an era of biological passports. And that's in a sport far more under the spotlight than RL is.

Being caught is far from inevitable and those who are more often than not screwed up their regimen.

It's probably unfair to assume guilt on the part of everyone. But nobody's doing themselves any favours if they allow themselves to be surprised by the guilt of anyone at all, in any sport or on any team.

Up front, before my rant

If I've interpreted the LE report correctly, the A sample was tested 3 times before a positive result was achieved. That seems unusual. Then there's the suggestion that procedure wasn't followed properly with the B sample, which also seems unusual.



Easy - if they test positive they each get banned for 2 years.

Take an over the counter medicine that contains a banned substance or causes the body to synthesise a banned substance - if they test positive they get banned for 2 years.

If an unknown medical condition causes body hormone levels to change in a way that suggests PEDs have been used - if they test positive they get banned for 2 years.

Should the courts imprison someone on as little evidence as the anti-doping agencies have when they ban, there would be serious issues for our legal system.

Drug cheating is a problem in sport, pretending that we can accurately test for those drugs is a much bigger problem. There are small numbers of innocent athletes getting bans and plenty of cheats facing no punishment.

The anti-doping system is a sham.

A study suggests - "An athlete doping continuously and tested 12 times per year still has only a one in three chance of being caught, and that’s if the tests are random and the athlete takes no evasive countermeasures.

"But athletes often know when they are going to be tested and there are evasion techniques for random, out-of-competition tests too, as anyone who’s read Tyler Hamilton’s book knows."

road.cc/content/news/89328-anti- ... says-study

I can't say I know what the answer to PEDs is, but I think the current system fails to prove anything with many of it's positive results and returns mostly negative results even for those that are cheating.

Up front, before my rant

If I've interpreted the LE report correctly, the A sample was tested 3 times before a positive result was achieved. That seems unusual. Then there's the suggestion that procedure wasn't followed properly with the B sample, which also seems unusual.



Easy - if they test positive they each get banned for 2 years.

Take an over the counter medicine that contains a banned substance or causes the body to synthesise a banned substance - if they test positive they get banned for 2 years.

If an unknown medical condition causes body hormone levels to change in a way that suggests PEDs have been used - if they test positive they get banned for 2 years.

Should the courts imprison someone on as little evidence as the anti-doping agencies have when they ban, there would be serious issues for our legal system.

Drug cheating is a problem in sport, pretending that we can accurately test for those drugs is a much bigger problem. There are small numbers of innocent athletes getting bans and plenty of cheats facing no punishment.

The anti-doping system is a sham.

A study suggests - "An athlete doping continuously and tested 12 times per year still has only a one in three chance of being caught, and that’s if the tests are random and the athlete takes no evasive countermeasures.

"But athletes often know when they are going to be tested and there are evasion techniques for random, out-of-competition tests too, as anyone who’s read Tyler Hamilton’s book knows."

road.cc/content/news/89328-anti- ... says-study

I can't say I know what the answer to PEDs is, but I think the current system fails to prove anything with many of it's positive results and returns mostly negative results even for those that are cheating.