- Austrian police walked in on a Nordic skier in the middle of a blood transfusion
- Max Hauke was among five skiers arrested in police raids in Seefeld this week
- They were targeting an alleged doping network during World Championships
- In total nine people were arrested as part of 16 raids in Austria and Germany
- One of the people held was Mark Schmidt, a doctor who worked for the Gerolsteiner cycling team around the time of the 2008 Tour de France
- Austrian rider Bernhard Kohl was stripped of third place in that race for doping
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Drago
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So he does blood now and again? He's not an addict, he can give up any time he wants.
Chris S
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Only if it's from the taxman.
Hugh Manatee
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Caught "red handed!"
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Hahaha rumbled. Back to Netto you go sunshine.
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What's the benefit? Sorry for being dim, is it to dilute drugs already taken or to increase the red cells just prior to a race?
Hugh Manatee
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More red blood cells to carry more oxygen equals better performance.
ColinJ
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Yes - that is autologous blood doping (as opposed to using a donor's blood - homologous blood doping) - see WADA.
Beebo
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Ask Lance.
You basically get to replace your tired blood with lovely clean fresh fully oxygenated blood.
Drago
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It's more so you have more red blood cells to transport oxygen - they get most of the plasma out IIRC. The downside is that your blood then becomes thicker (so making it harder work for your heart), and any naughty stuff you took just before you gave the blood is still present when you get it back, so you need to be even more careful with doping. Plus you need to be sure that it's you're own blood you get back.
I'm looking at you, Tyler Hamilton.