autologous blood doping test ready?

doctorSpoc

oh, oh!! looks like the autologous blood doping test might be finally ready for prime time... looks like some people outside of those using CERA are going down in the near future...

Bodry: More revelations expected
By Agence France Presse
Posted Oct. 8, 2008
French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) chief Pierre Bordry on Wednesday said there was "considerable evidence" of doping irregularities from blood transfusions taken at this year's Tour de France.

"We possess considerable evidence from blood transfusions. We will only say later who it is," Bordry told German TV station ZDF.

Bodry added that anti-doping officials were concentrating on looking for traces of banned blood booster EPO, "but we will soon be able to test the transfusions thanks to a new procedure, and we are going to do these tests.

"Some suspected cyclists returned to normal levels, but it was astonishing to see at what point their performances had then slowed," said Bordry.

Bordry added he had already been in contact with around 30 cyclists who are thought to be embroiled in the latest scandal to hit the Tour de France.

Earlier this week two cyclists tested positive for the difficult-to-detect, new-generation EPO-type blood booster CERA.

Gerolsteiner’s Stefan Schumacher, winner of both time trials at the Tour, tested positive on Monday while Leonardo Piepoli, who won the 10th stage, has been handed a 20-month ban.

During the Tour only four drugs cheats were snared: Manuel Beltran, of Liquigas, and Barloworld rider Moises Duenas tested positive for EPO.

Italian star Riccardo Ricco then joined them in disgrace after testing positive for CERA, and on the race's final day Dmitri Fofonov, who rides for Credit Agricole, tested positive for a banned stimulant.

http://www.velonews.com/article/841...ations-expected

Bro Deal

There goes most of the top ten--if not all of them.

There goes Armstrong's comeback.

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jonjungel

I think he will still return, but he won't set a new record up Alpe d'Huez. Neither will anyone else.

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poulidor

It would be interesting to compare the speed/time of the gruppeto in the last TDF and the gruppetis of the year 96-2005 !

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earth_dweller

What's that sound? why it the pros all flushing their stuff down the toilets at the same time.

hey are we gonna get a epo-boosted crocodile in the sewers now?

RdBiker

Great! If they can apply this to the samples from the past Grand Tours this year, they might catch quite a few riders.

But...the riders will probably be using another PED next year - I'd love to go three years forward in time to see what that is. Are there any hints besides gene doping?

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adamastor

According to very good article around Schumacher in today's Sueddeutsche Zeitung (the ones who revealed Schleck's money transfer to Fuentes), a test for autologous blood doping will only be ready in a year or so...

Concerning re-tests of samples after Olympics, the reporter says he hopes "they will not use all of the samples for this test on CERA", as not all athlete doped with Cera, and you have to leave the chance to re-use the samples in the future..."

He also mentions, that if new names mentioned by AFLD after their retest, it would be revealed "earliest Friday".

More details here
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/373/313280/text/3/