Riis just killed pro-cycling.....

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Dan Connelly
('d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@y_a_h_o_o_._c_o_m') wrote:

> If my hematocrit is normally 38, and I boost it to 49.9, while yours is
> normally 47, and you boost it to 49.9, this may convert me from a
> relatively weaker, to a relatively stronger, rider. There's no basis to
> claim "if they all dope, the better rider still wins".

I take warfarin; I take is specifically because I have recurring deep vein
thrombosis due to poor drainage of my left leg. Am I entitled to take EPO
to balance the decrement done to my blood's oxygen carrying capacity
caused by the warfarin? Or should I be banned from taking warfarin because
it alters (specifically, reduces) my performance?

The more you look at these questions, the less straightforward they become.

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[Tom Kunich]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Jun 1, 6:23 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> As Chung likes to imply
>
> "Imply?" Dude, I may be fond of the subjunctive voice but I've been
> pretty indicative about this. Either Ressiot was the most clueless
> sports reporter ever to write about doping, or else there was four
> months of Machiavellian negotiations going on in the background.

I just got a Time VX from a Canadian guy. I received the frame and fork
yesterday about 5 pm and finished the build about 8:30 including cooking
dinner etc.

I went out today with a couple I know and we put in 40 miles with about 2500
feet of climbing.

Both of the people I was with have had cancer, both went through
chemotherapy and both are "cured". The husband went through it about 10
years ago and they didn't give him EPO. He had a lot of trouble eating, he
certainly couldn't even think of riding and his recovery was slow and
painful. He has a permanent shake in his hands. That's what he has to pay
for living longer.

His wife went through it about 5 years ago and she was using EPO and other
drugs to modify the body's response to the chemo. She RODE with us on the
same ride we did today while she was recieving chemo. She was slower then
but could nevertheless handle it.

EPO is a miracle come true. Abuse of it should be stopped but let's remember
that for every EPO cheat there are 10,000 lives saved.