shropshire 0 #1 July 26, 2007 It's great to see the zero tolerence displayed by the teams to their dope head 'athletes'. QuoteTour de France leader Michael Rasmussen has been sacked by his Rabobank team and thrown out of the race. The 33-year-old Dane has been at the centre of controversy during the Tour since it was revealed he missed out-of-competition drugs tests. clicky (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #2 July 26, 2007 It's like professional wrestling, ain't it? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 July 26, 2007 I don't know.... has this been going on in that 'sport' too? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 July 26, 2007 > (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #5 July 26, 2007 Come on Levi! I think Contador will win though. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #6 July 26, 2007 Its wrong he missed one of his drugs tests but didn't he proudly announce he has had 14 drug tests already during this tour and all have been negative. Good one for Contador, he's impressed me with his explosive charges, really put the pressure on the favourites. Wasn't it 5 charges he put on Rasmussen in stage 15? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighJB 0 #7 July 26, 2007 He "Just" Forgot to tell where and when he was going to train , which is the best way to avoid controls out of a competition. He has been kicked out his nationnal team for this reason before the start of the tour. JBça passe ou ça frotte Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 July 26, 2007 <> That's as maybe but zero tolerance is the best way (IMHO) for all sports to clean up their acts. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #9 July 26, 2007 QuoteHe "Just" Forgot to tell where and when he was going to train , which is the best way to avoid controls out of a competition. He has been kicked out his national team for this reason before the start of the tour. No, Rabobank were aware of that before Le Tour started. Rabobank sacked him because they found out that he had actually lied to them about his whereabouts when he was explaining those 'administrative errors.' He told them he'd been in Mexico, they've now found out he was in Italy. At least Contador will be a popular winner.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 898 #10 July 26, 2007 lets see: doping in cycling roids in rasslin weed and dog fighting in football rapists and cheating by officials in basketball roids in baseball spying in F1 have I missed any??? again I'm reminded why I don't follow "professional" sports... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighJB 0 #11 July 26, 2007 QuoteQuoteHe "Just" Forgot to tell where and when he was going to train , which is the best way to avoid controls out of a competition. He has been kicked out his national team for this reason before the start of the tour. No, Rabobank were aware of that before Le Tour started. Rabobank sacked him because they found out that he had actually lied to them about his whereabouts when he was explaining those 'administrative errors.' He told them he'd been in Mexico, they've now found out he was in Italy. At least Contador will be a popular winner. May be his team director was aware of that but not the Tour organisator and not the journalist and spectators. From the time is has been known , he is booed by spectators which is, for the sponsor , not good at all. I was not aware about the location issue but this confirms the suspicion. You cannot forget 2 times to tell where you gonna train as it is mandatory to do so. JBça passe ou ça frotte Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #12 July 26, 2007 QuoteMay be his team director was aware of that but not the Tour organisator and not the journalist and spectators. I'm pretty sure the organisers were aware before the Tour started that Rasmussen had 2 official warnings against his name for missing 2 out of comp drug tests earlier this year. Unfortunately the tour organisers could not yet exclude him from the race themselves (missing 3 tests would have equated to a positive result). I believe Christian Prudhomme did put pressure on Rabobank not to select Rasmussen but the team director was happy with the explanation that Rasmussen gave. That is, he was happy until he found out last night that Rasmussen had lied to him, then he felt that he had no choice but to sack him, his status had simply become far too questionable.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #13 July 26, 2007 Quote doping in cycling roids in rasslin weed and dog fighting in football rapists and cheating by officials in basketball roids in baseball spying in F1 Hockey's looking pretty good. I guess we should blame Canada Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 898 #14 July 26, 2007 I think you're on to something there Wendy! hockey....and curling!!?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #15 July 26, 2007 The tour has become more about who can get by without being caught doping than it is who is actually winning. The front runners are doping. They need to just make it ok to dope, standardize it somehow, and tada no more problems.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #16 July 26, 2007 QuoteThe tour has become more about who can get by without being caught doping than it is who is actually winning. The front runners are doping. They need to just make it ok to dope, standardize it somehow, and tada no more problems. You could never standardize doping. It would simply put all the riders back on a level playing field, the riders who want to cheat wouldn't be getting any advantage and so they would simply break the new rules and take more. There are new drugs coming out all the time, and there will always be riders who want to go further than everyone else.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #17 July 26, 2007 Of course. And it's really sad. Maybe then they should just not care about the doping. Openly admit that cycling is a whoever has the most money and can buy the best dope will win sport. Watch all the sponsors start to back out and cycling take a backseat to every other sport. That will never happen as the sponsors are acting like they actually care about doping these days. It's a good show, but no one is buying it that actually knows what is going on.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #18 July 26, 2007 I don't agree. We need to stamp out cheating every time that we catch the bastards. We can not let these scroats get away with doping. As professionals, they are on big money and kids look up to them. They need to earn that money and respect. I may be a bit naive, but when the scum floats to the surface it needs to be scooped out and flushed down the toilet. Forever ... no fines, no short term bans ... FOR LIFE.. game over. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #19 July 26, 2007 Can they take the roids from the cyclists and give them to all the soccer players to make them man up a bit? Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #20 July 26, 2007 Quote Can they take the roids from the cyclists and give them to all the soccer players to make them man up a bit? Blues, Dave What, you want to see more fighting in soccer?"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #21 July 26, 2007 Quote Quote doping in cycling roids in rasslin weed and dog fighting in football rapists and cheating by officials in basketball roids in baseball spying in F1 Hockey's looking pretty good. I guess we should blame Canada Wendy W. ________________________________ Sorry, M'am. Heroin in hockey. Just recently, there was a hockey player stooped while driving and 'shooting-up'. Is nothing sacred? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #22 July 26, 2007 It would be nice to see some athletic sport in football... not a bunch of nancy boys poncing around for 90 minutes. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #23 July 26, 2007 Quote It would be nice to see some athletic sport in football... not a bunch of nancy boys poncing around for 90 minutes. Well, there's always rugby! They have that in England don't they?? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #24 July 26, 2007 Quote It would be nice to see some athletic sport in football... not a bunch of nancy boys poncing around for 90 minutes. More headbutts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #25 July 26, 2007 Quote Quote It would be nice to see some athletic sport in football... not a bunch of nancy boys poncing around for 90 minutes. More headbutts! More errant kicks to the nuts "oops sorry mate!" "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
