Aushiker wrote:MichaelB wrote:What about the latest with Rasmussen ?
Seems that his country thinks he's not been a good boy in telling them his whereabouts during training for drug testing.
Yep what is hiding? The rules are there for a bloody good reason. If you "vanish" questions must be asked as to why. The guy is a professional and would clearly know what is expected, therefore is no excuse for this sort of behaviour unless he has an ulterior motive.
Regards
Andrew
I fear I may break the doping rules here, but here goes...
In the Tour Guide (done by the guys at Ride), there is an interview with Cadel that opened my eyes a bit. Did you know that each rider needs to submit a form to all the anti-doping agencies advising them of their whereabouts 3-6 months in advance? Think about it...where will you be on September 26th at 10am?
Also, the agencies (UCI, aus ADA etc) don't coordinate their "visits" so it is possible to get 2 at once and need to provide a couple of litres of pee!! At 3am!! They can come any day and any time.
I'm not saying there isn't cheating, but the watchdog process is pretty hard to deal with too. In the 1st or 2nd Lance Armstrong book, he cited an incident where the USADA visited when he was getting his wife in the car to go to hospital as she was in labour. If he didn't stop and do it, he'd be banned. Of course, he got grumpy and the wife made him stop and do it.
The birth was all over the TV, as was their release from hospital. When they drove in the driveway after being released, there was the USADA waiting for them!! They must have seen on the news when the new parents were expected home.
Personally, this has got to be an invasion of privacy - famous or not. Surely there is another way?
Sorry if I've gone too far Richard...but someone mentioned it and I wasn't "rider bashing"
I didn't even mantion the new golf scandal (probably because it is boring
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