I hope its not true about Frank Schleck

[Noodley]

Maybe it will not be too long until we hear the results of all 14 tests. Looks like the first result is available:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Piepoli_latest_positive_at_Tour_de_France_article_269424.html

 

[rich p]

Piepoli? I'm glad I didn't rush to condemn him before the positive result otherwise I'd have felt totally vindicated

 

[rich p]

They mention Schumacher too which makes this old thread all the more amusing!

Hindsight or foresight!!!

...I told you so...

 

[maurice]

Shuey is a bit of a big one!!

 

[Noodley]

I reckon they could be releasing the results in order of most obvious first down to least obvious/biggest shockeroonee....

 

[Noodley]

...riders whose samples are being re-tested.

And since you lot are obviously crap at guessing the teams/riders named are:
AG2R: Valjavec plus one other rider
Saunier Duval: Ricco, Piepoli, Cobo
CSC: 5 riders
Columbia: 2 riders
Gerolsteiner: 2 riders 1 rider

Okay, that's Schumacher and Piepoli out of the equation.

12 to go....

 

[Chuffy]

They mention Schumacher too which makes this old thread all the more amusing!

Hindsight or foresight!!!

...I told you so...

Heh, very amusing that thread, especially in light of todays results. What nasty cynics we were...

 

[itisaboutthebike]

All the skeletons are coming (well falling) out of the closet.

Millar must be well p*ssed off at being beaten by a doper. Ironic tho.......

5 CSC riders............Riise' new Saxo Bank sponser must be sh*tting themselves.............my money is on Cancellara at least, plus the Shmuck brothers......and maybe Sastre ?

I tried but couldn't find any of the websites where names were mentioned.

 

[maurice]

Is anyone going to take a punt at the CSC riders under suspicion?

[edit]Ah, you just did!

 

[Chuffy]

All the skeletons are coming (well falling) out of the closet.

Millar must be well p*ssed off at being beaten by a doper. Ironic tho.......

5 CSC riders............Riise' new Saxo Bank sponser must be sh*tting themselves.............my money is on Cancellara at least, plus the Shmuck brothers......and maybe Sastre ?

I tried but couldn't find any of the websites where names were mentioned.

Cycling News has the details that have been released so far.

I'd be surprised if it was Cancellara. He seems to be one of the few riders that everyone likes and wants to see win. That would feel like more of a kick in the nuts than Schumacher, who virtually no-one believed in. Still, we don't know yet what the other tests have thrown up.

 

[itisaboutthebike]

Some Eurozone newspapers reportedly names the 14 riders but I couldn't find in on any websites eg Bild etc

 

[itisaboutthebike]

CSC Team for the Tour.........from thier website. For those that need reminding

Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
Carlos Sastre (Spa)
Andy Schleck (Lux)
Fränk Schleck (Lux)
Nicki Sørensen (Den)
Jens Voigt (Ger)
Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)

 

[maurice]

I was thinking Cancellara, by the really strong day he had leading the peleton in the Alps for a while. But then he wasn't so good in the TT's.

I wouldn't have thought the Schlecks would risk it, but then again it was a one year window where last year's winner was out of the way and no dominant force, might've seen it as their best chance to take the win.

 

[Chuffy]

You're assuming that Noodley's list is definitive. Schumacher and Piepoli are pretty much no-brainers. The rest of the list is kind of in 'what a bloke down the pub told me' limbo unless someone can actually find a source for it.

 

[itisaboutthebike]

was thinking Cancellara, by the really strong day he had leading the peleton

Yeah I could smell him in Nottingham..........