396 doses in a year?

"gym gravity" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

from procycling:

"Petacchi squared up to Capodacqua in San Benedetto del Tronto following
the Fassa Bortolo rider’s victory in the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.
The source of the Italian sprinter’s ire was a Capodacuqa article
published last Sunday featuring extracts from the 2001 diary of a former
rider, identified simply as A.T, and currently under investigation in the
Rome-based 'Oil for Drugs' doping inquiry. The extracts were unsparing in
their details of the rider’s doping practices - including his use of EPO,
human growth hormone, testosterone, the growth hormone stimulator IGF3 and
anabolic steroids...

...On Sunday, Capodacqua had quoted diary entries from the unidentified
rider documenting rampant use of EPO and anabolic steroids (396 doses in
one year) without a single failed dope test."

Did he frequently forget to make diary entries and decide to double up on
the drugs, to be sure?

Quoting further from the article:

"In your opinion, is it right to publish extracts from a diary which refers
to 2001, trying to cause a scandal? And belonging to an athlete whose name
we don’t even know?" he asked.

"Because, in your opinion things have changed since then?" Capodacqua
retorted.

"Yes, they have changed a lot. Just a few minutes ago I signed a form
telling the World Anti-Doping Agency exactly where I will be at all times
over the next three months. Over the course of a season, my colleagues and I
submit ourselves to a long series of dope tests and the war on doping goes
on with the riders in the front line."

"OK," said Capodaqua, "You show me your diaries."

"You’re offending me," Petacchi replied..........."

ROTFL

gym gravity said:

Did he frequently forget to make diary entries and decide to double

up

Quoted message said:

on the drugs, to be sure?

Steroids are detectable, so they were taken off-season, in November and
December. If you understand Italian, you can read the original article
at
http://www.sportpro.it/doping/news/2005/dopato1.htm

But then, if you understand Italian, you'd be better reading
http://www.biciclettaonline.it/rubriche/cerauna/

Jenko

Jenko said:

gym gravity said:

Did he frequently forget to make diary entries and decide to double

up

Quoted message said:

on the drugs, to be sure?

Steroids are detectable, so they were taken off-season, in November and
December. If you understand Italian, you can read the original article
at
http://www.sportpro.it/doping/news/2005/dopato1.htm

But then, if you understand Italian, you'd be better reading
http://www.biciclettaonline.it/rubriche/cerauna/

Jenko

thanks, but I didn't really want to know the answer.

B. Lafferty said:

"OK," said Capodaqua, "You show me your diaries."

"You’re offending me," Petacchi replied..........."

ROTFL

Straight talker, eh.

"gym gravity" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

from procycling:

"Petacchi squared up to Capodacqua in San Benedetto del Tronto following
the Fassa Bortolo rider’s victory in the final stage of
Tirreno-Adriatico. The source of the Italian sprinter’s ire was a
Capodacuqa article published last Sunday featuring extracts from the
2001 diary of a former rider, identified simply as A.T, and currently
under investigation in the Rome-based 'Oil for Drugs' doping inquiry.
The extracts were unsparing in their details of the rider’s doping
practices - including his use of EPO, human growth hormone,
testosterone, the growth hormone stimulator IGF3 and anabolic steroids...

...On Sunday, Capodacqua had quoted diary entries from the unidentified
rider documenting rampant use of EPO and anabolic steroids (396 doses in
one year) without a single failed dope test."

Did he frequently forget to make diary entries and decide to double up
on the drugs, to be sure?

Well, it's not unusual to stack multiple steroids. Bodybuilders tend to use
combinations.