[font=Comic Sans MS]Just when I was naive enough to think that we were at last seeing a drug/doping free tour today's news about Vino brings it all crashing down...but yesterday's recovery was obviously just too good to be true - no wonder he knew he was going to win!
Why, why, why?
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Was He Caught Doping???
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I just checked velo news, and, from what it said, Vino tested positive.
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[font=Comic Sans MS]Yeh, caught with someone else's red cells in his body![/font]
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A real kick in the gut!!! [img]cyclingforums.commad.gifOpen ↗[/img]
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neiljadman said:
[font=Comic Sans MS]Yeh, caught with someone else's red cells in his body![/font]
someone else's blood cells?? thats just wierd and gross!
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TEXAS_NORSEMAN said:
someone else's blood cells?? thats just wierd and gross!
[font=Comic Sans MS]Not really - it's otherwise known as a blood transfusion - it's why we donate![/font]
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yea i know that smartA$$. but doing it to give yourself a competitive edge? that gross, disgusting, wierd, whatever you want to call it!
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I'm still super-new to cycling and I'm just confused as to how a blood transfusion would help with a time-trial and such.
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thistledown said:
I'm still super-new to cycling and I'm just confused as to how a blood transfusion would help with a time-trial and such.
Was it someone else's blood? Or his own saved, highly oxygenated blood?
I just did some reading. So, it is someone else's blood.
It's just like the Tyler Hamilton thing, huh.
Oh well. It wouldn't be the tour without a doping scandal. -
thistledown said:
I'm still super-new to cycling and I'm just confused as to how a blood transfusion would help with a time-trial and such.
The short answer is the extra hemoglobin increases the amount of oxygen that can be delivered to the muscles, which is usually the bottleneck for aerobic performance.Here's a primer:
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Bro Deal said:
The short answer is the extra hemoglobin increases the amount of oxygen that can be delivered to the muscles, which is usually the bottleneck for aerobic performance.
Here's a primer:
[font=Comic Sans MS]Just doping is worth a 5-20% increase in performance. [/font]
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Bro Deal said:
The short answer is the extra hemoglobin increases the amount of oxygen that can be delivered to the muscles, which is usually the bottleneck for aerobic performance.
Here's a primer:
Oooooooh. That makes sense now. Thanks.
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