#63

I’m getting the vibe that Team Sky’s carryings on could bring the entire sport down with it right? If even THEY’RE cheating etc. etc.

#64

Sir Dave Brailsford. Please.

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#65

surely he let go of the motorbike between times?

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#66

:joy:

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#68

image

half and half wanker

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#69

Christ I haven’t got the time for an essay. I’ll post one later if you’d like one @GEOFF

#70

surely @jont2001 's photo sums it up pretty well?

#71

Yeah do it!

#72

57 posts were split to a new topic: Please contain your “all cyclists are cunts” chat to this thread, cheers

#73

I’m going to breakfast so I’ll post it then

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#76

I like a man who ‘goes to breakfast’. Fair play.

#80

Mate, I’ve been at work since 5.30. it’s basically a lunch break

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#86

I know nothing about cycling or doping, but I do know about asthma as I had it bad as a kid. Anyway, salbutamol is the blue ventolin inhaler that you take when you have a wheeze. It’s not the preventative inhaler (usually steroid) that you take each day and which has an accumulative build-up effect in your body. Instead, with ventolin, you puff on it, only when you feel you need it, up to a max dosage per day, when you have a flare up. I could imagine getting carried away and taking too much very easily as the relief when your chest has been tight is amazing, but I am not a pro athlete with a career riding on this (pardon the pun). surely to fucking god he knew that he was limited to 1600 μg per day?

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#87

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#90

Permitted level is 1000 nanograms per ml is the level. He was pretty much double that

#91

that’s what Im surprised about tbh. the fact that assuming he’s been cheating, that he/sky slipped up… in a big race…

Will have to wait and see how they get out of it :confused:

#95

so how many puffs is that I wonder? Like are we talking 4 puffs when he’s limited to 2 - or 16 puffs when he’s limited to 8

#100

Difficult not to feel a bit sad. As someone that watches and enjoys professional cycling, you do invest a bit of emotion in the successes and failures of the riders.

He’s not a firebrand or Pantani that many of the fans lust over. However, I always felt he was a good ambassador – professional, charitable and well-mannered.

What matters more is the shadow this now might cast over professional cycling. Froome was a sort-of yardstick for clean riders, proof you can win well with a clean record. Now, with this revelation, who do you trust or does it not matter any more?

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#101

Christ knows, I’m not a asthma sufferer. But I’d make at stab at it being a substantial amount, and way more than the normal one or two you’d normally expect

#109

Really? Haven’t read anything that suggests it is performance enhancing.