Pills under the shorts..

Very observant.

Many readers may think that your story is just a 'jealous lie' because a strong work ethic and purity of heart is what determines winners. Or so that tired advertising theme/myth plays.

I suppose this implies that losers are wimpy, weak and lazy.

Are the pills diuretics or masking products?

As far as the on-going practice of doping and masking: Well the show must go on!

zkahlina said:

[font=Times New Roman]Is it only me or nobody else notices this. I just bought June Cycle Sport magazine and on the front page there is a picture of Damiano Cunego with some pills under the shorts:eek: . I have noticed a number of pictures in this and other magazines with riders having pills hidden under the shorts (for example Ludo Diercxsens, David Rebellin) during the races.[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]In case you don’t know these pills are there just in case he places well at the end of a race and knows he has to go for a doping control. That’s when they take these pills to cover any traces of what ever they took before. Sometimes they take them even before the finish. It is very important to take them as soon as possible, but not too soon, to have more time before they can effectively hide the effect of the drugs when he provides his urine (or blood).[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]I wonder why nobody reacts to this “pills under shorts” practice!?😕 [/font]

[font=Times New Roman]Zdenko.[/font]

zkahlina said:

[font=Times New Roman]Is it only me or nobody else notices this. I just bought June Cycle Sport magazine and on the front page there is a picture of Damiano Cunego with some pills under the shorts:eek: . I have noticed a number of pictures in this and other magazines with riders having pills hidden under the shorts (for example Ludo Diercxsens, David Rebellin) during the races.[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]In case you don’t know these pills are there just in case he places well at the end of a race and knows he has to go for a doping control. That’s when they take these pills to cover any traces of what ever they took before. Sometimes they take them even before the finish. It is very important to take them as soon as possible, but not too soon, to have more time before they can effectively hide the effect of the drugs when he provides his urine (or blood).[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]I wonder why nobody reacts to this “pills under shorts” practice!?😕 [/font]

[font=Times New Roman]Zdenko.[/font]

Where exactly are these pills? I am looking at the picture and I see a bump that looks like his shorts scrunching up. Looking at other pictures in the article it appears that either he has an amazing ability to put the pills in precisely the same spot every day or it's merely his shorts.

If you take Electrolyte pills during a race, it's that doping? I don't think so.

If you take carbohydrate/Energy gels during a race, it's that doping? I don't think so.

I didn't so the picture, but even if there it's a pill, a pill or a gel it doesn't make a doping guilty cyclist.

Just my point of view

cuervo said:

If you take Electrolyte pills during a race, it's that doping? I don't think so.

If you take carbohydrate/Energy gels during a race, it's that doping? I don't think so.

I didn't so the picture, but even if there it's a pill, a pill or a gel it doesn't make a doping guilty cyclist.

Just my point of view

And why not take the coverup drugs regardless of whether you win or not? Why not take them before you start, or get the insidiously corrupt team manager to put them in your water? Why put them out there for the whole world to see? And are you so desperate that you will take a pill that's been in your crotch for several hours of hard work? Yeeew - the smell alone would knock me out.

There's no question that doping has gone on, and is going on today. But this is getting a bit thick...

Electrolite tablets are not drugs! And, unless kept inside a protection rubber pouch (coin pouch) will dissolve in your sweat and heat.

Calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium cloride are not illegal supplements.

Inhalers w/o a TUE, Insulin, Nandrolone, testosterone, clomid, corticosteroids, stimulants (10 cups of coffee), EPO, HBOCs, Interlukins, IGF-1-3, human Growth Hormone, equine Growth Hormones, diuretics, masking agents and blood transfusions are illegal. (And these are the drugs that the pros are using--every day)

Think? Look at the AIS coverup and "coach of the year' Martin Barras and his pet Sprinter gown steroid-enraged nuts, Jobie Dajka. There is a story there.

Mark French, Shane Perkins and now Jobie Dajka have all gone down in doping scandal.

I say the coach knew everything---and so did his peers at AIS.

Are all 470 AIS athletes are drugs? It's fair question.

JohnO said:

And why not take the coverup drugs regardless of whether you win or not? Why not take them before you start, or get the insidiously corrupt team manager to put them in your water? Why put them out there for the whole world to see? And are you so desperate that you will take a pill that's been in your crotch for several hours of hard work? Yeeew - the smell alone would knock me out.

There's no question that doping has gone on, and is going on today. But this is getting a bit thick...

Flyer said:

Inhalers w/o a TUE, Insulin, Nandrolone, testosterone, clomid, corticosteroids, stimulants (10 cups of coffee), EPO, HBOCs, Interlukins, IGF-1-3, human Growth Hormone, equine Growth Hormones, diuretics, masking agents and blood transfusions are illegal. (And these are the drugs that the pros are using--every day)

So Flyer, how many of these banned substances is Lance on? He's gonna win another Tour, so he must be doped! Correct??? 😄 Also, how does he keep from getting caught (please, no links to articles, just tell me in your words)! I guess Jan must have got a bad batch before the ITT on Saturday, which is why he lost. Maybe he got sugar water instead of EPO from a jaded drug dealer! :eek:

I'll bet it would be tough to win 7 straight Tours on drugs, without getting caught! Seems to me like a man that almost died from cancer would be hesitant to put controversial banned substances in his body! But hey, what do I know? 🙄

zkahlina said:

[font=Times New Roman]Is it only me or nobody else notices this. I just bought June Cycle Sport magazine and on the front page there is a picture of Damiano Cunego with some pills under the shorts:eek: . I have noticed a number of pictures in this and other magazines with riders having pills hidden under the shorts (for example Ludo Diercxsens, David Rebellin) during the races.[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]In case you don’t know these pills are there just in case he places well at the end of a race and knows he has to go for a doping control. That’s when they take these pills to cover any traces of what ever they took before. Sometimes they take them even before the finish. It is very important to take them as soon as possible, but not too soon, to have more time before they can effectively hide the effect of the drugs when he provides his urine (or blood).[/font]

[font=Times New Roman]I wonder why nobody reacts to this “pills under shorts” practice!?😕 [/font]

[font=Times New Roman]Zdenko.[/font]

Go to the thread "Why cycling shorts should always be black" for more pictures of what cyclists are failing to conceal in their shorts.