Re: Dope Testing - An utter waste of time

In article <VfSdnWYFU77EAA3VnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:

indeed, Jean-Yves, while the system is flawed it is still a workable system.
What's more, if a rider gets caught and suspended for two years it will soon
become plain that the possible outcome isn't worth the risk.

Actually, I am not completely comfortable with the notion of targeted
testing. I would feel a lot better if there was some organism
supervising under which conditions a rider gets added to, and possibly
removed from, the *** list.

The "biological passport" is another thing that in theory sounds like a
good idea, but then reliably identifying "odd variations" is in my
opinion more difficult than detecting a specific product. Maybe they
plan to use it the way they used the 50% hematocrit rule: the rider is
prevented from competing for a few weeks "for health reasons". That
rule was never really challenged because it was not presented as a
sanction (of course, nobody is fooled).

jyh.
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