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The E-word thread. EWS

shelteringsky

shelteringsky

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toodles said:
The rider or riders involved must know they're suspect/under investigation. If anything, I think they'd probably drop out of the limelight a bit rather than dominate all season while they're under investigation.
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Yeah but all the riders know that if they podium, they'll get tested*. Those cheating to win have obviously factored this in but believe that their methods are sophisticated enough to avoid being detected.

edit: *assuming that the EWS has had a policy of testing podium finishers (I certainly hope so).
 
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Happymtb.fr

Happymtb.fr

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2016
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toodles said:
The rider or riders involved must know they're suspect/under investigation. If anything, I think they'd probably drop out of the limelight a bit rather than dominate all season while they're under investigation.
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Sure!
From the people who claim they know on the French forum I follow, the riders who got caught had way more than just high coffein levels in their samples...
 
toodles

toodles

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Happymtb.fr said:
Sure!
From the people who claim they know on the French forum I follow, the riders who got caught had way more than just high coffein levels in their samples...
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Yeah I meant for 2019. Testing at this race might have been a bit of a surprise, but now they're under suspicion they might drop off the radar. Wait and see I guess, the rumours of a list etc make it sound like it was more than just one guy.
 
jackalope

jackalope

Mental acuity - 1%
Jan 9, 2004
7,608
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in a single wide, cooking meth...
So I hacked the EWS system and got the list! As usual, the real news being broken on RM:

* @jonKranked - positive for monocle weed
* @jdcamb - positive for monocle pizza
* @Westy - positive for being smarter and funnier than me
* @kidwoo - bitterness
* @Gary - e-bitterness
* @MMike - positive for being a bad person
* @Pesqueeb - positive for not disliking brown people
* @Sandwich - for being gay and riding a 29er (NTTAWWT)
*@mtg - for spending time with family and making awesome bikes and not constantly adding content to RM...oh yeah, almost forgot , tested positive for being a (fucking) Broncos fan.
* Ratboy - for too much stay-in conditioner (that happened to be hemp based)
* Rude - for being a fucking bad ass
* my wife - for being a fucking bad ass
* my liver - for being a fucking bad ass
* Eddie Masters - for being @FSM
* EDIT @jstuhlman - positive for riding with crab0n death bar(s?)


Sorry to blow the top off this, but I wanted the RM community to be the first to get the goods.
 
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Gary

Gary

"S" is for "neo-luddite"
Aug 27, 2002
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Bike078 said:
Wait, around the time of George Best? Are you grandpa monkey?
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Not that I know of... But I said that (wrongly) about being a father more than a few times in ignorant bliss.

George Best was still playing for Man United (who my dad happened to be a massive fan of) until I was 4. When I was 9 he played part time for local Edinburgh team Hibernian but was probably as well known in Edinburgh for his drinking and shagging as for what he did in those few games
 
shelteringsky

shelteringsky

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Tested riders include:

Richie Rude
Adrien Dailly
Greg Callahan
Jose Borgas
Martin Maes
Jared Graves

Be interesting to see what comes out. Glad Sam isn't caught up in this.
 
shelteringsky

shelteringsky

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jackalope said:
Maes?

But really, I think Rude is just a natural hoss and I don't really see how having excess muscle and bulk helps that much for Endureau. Obviously I could be proven wrong, but I'd be surprised if Rude was going full-Wade Boots.
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Yeah, agreed that that amount of bulk isn't really helpful for enduro. I guess that's where the questions come in: how is he able to do multi-day endurance events and still look (and lift) like a gym bro? If he's natty, then that's impressive af but if I had to pick the rider most likely on SARMS, it would be him. I do hope I'm wrong though.

Bootes got done for MDMA or something, yeah? Seems like this whole EWS doping thing is much more serious than party drugs and weed.
 
Mo(n)arch

Mo(n)arch

Turbo Monkey
Dec 27, 2010
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shelteringsky said:
Yeah, agreed that that amount of bulk isn't really helpful for enduro. I guess that's where the questions come in: how is he able to do multi-day endurance events and still look (and lift) like a gym bro? If he's natty, then that's impressive af but if I had to pick the rider most likely on SARMS, it would be him. I do hope I'm wrong though.

Bootes got done for MDMA or something, yeah? Seems like this whole EWS doping thing is much more serious than party drugs and weed.
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A few friends of mine are somewhat physically equally gifted as Rude. They look as if they were 7 days a week in the gym by doing nothing.
Usually they are quicker, have more endurance and can crash harder then anyone else. The few of them that work in construction seriously look like out of 300 or something.

Genetics are really a thing it seems.
 
iRider

iRider

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
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shelteringsky said:
Tested riders include:

Richie Rude
Adrien Dailly
Greg Callahan
Jose Borgas
Martin Maes
Jared Graves

Be interesting to see what comes out. Glad Sam isn't caught up in this.
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Are we sure it is one of the men? Could it be a female rider as well?
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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jackalope said:
Maes?

But really, I think Rude is just a natural hoss and I don't really see how having excess muscle and bulk helps that much for Endureau. Obviously I could be proven wrong, but I'd be surprised if Rude was going full-Wade Boots.
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shelteringsky said:
Yeah, agreed that that amount of bulk isn't really helpful for enduro. I guess that's where the questions come in: how is he able to do multi-day endurance events and still look (and lift) like a gym bro? If he's natty, then that's impressive af but if I had to pick the rider most likely on SARMS, it would be him. I do hope I'm wrong though.

Bootes got done for MDMA or something, yeah? Seems like this whole EWS doping thing is much more serious than party drugs and weed.
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i've been watching richie ride since he was like 13 or 14. can confirm he's always been a huge dude. go look at pictures of him when he was Jr World champ from 2013. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/A-Day-in-the-Life-with-Richie-Rude-Jr-World-Champion-2013.html
 
Gary

Gary

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toodles

toodles

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Aug 24, 2004
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rockofullr said:
Seems like a dude who would do anything to get a win. He's my prediction.
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He's actually least likely IMO. He competed in (and podiumed) a DH WC and at the World Champs, which have always had PED-testing. Much like Cecile Ravanel and other EWS riders that race in alternate disciplines, they'd never have the opportunity. Drug testing for Enduro is relatively new so they might have caught some riders on the tail-end of a drug program, but its hardly likely to be someone who is also participating in sports with anti-doping systems.

OT - Didn't Wade have a bit of a break from competition and come back super dominant and much bigger for the next season? I thought thats where the PED rumours began. The disco bikkie thing is hardly a big deal.
 
BigBoi

BigBoi

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Oct 31, 2011
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Riding all day without getting tired, looking like a GOD at your local pool, outbenching everyone at the gym....sounds awesome!

Anyone here have any personal experience with PEDs? Asking for a friend.
 
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