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Damn, I kinda like Mayo. Sure, he can't handle pressure, but I for one was stoked with his win in the Giro this year.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's still super lame...
Guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's still super lame...
From VeloNews
News Flash: Mayo tests positive
Filed: July 30, 2007
Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who finished 16th in the Tour, which finished on Sunday, has been suspended by his team.
"The Saunier Duval team was notified by the UCI that Iban Mayo had tested positive for EPO following a test on July 24 which was a rest day on the Tour de France," read a statement on the team's website.
The statement added that the team suspended Mayo immediately and would sack him if the B sample confirmed the positive test.
If it is confirmed Mayo would be the third rider to have tested positive on the Tour. Pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov was thrown out of the race last Tuesday for homologous blood doping while veteran Cristian Moreni was ejected the day after for failing a testosterone test.
Race leader Michael Rasmussen - whose participation had been queried in any case because of missing four dope tests in the past 18 months - was thrown out by his Rabobank team last Wednesday for lying about his whereabouts in June - he said he had been in Mexico, when he had been sighted in Italy.
It is not the first time Mayo has been implicated in a doping story as last month he was suspected of having failed a test in the Giro d'Italia. However, he was cleared by the UCI.
Mayo was reported to have tested positive for testosterone, the banned male sex hormone which snared Floyd Landis on his way to victory in last year's Tour de France. But the UCI said in a statement that Mayo, who was tested following his victory on the 19th stage to Terme di Comano, had not breached doping rules.
News Flash: Mayo tests positive
Filed: July 30, 2007
Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who finished 16th in the Tour, which finished on Sunday, has been suspended by his team.
"The Saunier Duval team was notified by the UCI that Iban Mayo had tested positive for EPO following a test on July 24 which was a rest day on the Tour de France," read a statement on the team's website.
The statement added that the team suspended Mayo immediately and would sack him if the B sample confirmed the positive test.
If it is confirmed Mayo would be the third rider to have tested positive on the Tour. Pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov was thrown out of the race last Tuesday for homologous blood doping while veteran Cristian Moreni was ejected the day after for failing a testosterone test.
Race leader Michael Rasmussen - whose participation had been queried in any case because of missing four dope tests in the past 18 months - was thrown out by his Rabobank team last Wednesday for lying about his whereabouts in June - he said he had been in Mexico, when he had been sighted in Italy.
It is not the first time Mayo has been implicated in a doping story as last month he was suspected of having failed a test in the Giro d'Italia. However, he was cleared by the UCI.
Mayo was reported to have tested positive for testosterone, the banned male sex hormone which snared Floyd Landis on his way to victory in last year's Tour de France. But the UCI said in a statement that Mayo, who was tested following his victory on the 19th stage to Terme di Comano, had not breached doping rules.
My god... what a moron. With all these people testing positive left and right and getting kicked out, why the hell would he go and take EPO?! 1 years salary... buh bye. career... buh bye.
Should be good for some good quotes from David Millar.
I want at least one... "Bloody, Hell!"
Seriously though as comical as it is to hear him b!tch... when it comes to this kind of thing... especially EPO, Millar shouldnt be saying sh!t.
"give me ham on 1, hold the Mayo"
toss him in a vat of leeches
I'd have more respect for him if he came clean before getting caught. At least he is amusing, he usually uses more f-bombs than "bloody 'ells".
Man, i sure am getting dissapointed with how many people feel the need to cheat. Really dissapointing to see this with something as old as the TDF. But i guess that is what someone with low self esteem has to do to feel better
This could be the first real effort to have a clean Tour; drugs have been a part of the Tour since its beginnings. These instances will continue to happen until the penalties of cheating become so severe as to disuade everyone from trying to cheat.
very approved.
fixed
C'mon. Few riders in the US test positive for the same reason that I haven't heard about a lot of pitchers in AA baseball testing positive. Minor leagues, baby...no money for le dope.fixed
I thought that's what I was getting at. :huh:
Very true, i hope it works, But my disapointment goes further than just seeing this in teh tour, it goes for all sports, If your cheating to win, are you really winning?.
Although it would be kinda of fun to have a steroid endorsed event as well, you know teh steroid olympics. Just to see how Ridiculously far someone can push the human body, Maybe have a minimum drug use before being allowed to compete. Ha just kidding, i like straight up head to head competition. Were if your the best you win, not if you did the most roids
They feel the need to cheat to make the $$$$$.
This past TDF was most likely one of the cleanest ever out of fear. Should get cleaner in the future though.....
Or maybe they feel the need to cheat to keep their job... y'all have to imagine that they got a lot of pressure from team managers.
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luelling
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Yeah, its worked really well in the U.S. war on drugs. As long as there are big bucks to be made, people will cheat (at least some will).
1) Politics and bureaucracy are the two main reasons why the US war on drugs is ineffective (at best). If a politician even hints at the idea of approaching the problem from a different angle, he is deemed soft on drugs (see freedom hater or terrorist-loving Al Queda surrender monkey, aka liberal).
2) To an extent, yes. Cyclists are already making too much if they are willingly risking a two year ban and one year's salary. Anyway, what needs to happen is for WADA and other anti-doping groups to continue to be pro-active, to realize that athletes will always strive to find a way to bypass controls. If the penalties are high enough and the controls increasingly effective, the dopers will be out of the game waaaay before they reach le Tour. Or this is how I'd like to see it happen.
The reason for doping in cycling = Cheney.
Cuz he shot LeMond?The reason for doping in cycling = Cheney.
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luelling
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My point was that penalties, no matter how severe will not stamp out doping. Look at any country, any law, and people violate it willingly and knowing full well what the punishment is. The sport needs to change the culture. From Peurto its pretty obvious that a good chunk of cyclists are doping