Jonathon Tiernan Locke blood passport iffy? (ToB title for Haas?)

[rich p]

Sky statement
http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_9077438,00.html

 

[rich p]

Is JTL turning out to be the Tesco Value Cunego?

Just Took Loads?

 

[raindog]

that's so depressing, I really thought he was the real deal

 

[Crackle]

that's so depressing, I really thought he was the real deal

Case to answer doesn't yet mean he's guilty but it isn't looking good.

 

[raindog]

What I don't get is, this is about his performances in 2012, how come questions were only asked last september? Does anyone know?

 

[rich p]

He was tested at the ToB when it was known that he was going to sign for Sky.
The tests taken then, while at Endura, were shown to be anomalous when later compared with a full BP programme at Sky in 2013.

 

[smutchin]

Case to answer doesn't yet mean he's guilty but it isn't looking good.

Hence the Cunego comparison - both the blood anomalies and the dip in performance could be explained by illness, but...

Does anyone really believe that story?

 

[raindog]

I know, but why did it take a whole year to show up?

 

[Crackle]

Hence the Cunego comparison - both the blood anomalies and the dip in performance could be explained by illness, but...

Does anyone really believe that story?

Looking at the character references, looking at his past history, the decision to dope doesn't quite add up, stranger things have happened though and unless he can produce a credible explanation, he's cooked and even if he can, I can't see much future at Sky for him.

 

[VamP]

I know, but why did it take a whole year to show up?

Because they didn't have a baseline to compare against until after this season. Says so right there in the cyclingnews article.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I know, but why did it take a whole year to show up?

I may have got this wrong but it seems like the anomaly only showed up as an anomaly once the two sets of pre- and post-Sky figures could be compared.

 

[smutchin]

Looking at the character references, looking at his past history, the decision to dope doesn't quite add up, stranger things have happened though and unless he can produce a credible explanation, he's cooked and even if he can, I can't see much future at Sky for him.

This comment could apply equally to any number of past convicted dopers.

Much as I'd like to believe he's a good boy who wouldn't do that kind of thing, I can't convince myself of it. Colour me a jaded old cynic.

 

[thom]

Because they didn't have a baseline to compare against until after this season. Says so right there in the cyclingnews article.

Yes - the strange thing is I think JTL/Endura actually requested testing for him on that successful season but resources did not permit.

 

[Crackle]

This comment could apply equally to any number of past convicted dopers.

Much as I'd like to believe he's a good boy who wouldn't do that kind of thing, I can't convince myself of it. Colour me a jaded old cynic.

Yeah but he's a Brit. not some jonny foreigner, chin up!

No, I agree Smutch, I said as much early on in the thread, that in fact, I wasn't cynical enough.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Didn't the first news from the UCI about JTL only break immediately after Cookson's election? There was something really odd about the timing. I would have thought P McQ would have been more than happy to have had it announced before the election itself - and he would have known about it. Wouldn't he have wanted to appear strong on controls, with a Brit in the firing line to boot?