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

[thom]

This is a reasonable explanation of how the BP works from inrng
http://inrng.com/2013/10/uci-bio-passport-tiernan-locke/

As a person with a probability PhD, I can say that the DNA example in that article is a clever illustration of the problem of trying to conclude anything about JTL's blood values, not only for us as distant observers but also for the experts reading the blood tests. A good article as always.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

As a person with a probability PhD

What's the likelihood of getting one of those?

 

[thom]

What's the likelihood of getting one of those?

depends on how hard you work and how much of a masochist you are

Edit, btw, your avatar - is it either a close up picture of a peculiar colored cauliflower or an image of a fractal surface ?

 

[ColinJ]

What's the likelihood of getting one of those?

Chances are, you'd fail!

 

[thom]

Chances are, you'd fail!

About as likely as finding an unattached heterosexual woman in Hebden Bridge then...

 

[rich p]

Okay, Thom, you smart arse, what's the probability of us keeping this thread going with pure speculation till we actually find out anything new?

 

[thom]

Okay, Thom, you smart arse, what's the probability of us keeping this thread going with pure speculation till we actually find out anything new?

quite high !
On the one hand, JTL's process now is very likely to go back to being confidential so we'll hear no genuine information about developments.
On the other, the season is coming to a close so nothing is likely to take our attention away in terms of racing and McQuaid is not around to confound us with random behaviour any more.
We need a new story to divert our attention.
Like Horner getting sprung - anyone know how quickly the doping tests conclude after grand tours ?
I wonder whether Cookson will start fleshing out the mechanism for reviewing the past UCI culture soon.

 

[Noodley]

Okay, Thom, you smart arse, what's the probability of us keeping this thread going with pure speculation till we actually find out anything new?

Rich, would your degree in supposition not be of more help here?

 

[rich p]

Where's the witchfinder general when you need him Noods?

 

[rich p]

I did wonder if there would any UCI action over the source of the leak from Cookson.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Edit, btw, your avatar - is it either a close up picture of a peculiar colored cauliflower or an image of a fractal surface ?

It's a photo of one of these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli They are approximate fractals

The head of Romanesco broccoli is a visually striking example of an approximate fractal in nature. The pattern is only an approximate fractal since the pattern eventually terminates when the feature size becomes sufficiently small. The number of spirals on the head of Romanesco broccoli is a Fibonacci number.[1] In computer graphics, its pattern has been modeled as a recursive helical arrangement of cones.

Some people eat them - I just look at them.

 

[Crackle]

Probably a dodgy steak, quite common apparently

 

[rich p]

The thread is being diverted into a menu cul-de-sac...
...broccoli, cauliflower, steak and leaks

 

[rich p]

Oh dear - JTL has a case to answer.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci...case-against-team-skys-jonathan-tiernan-locke

 

[smutchin]

Is JTL turning out to be the Tesco Value Cunego?