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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.
