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Quoted message said:I know from my experience with allergies and asthma that
there are many medicines that work, many are either
allowed or restricted ( i.e. not prohibited ). For me,
allergy shots and a specific warm-up before races
was
Quoted message said:best long term the solution.
I feel that Beloki's whining about not being able to use
specifically one medicine, when other medicines and
solutions to the problem are available, may in fact be an
attempt to get an excuse for a lack of fitness.
John Bickmore
From today's CN:
La Boulangère doctor rebuffs Beloki Following Joseba
Beloki's vocal complaints concerning the prohibition of his
usual asthma medicine, a type of cortisone, Brioches La
Boulangère team doctor Pierre-Yves Mathé responded that in
fact Beloki has not demonstrated a recognised case of asthma
in the first place. The French cycling federation (FFC)
lists Beloki's treatment as a banned substance, and by
extension his team has prevented him from using it for fear
of a positive dope test in or out of competition.
"There are rules, we can't just do whatever we want," Mathé
told commented in a l'Equipe article. "To prescribe this
type of product, a certain number of tests have to be
performed. After these examinations, it was found that
Beloki has a number of allergies, but no recognised case of
asthma was confirmed. Therefore there are certain medicines
I cannot prescribe."
Recent training camps in France, and the Euskal Bizikleta
stage race in Beloki's native Basque region of Spain have
seen the rider come into difficulty because of breathing
problems caused by his allergies. Beloki has expressed his
frustration that the French federation will not permit him
to use the same medicine he has used since he was a child,
permitted by the Spanish federation and also the UCI after
his having provided documentation in recent years of his
allergies.
