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I'm interested in the who, not if riders have been doping. To what extent they have been doping, why some previously busted riders are allowed to still race EWS, and what will the outcome for the current crop of dopers (cheaters) be.
#sarcasm
"By knowing this investigation process and referring to it, Chris Ball rejects the outcome of this case for a long time. On average, the results made public by the AFLD and the competent federations take more than a year to be made public. By then, everything would be pure speculation and rumors"
http://www.endurotribe.com/2018/11/dopage-ews-selon-chris-ball-une-enquete-de-lafld-est-en-cours/
That being said, due process and anti-doping can be a bit of an oxymoron - to put it mildly - and can be more about politics than prohibitive measures that actually makes sense and creates a level playing field. #johaug
Obviously these guys need to be diligent when it comes to what they're taking but its easy to miss something.
I mean there was a case of a guy getting caught doping on the road a few years ago and he bowed out by saying he got testicular cancer. At least that's how the story went.
The testing took place at the French EWS and riders tested were the podium and a few randoms. Myself and Sven posted photos of the riders waiting for testing in race recaps to respective editorial outlets so it's pretty easy to see who all the potential players are here. So of course it would be big names regardless of who it is (the rumors are multiple riders)... It's nit rocket science to know the podium riders get tested so it's always going go to be folks at the sharp end.
However, and it's a BIG however. In theory no one other than the French agency, possibly the EWS (though they say not), and the riders involved would know the details so all else is speculation at this point. Somehow word got out and these rumors have spread like wildfire all over the place a few months back. Do they know the names or are they just making assumptions and pointing fingers at who they want it to be rather than who it actually is? The truth is almost no one knows, especially not all the different people everyone is hearing the rumors from. At this point I've been told three different things all by people who claim they heard it from someone else, who of course heard it from someone else all the way back to someone with close ties to the event in France.
This isn't high school, and it's a bit disappointing a few individuals have been fueling the rumor mill as if it were such. If people cheat then by all means F*k 'em, but until there is official word you would be jeopardizing riders reputations, contracts, livelihood just so you could have some taking point on the internet.
This is not a subject to run cavalier with "facts"
Don't do it.
Like I said before, I won’t because I care. I love this sport and I work in it too. When I said «almost want » didn’t mean I will. And I absolutely don’t want for all the reasons you mentionned.
And to be clear, nope it’s not account to stay anonyme. We made the account and directly saw this subject.
But yes I can assume that it looks like it.
I won't do it...
Cheers
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