Amphetamine found in Schumacher's blood

Rolfrae

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php...an08/jan08news2

Very similar to the amphetamine positive that landed Ulle a 6 month ban. Think he has more to fear from his team though than from the UCI. This isn't a good image to portray for a team in search of a new sponsor for 2009.

Wayne666

I was a little too old for the whole ectasy thing when it kicked off. Isn't that the drug of choice for the dance clubs? Does it contain speed or do they lace it with it?

Bro Deal

It does present and interesting problem. If the blood that was taken by police was used up during their tests then there can be no confirmation test. Can you then call it a positive under WADA rules?

I guess you could take hair samples and test those, but Schumacher's does not have any hair on his head and he might decide that shaving the rest of his body would be a good idea.

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poulidor

What? Sport laws are more rigourous than civil laws needing B samples!
The whole WADA system is unfair... free Floyd Hamilton!

helmutRoole2

I like this statement he makes in reference to amphetamines being found in his system.

"My problem is that I haven't the slightest idea how it could have gotten there."

Maybe it was in the straw...

...that was in your nose.

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Rolfrae

Maybe the German cops gave the sample to the Paris lab to test, we know how corrupt they are!

Powerful Pete

Yes! Excellent! Another French are bad conspiracy! It could never have been the rider!

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limerickman

Amphetamines.

Jan Ullrich was busted for taking them while in a nightclub : at least Ullrich admitted it.
(Ullrich was injured at the time - and was not racing).

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morelike hypocrisy.

cyclingheroes

Yes he has more to fear from his team because Holczer won't like it. From the UCI nothing because amphetamine is not prohibited in the out of competition period. (When Ullrich took it, it was).

Could be an interesting team presentation on Tuesday...

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Crankyfeet

This is just more evidence in my mind that doping goes way beyond cycling. It seems obvious that discotheques are administering PED's to their patrons (without patrons being aware of it) so that they can stay up drinking longer and recover for another marathon effort on the following night.

Doesn't anyone remember the pre-doping nightclub days when one would be shitfaced by 2:00am and then have a two day hangover the next morning? Its not a true sport anymore as far as I'm concerned.

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Scotttri

Some one spiked my drink!!

Rolfrae

Maybe someone spiked his E?

Gregers

Haven't there been various revellations-a drug fuelled evening involving Jalabert and fellow pros springs to mind-that suggest that recreational drug use is not exactly unknown amongst cyclists? Their professional lifestyle would seem to indicate that moral objections would be unlikely to inhibit such behaviour.

nns1400

ROFLMAO!

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