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Bob Schwartz
Guest
One of the things that surprised me when Dewey
Dickey came up positive at the Vuelta a
Guatemala a few years back was the total
number of doping infractions. I think it was
6 total, out of about 60 finishers. Although
you can come up positive and not finish, I
suppose. But seemed pretty high for such a
small national tour.
The number of positives is especially high
given the amount of testing. The CAS decision
mentioned a total of 52 tests. If you consider
that some riders are represented by multiple
tests that means their hit rate was pretty
high, somewhere around 12-20%. And that a lot
of guys were on the juice in spite of the
testing.
Well, this year they came up with 9 positives
out of 100 starters, 60 finishers. This is
crazy. It's like these guys are so intent on
doping that the presence of testing doesn't
mean anything.
Ref:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/jan05/jan01news
Dickey's CAS decision:
http://www.usantidoping.org/files/active/resources/press_releases/PressRelease_8_30_2002_c.pdf
Bob Schwartz
[email protected]
Dickey came up positive at the Vuelta a
Guatemala a few years back was the total
number of doping infractions. I think it was
6 total, out of about 60 finishers. Although
you can come up positive and not finish, I
suppose. But seemed pretty high for such a
small national tour.
The number of positives is especially high
given the amount of testing. The CAS decision
mentioned a total of 52 tests. If you consider
that some riders are represented by multiple
tests that means their hit rate was pretty
high, somewhere around 12-20%. And that a lot
of guys were on the juice in spite of the
testing.
Well, this year they came up with 9 positives
out of 100 starters, 60 finishers. This is
crazy. It's like these guys are so intent on
doping that the presence of testing doesn't
mean anything.
Ref:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/jan05/jan01news
Dickey's CAS decision:
http://www.usantidoping.org/files/active/resources/press_releases/PressRelease_8_30_2002_c.pdf
Bob Schwartz
[email protected]