Mayo Positive For EPO
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Maison said:
.......and Mayo was struggling on the climbs too.
Bad news for Mayo.
Thanks for the update.
Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO on the Tour de France's rest day, July 24, it was announced Monday night. His team Saunier Duval was informed of the positive test by the UCI and immediately suspended the Spanish rider.
The 29 year-old finished 16th in the Tour de France, which finished Sunday. He was 27'09" behind winner and compatriot Alberto Contadour (Discovery Channel).
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Poor *******.... no wonder he wanted to drop out all those times in the Tour...... they kept withholding his gear........ I have to say this is a wonderful thing.... was he sharing a room with David Miller ?
At last when riders test positive they test positive....
wow thats the first 29 riders behind Armstrong in 2003 have test positive ! He was some rider !
The 29 year-old finished 16th in the Tour de France, which finished Sunday. He was 27'09" behind winner and compatriot Alberto Contadour (Discovery Channel).
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Poor *******.... no wonder he wanted to drop out all those times in the Tour...... they kept withholding his gear........ I have to say this is a wonderful thing.... was he sharing a room with David Miller ?
At last when riders test positive they test positive....
wow thats the first 29 riders behind Armstrong in 2003 have test positive ! He was some rider !
olo said:
Show's target testing is now working...... ie the UCI are now going after riders who they think might be up to something or pulling funny **** like he did in the Giro..... vino was the same after the funny **** he was doing at the Dauphine.... ie winning stages at will and then taking it easy when he wanted to......
tommyadrian5 said:
That day on Ventoux a journalist inspected his bike after his historic ride and noticed that he had ripped the crank almost out of its socket ! They had actually drilled metal pins into the crank arm to give it more support..... he put 2 minutes into Armstrong and a 90 seconds into Hamilton... its the single most amazing TT I've ever seen...... drug fueled yes but still amazing...
Since his removal wasn't going to greatly affect the GC standings, they probably waited till after the finish so it wouldn't look so bad and most of the media would have already departed. Sad, but probably true.
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Crankyfeet said:
Mayo just confessed on Spanish TV...... he said he was sorry and said he had phoned David Miller to apologies..... David Miller said he wasn't happy at SD and like their ethics on drugs.... slipstream here we come !
You need to look closer at these stories to determine who "they" are when it comes to releasing this information. In this case, shock of all shocks, it appears proper protocol was followed with the lab telling the UCI and the UCI informing the team, with no mention of ASO being involved.Crankyfeet said:
There will surely be some ****** off reporters who were not tipped off by the lab in advance.
I thought he was pretty good. I liked his technique and when he had Armstrong on the ropes those couple of times he seemed very light on his pedals compared to Armstrong's rather bullish style.tommyadrian5 said:
