Yet another doping threat (Viennese Blood)

bambi

I was watching biathlon on eurosport during last week(end) from Rupfhold, the crowds were massive!!!

Germans dominated the race, both men and women and the relays...

I'm Finnish so I know the heat we got after the 2001 WC, it was horrible to have our best athletes test positive for dope...

But what about the Norwegians, they are winning year after year, biathlon, skiing and skijumping...

Cycling is the only sport with a dope problem, what a joke!!!

Gregers

Biathlon/X Country Skiing are just about the only sports that can give Cycling a run for its money in the dirty stakes. Same physiological demands, same preparation, same doctors but different levels of exposure and publicity.

Jan the man

Man the sports I love watching are in the sh**t at the moment Biathlon and Cycling.

cyclingheroes

According to SZ the Russian maffia is threatning investigators (private detectives, hired by the Austrian Ski federation):

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,ra5m1/s...ikel/81/152693/

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Cobblestones

Is it the Russian mafia or the Kazakh mafia? Is it about skiers or cyclists?

I agree that they know the names of the biathletes. They publish the names of the cyclists because you can shit on cyclists in Germany but not (yet) on biathletes (which I think belong to a national team as opposed to the cyclists which are part of a privately sponsored team, so that might make a difference as well).

Anyway, with time we'll know the names of the biathletes. The Norwegians are in denial about their cross country guys. It's almost Armstrong-esk. There's a whole myth built up around the way they apply ski-wax which supposedly makes the athletes go faster. It reminds me about all the 'high cadence' 'food weighing' Carmichael crap.

Bambi, you're Finnish? I hope you didn't take my previous comment the wrong way. I like Finland. It's so quirky. And I don't understand a single word which is kind of fun sometimes. Once I tried to buy butter in a grocery store. So I bought a box which featured a cow. Back in my room I found a tiny label in one corner in Swedish which said it was 100% vegetarian spreading. Shit happens when you try to be smart.

Bro Deal

Article about this is SI.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...ssen.doping.ap/

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Bro Deal

Article where Donati claims that most of the steroid trade is controlled by the Russian mafia:

http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8655

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Bro Deal

Wouldn't it be funny if Klodi goes down for Freiburg, Contadope goes down for OP, and Leipheimer goes down for Vienna? That would take the wind out of Bruyneel's sails.

Leipheimer was on Rabobank and Gerolsteiner at the same time riders were moving to transfusions. It seems possible he could be involved.

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Crankyfeet

Wow...Boogerd's wife sounded just disappointed that her husband had been linked to a doping affair...but there was no denial.

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poulidor

Of course she knows perfectly ... in case of a Mancebo's case!

cyclingheroes

Vienna blood bank: ARD in retreat?

http://www.cyclingheroes.info/id1105.html

What I did not publish... the rumour mill says the ARD board wasn't happy with yesterdays reporting. Others weren't happy as well: Garmisch is a candidate for the winter olympics....

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Bro Deal

Someone please give Rasmussen a few Twinkies and some sunblock.

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TheDarkLord

Are you sure that the face is not a result of his blushing from all the lies he's telling?

cyclingheroes

While ARD is more carefull... Austrian media report that the scandal is much bigger as they thought. Apart from cyclists and the nordic ski athletes, swimmers and at least two footbal (soccer) players are involved:

http://www.kurier.at/sportundmotor/121941.php

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