tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post116309188173695005..comments2024-03-19T05:40:22.017-04:00Comments on Sprinter della Casa: Basso and DiscoveryAkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430651087205849350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1163179564260182932006-11-10T12:26:00.000-05:002006-11-10T12:26:00.000-05:00I like the Podium Cafe proposal. I think a more u...I like the Podium Cafe proposal. I think a more unified dope testing regime is better than what we have now. And it should be more prevalent, (i.e. more testing), more trustworthy (i.e. group has no interest in preserving status quo), and have much higher standards (i.e. not announcing anonymous results because "the results would leak anyway").<BR/><BR/>In addition, (clean) racers should insist on DNA testing. DNA info is hard to refute - it's used to clear improperly convicted people decades after their incarceration (and their refusal to plead guilty to reduce their sentence). Just the fact that racers are speaking up against DNA testing reeks of impropriety.<BR/><BR/>However, there is an inertia present in the pro peloton. They're extremely resistant to change - even now, they don't take helmets seriously (as evident by the detached or loosely hanging helmet straps). I don't know what Kessler would be thinking of now if his helmet hadn't caught those three rocks embedded in his helmet vents that one stage. The inertia will take time to overcome, but ultimately I think it will be possible.<BR/><BR/>It used to be a 10 day suspension for testing positive. Sean Kelly, after testing positive eons ago, told journalists that the positive was very upsetting and that he would win a race to prove his innocence. And he did, about two weeks later. Now he'd have to wait for four years to "prove his innocence".<BR/><BR/>Hopefully as things get cleared up (Operation Puerto fallout, signing of various suspect racers), the peloton will "feel" a bit more honest.Akihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430651087205849350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1163146943403290262006-11-10T03:22:00.000-05:002006-11-10T03:22:00.000-05:00I don't trust them either ;)I don't trust them either ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1163136935167150522006-11-10T00:35:00.000-05:002006-11-10T00:35:00.000-05:00Oh no, not you, the other guys they're the tinfoil...Oh no, not you, the other guys they're the tinfoil ones.<BR/><BR/>Spain ain't done yet. This is a grand tour, not a classic there is a long way to go.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Basso gets his shot, we'll see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139180.post-1163097176351021962006-11-09T13:32:00.000-05:002006-11-09T13:32:00.000-05:00That's the big problem now - everyone smells wrong...That's the big problem now - everyone smells wrong. No confidence in the good guys or supposed bad guys. I'm no big conspiracy theorist (despite being an American, <A HREF="http://www.spinopsys.com/archives/670" REL="nofollow"> Phil</A>), but I mean look what just happened in Spain? What's up with that? So many names got dragged through the mud and now nothing? Not one conviction? And they all come away with this odor that they got off on a technicality.<BR/><BR/>Aki, what do you think of this <A HREF="http://www.podiumcafe.com/story/2006/11/7/144524/956" REL="nofollow">proposal by Podium Cafe</A>? Seems along the lines of what we've talked about in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com