posted Nov 3, 2008

CERA had such a marker, which is how the riders got caught out this year .. but a future "innoficial copy" would not

**Not many other sports would try to go after dopers as positive tests do create VERY bad publicity. Maybe the race organisers and UCI want a clean(er) sport?**

ermmm and why is that bad ?
we want clean sport, and cycling bodies seem to be doing something about it ??!!!

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posted Nov 3, 2008

comment by Austrian_Jez (U8329092)
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"CERA had such a marker, which is how the riders got caught out this year .. but a future "innoficial copy" would not"
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There was never a marker in CERA. http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/tour-update-no-secret-molecule-in-cera--17695
John Fahey was wrong when he said that a marker was placed in CERA, he later admitted to his mistake.

comment by Austrian_Jez (U8329092)
"ermmm and why is that bad ?
we want clean sport, and cycling bodies seem to be doing something about it ??!!!"

Professional sport is a business and if money is being lost through sponsors leaving and races not being broadcasted then it makes sense to ensure that does not happen. I am just saying it is strange as this is not the usual way to go about these things. Perhaps they think it will work out to their advantage in the future?

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posted Nov 3, 2008

1) re marker - I based my comment on OMGIDBI's post a while back ...stand corrected
2) I agree that it sounds like "commercial suicide" .. but honesty is better
cycling's origins come from hard grafters (hence the Belgian tough-guy image), so NO CHEATING !!

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posted Nov 3, 2008

>cycling's origins come from hard grafters (hence the Belgian tough-guy image), so NO CHEATING !!<

For the record; those typical 'Belgian tough-guy racers', hard workers who compete in the Flemish classics (with PR being an adopted Flemish classic) are called Flandriens.

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posted Nov 3, 2008

hmmm could you be a Vlandrien GSGirl

see your XCross post - that's why Belgians do cyclocross instead of playing rugby in winter .-)

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posted Nov 3, 2008

Did you just call me a man?
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Btw - I kinda like rugby.

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posted Nov 4, 2008

oops, thought VlandriAn was man, VlandriEn was feminine.

Do you know this phrase ?
Football is a game for gentlemen watched by thugs, rugby is a game for gentlemen PLAYED by thugs !!

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posted Nov 4, 2008

I don't think there is a feminine form of Flandrien, but grammatically it'd be Flandrien (m) - Flandrienne (f) I think

I lived in Belfast for 4 months via an Eramus programme, and a Finnish friend and me decided to participate in a very local sport while we were there. We were gonna go for Gaelic football at first, but since that looked insanely complicated we went for rugby instead. I believe (I still don't know all the rules) I was a blindside-flanker + jumper at position 4 in line-outs.

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posted Nov 4, 2008

you played flanker ?
respect just went up another notch GSGirl !!

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posted Nov 4, 2008

I'm guessing the main reason for my being flanker was "hey, you're tall!"

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