Have you noticed a continuing thread in the drugs-in-sport-issue is the testing procedures themselves? Is it scientifically valid? Has it been independently validated? Is it reliable? How much of a substance can be found, is it a reasonable measurement? And then what to do with that information the regulatory side. Is it a threshold substance? [...]

More bad new on the doping tip. From: BGW Subject: …even the babes… …gianni… …”The International Cycling Union says Olympic medallist Margarita Fullana of Spain has been provisionally suspended after testing positive to the banned blood-booster EPO.”… sports.yahoo.com. or www.velonation.com. …even the babes are doin’ it… …she fully admits it after a bad season of [...]

The secondary title to this piece is “Hey, I didn’t take clenbuterol recently!” Are we looking at the time-shifted positive dope test? And, if so, would it make any difference in the analysis? The concept I’m suggesting is as follows: Traces of a banned performance enhancing drug (i.e., PED) showing up in one’s blood stream [...]

From the ESPN webpage. “This is serious and this case needs to be clarified,” Pierre Bordry, the outgoing head of France’s anti-doping agency, told RTL radio. “Clenbuterol is a forbidden substance, whatever the amount which is detected. If they really found it, it’s forbidden.” WADA director general David Howman told The Associated Press that testing [...]

File this under “Boom!” Alberto Contador has revealed he has failed an anti-doping test for the banned substance clenbuterol during this year’s Tour de France. A message issued by Contador’s personal press officer said Contador had been a victim of food contamination and would give a press conference in his home town of Pinto, near [...]

I love it when something falls into my lap that required little more than a cut & paste job on my part. Thank you Peter “beer can” North. You made art today. From: Peter North Subject: Forgotten CyclingNews photo Seems CyclingNews is not playing fair. They did not post the correct photo with the story. [...]

The Armstrong Investigation continues to march forward. There is a rather extensive “List of doping allegations against Lance Armstrong” over at wiki. Today’s latest below. A woman who worked closely with Lance Armstrong during the years he won the Tour de France is expected to testify before a federal grand jury as early as next [...]

Velonation has a piece up on Betsy Andreu. It is worth your time. VN: What factored into your decision to take on someone like Lance Armstrong, and what motivates you to keep going? BA: We didn’t decide to “take him on”. We decided not to lie for him. I guess that could be construed for [...]

Grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the fireworks as the fallout from Pappsmear is starting to take effect. The latest rider to come clean is non other than Jonathon Chodroff of Jelly Belly. I think Burt Hoovis called this one months ago… Jonathan Chodroff has admitted to buying and using erythropoietin (EPO) in early [...]

So lets forget all the bullshit about Interbike going back to Cali. We still have one year left in Sin City and the festivities start for me this Sunday when I post up for the afternoon at Rehab. It seems like a fine way to kick off 4 days of bike related activity. Now my question [...]

Thanks to Ryan for sharing this.

Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his former associates, including cyclists who have supported and detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States Postal Service team participated in systematic doping, according to a cyclist [...]