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murphthemog said:
Name a cyclist with small thighs, it goes with the sport I'm afraid. Skiers are similar, hence chemmy on the ice dancing prog.

I love the tdf too. Great sport. When they aren't cheating.
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Agreed and the women are even more out of proportion than the men especially as she's a sprinter. Bradley Wiggins is skinny all over as are the Schlecks which helps climbing silly mountains - but yes in the main massive quad muscles.
 
Lance Armstrong clean? Really?

Have you read David Walsh's book "Lance to Landis"? Even if what he has written is 10% fact, there is no way that Lance Armstrong was clean. No Way! Not a snowball in hell's chance. He is the same as the rest of the cycling elite - one step ahead of the testers. Or just about anyway.


I quite like the fact that road cycling is a pretty level playing field in that everyone takes drugs and masking substances to hide it.

Cheers,


Snelly.

Edited to add that yes, Victoria is absolutely gorgeous!
 
Snelly said:
Lance Armstrong clean? Really?

Have you read David Walsh's book "Lance to Landis"? Even if what he has written is 10% fact, there is no way that Lance Armstrong was clean. No Way! Not a snowball in hell's chance. He is the same as the rest of the cycling elite - one step ahead of the testers. Or just about anyway.


I quite like the fact that road cycling is a pretty level playing field in that everyone takes drugs and masking substances to hide it.

Cheers,


Snelly.

Edited to add that yes, Victoria is absolutely gorgeous!
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Absolutely spot on,if people believe road racings elite are clean,they may as well believe the top sprinters are clean also.One of britains disgraced cyclists,and a disgraced sprinter both said that the only way to compete is to do as the competition do,only difference is they were caught.
 
I'm a bit out of touch with cycling since i gave up 16 years ago.

But i raced as an Am in france for 2 yearsin the early 90's and even a lot of elite club riders were charged up (on Drugs). not something that happened in British racing not that i knew off anyway.
 
Id like to think cycling is getting there and cleaning its act up,but like its been said the drug takers are 1 step ahead,until they get caught then some1 else will find another way of masking it:mad:....

Eurosports 9.45pm tonight,Contador press conference .........
 
Is it just cycling though. What odds this being the most drugged up olympics ever even if they get caught. There was a piece on BBC news last week I think from the state of the art drugs testing centre for the games and the person interviewed admitted they wouldn't be able to find everything as there are more and more drugs being used which are hidden better and better in the body.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Is it just cycling though. What odds this being the most drugged up olympics ever even if they get caught. There was a piece on BBC news last week I think from the state of the art drugs testing centre for the games and the person interviewed admitted they wouldn't be able to find everything as there are more and more drugs being used which are hidden better and better in the body.
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No,i dont think its just cycling,they and athletics i believe have led the way for drug testing for many yrs now,and yes some do get through as they are always finding new ways of getting past the testers..

Now,football i think needs to get its head out of its own a***,(i dont know if it fact)but prob biggest participated and watched sport in the world and yet you very rarely hear of high profile footballers failing drug tests and getting hung high like cyclists n athletes.......far to much money involved in football and they dont want there image tarnished:rant: (in my opinion;))
 
A bit like baseball and American football then. For years they didn't see a reason to drug test, as apparently it was not a problem in their sport. Hah! It flipping was.

Cyclists are the most tested of all athletes. Sadly, there is still room to Cheat.

Next up is genetic remodelling, which will be proper difficult to spot. Something to look forward too?
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Is it just cycling though. What odds this being the most drugged up olympics ever even if they get caught. There was a piece on BBC news last week I think from the state of the art drugs testing centre for the games and the person interviewed admitted they wouldn't be able to find everything as there are more and more drugs being used which are hidden better and better in the body.
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hamshanker said:
No,i dont think its just cycling,they and athletics i believe have led the way for drug testing for many yrs now,and yes some do get through as they are always finding new ways of getting past the testers..

Now,football i think needs to get its head out of its own a***,(i dont know if it fact)but prob biggest participated and watched sport in the world and yet you very rarely hear of high profile footballers failing drug tests and getting hung high like cyclists n athletes.......far to much money involved in football and they dont want there image tarnished:rant: (in my opinion;))
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Rio got done for missing a drugs test though didn't he but I thought that was a random one after a training session and not in competition. I'm sure you're right although two players do get pulled per side randomly after every UEFA and World Cup tie. Not sure but I think its one per side in the PL but I agree, nothing is ever heard of anyone failing and I can't believe they are all whiter tha white.
 
Yes your right,Ferdinand being recent times but there again he wasnt convicted of taken drugs,it was cos he forgot to provide a sample......mmmmm right.....

But would like to see football put as much effort into detecting who is taken drugs as they do for racism.....
 
hamshanker said:
Now,football i think needs to get its head out of its own a***,(i dont know if it fact)but prob biggest participated and watched sport in the world and yet you very rarely hear of high profile footballers failing drug tests and getting hung high like cyclists n athletes.......far to much money involved in football and they dont want there image tarnished:rant: (in my opinion;))
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Nah! They just 'forget to turn up'! And can still be England Captain.

Yes. Spend the same on eliminating drugs in Football as on Racism.
 
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Thing is the football clubs employ lots of doctors and nutrisionists and what ever else to make sure everything they eat is good for them. I think it was on a league of there own where lampard said they just get given these pills they dont know whats in them but they have been sorted by the doctor as they will be good for them. So I would imagine these clubs are hot on what they can and cant do.

Its why when Kolo Toure got done a few months ago I imagine they whole of the squad were tested straight away and it comes back to my mum gave me a dodgy cough syrup. I think we should be proud that our national game has a fairly clean reputation rather than try and destroy it by assuming everyones on drugs. People moan about refs and when we have something positive we try and turn it negative. Just remember if there was any issues im sure the press would be on it before anyone.
 
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