Remembering Mauro Gianetti's blood doping

[Doctor.House]

Near fatal blood doping in May 1999. Just before the Lance Armstrong's DOPING EXEMPT Tour de Farces.

PFC perfluorocarbon metabolites. Makes EPO & cow blood seem so tame.

Mauro spent ten days in the University Hospital--mostly in the ICU.

Eventually Mauro became Chris Horner's boss at Sanier Duval.

http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/21/cycling/index.html


Nothing has changed except the research drugs and methods.

 

[jsull14]

Near fatal blood doping in May 1999. Just before the Lance Armstrong's DOPING EXEMPT Tour de Farces.

PFC perfluorocarbon metabolites. Makes EPO & cow blood seem so tame.

Mauro spent ten days in the University Hospital--mostly in the ICU.

Eventually Mauro became Chris Horner's boss at Sanier Duval.

http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/21/cycling/index.html


Nothing has changed except the research drugs and methods.

That's a very good article. It's kind of scary to mess with your blood that way. Riders should just take a bunch of Sudafeds before a race. It's what hockey players do.

 

[Doctor.House]

I guess the cow blood IVs are less dangerous than the PFC gas bus.


Will ASO DQ Rasmussen today?