*Doping* Ashenden interview

[Hot Flatus]

http://nyvelocity.com/content/interviews/2012/behind-scenes-contador-cas-hearing-michael-ashenden

A clear explanation of how the bio-passport functions, and how EPO is being used as a masking agent

[Noodley]

Interesting article, especially this bit near the end:

"...I find it unconscionable that an antidoping entity would seek to impose an omerta on us experts. Particularly where cycling is concerned, because we have struggled for years to break the rider’s omerta, and asked riders to speak out about their peers who are cheating the system. Yet Lausanne takes that omerta one step further and prevents its experts from speaking out not just via an unspoken code but also reinforced with a legal contract."

[steveh]

The other thing I found interesting, if disturbing, is that the CAS hearing wasn't in any position to either examine the possibility of a transfusion, or even allow it to be discussed.
In some ways it's not surprising that Ashenden has quit, just disappointing.
Steve