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Ron Ruff
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On Oct 2, 11:03 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ideally, but within the top tier of riders in-competition tests will
> only catch reckless or desperate dopers.
Oh well... a good reason to reduce penalties.
> ramping up the out-of-competion tests was a smart move and it catches
> dopers before they win something big and you have the PR fiasco of
> having to re-adjust the results.
This will certainly help but I have no illusions about eliminating
doping from cycling or any other sport. The harder you make it the
greater the benefit of getting away with it.
> but what about the riders implicated in festina, puerto, oil for
> drugs, millar, etc. that have never tested positive ?
The only thing that makes sense to me is to forget about it. As far as
the UCI is concerned only failed tests should be admissable as
evidence of doping. In other words they should write their rules
accordingly, while improving and increasing the frequency of testing.
If a rider has broken a law, then *those* authorities may prosecute if
they wish. This is the only reasonable way to end the circus IMO (or
at least take some of the steam out of it).
wrote:
> ideally, but within the top tier of riders in-competition tests will
> only catch reckless or desperate dopers.
Oh well... a good reason to reduce penalties.
> ramping up the out-of-competion tests was a smart move and it catches
> dopers before they win something big and you have the PR fiasco of
> having to re-adjust the results.
This will certainly help but I have no illusions about eliminating
doping from cycling or any other sport. The harder you make it the
greater the benefit of getting away with it.
> but what about the riders implicated in festina, puerto, oil for
> drugs, millar, etc. that have never tested positive ?
The only thing that makes sense to me is to forget about it. As far as
the UCI is concerned only failed tests should be admissable as
evidence of doping. In other words they should write their rules
accordingly, while improving and increasing the frequency of testing.
If a rider has broken a law, then *those* authorities may prosecute if
they wish. This is the only reasonable way to end the circus IMO (or
at least take some of the steam out of it).