Onward. Hard on the heels of all that comes news of morphine in a Tour de France riders' drug test. The odd thing is that the Tour officials have known about this and done nothing about it, even though morphine is clearly forbidden. Odder still, the rider in question was tested on the same fateful day as Floyd Landis's now-infamous drug test.
And oddest of all, though the name has been withheld so far, that rider may be Oscar Pereiro.
This is the same Oscar Pereiro who finished second overall in the Tour, and now stands ready to claim himself Tour de France champion if the arbitration panel rules against Landis.
Anyone who wants to believe Dugard should keep in mind that he's a staunch FL supporter, visits him at his house, has said that he believes in a French conspiracy, and is not exactly unbiased. The rumor he is talking about is apparently based on entirely unverified and possibly fake LNDD documents that were leaked by someone to trustbut.blogspot.comtrustbut.blogspot.comOpen ↗ which is an encyclopedic blog on anything and everything related to Floyd's case. Also, the samples being tested are identified in this leaked document with code numbers, there is no way to clearly link any rider's name to the samples listed. So just because he wants it be Pereiro doesn't mean it is. Also, supposedly the levels of morphine found were too low to cause a positive. Dugard acts like he knows what he is talking about, but if you read his previous posts you'll find that the guy doesn't even know the difference between Iban Mayo and Ivan Basso, so if you ask me he's hardly an authority on anything to do with cycling.
Anyone who wants to believe Dugard should keep in mind that he's a staunch FL supporter, visits him at his house, has said that he believes in a French conspiracy, and is not exactly unbiased.
I've never heard of him, to be honest. Just posted the link because nothing would surprise me any more.
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Tangential : but Cycle Sport, this month, had an excellent article on Phonak detailing their demise and the 11 cases of doping that went on there.
The alleged use of morphine - goes against the current preference of cheaters using PED's such as EPO or Testosterone. Morphine won't make you ride faster.
Tangential : but Cycle Sport, this month, had an excellent article on Phonak detailing their demise and the 11 cases of doping that went on there.
The alleged use of morphine - goes against the current preference of cheaters using PED's such as EPO or Testosterone. Morphine won't make you ride faster.
Also opiates are one of the easiest substances for false positives to occur.
I wonder if anyone read further down the article where he says
"None of us are immunune. Take that little tidbit about morphine and Oscar Pereiro. He may or may not have been the guy with the drug in his system. But I put it out there because there's a good chance it might be him. I formed an opinion, and by publishing it, I'm allowing you to form one of your own. It's actually not a nice thing to do, and I apologize. "
SO in essense, he is just joking about it. I guess it could be Oscar, but in this news where everything that is said is taken under a microscope, this is a very dangerous comment for a writer to even joke about, and in my opinion irresponsible.
I've never heard of him, to be honest. Just posted the link because nothing would surprise me any more.
I was not clear in my post, the language you quote as written by me was actually language I was myself quoting, from the source for which I provided a link. Sorry for the confusion.
Also opiates are one of the easiest substances for false positives to occur.
Why is that? I would think with all the testing that is done for employment and police matters and such that testing for recreational drugs would be a lot more reliable than the dodgy, underfunded science that has gone into creating tests for many PEDs.
Are there a lot of common foods that produce metabolites that show up as opiates?
Why is that? I would think with all the testing that is done for employment and police matters and such that testing for recreational drugs would be a lot more reliable than the dodgy, underfunded science that has gone into creating tests for many PEDs.
Are there a lot of common foods that produce metabolites that show up as opiates?
Its actually a problem for companies / police who test for rec drugs. Well more of problem for the poor sod whose urine has produced a false positive.
And yes your right, it is do with foods, that produde metabolites that show up as opiates. A good example is foods with poppy seeds.
I don't think it is possible to tell one opiate from another from a urine sample.
