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rdaviesb
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31 May, 2010, 09:12:40 pm »
...from 1/1/2010. Looks like a DNA match to a bag of blood containing EPO has finally been recognised as bang to rights evidence.
Good.
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Biff
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31 May, 2010, 09:55:35 pm »
About fkg time! Odds on Contador riding for C d 'E next year?
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simonp
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31 May, 2010, 09:57:42 pm »
So this was blood doping using EPO to boost red blood cells before taking the blood?
If so, then it seems a bit strange (from the POV of avoiding a positive doping test) since when you reinject the blood, you'd test positive for EPO, wouldn't you?
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rdaviesb
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31 May, 2010, 10:01:17 pm »
Strange but might be true....
Taken from cyclingnews.com
The UCI requested in August, 2007 that the RFEC open disciplinary hearings against Valverde when the rider was linked to a bag of blood labeled '18' which also contained the banned blood booster EPO.
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rogerzilla
When n+1 gets out of hand
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31 May, 2010, 10:02:23 pm »
Normally EPO doesn't hang around in the body for long, which is why the test is for a high haemocrit rather than EPO itself. The bag of blood must have been taken too soon after the dose of EPO.
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GruB
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01 June, 2010, 12:04:03 am »
Yippee, the worst kept secret in cycling is finally resolved.
Until the appeal that is.
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