Claudio Posted October 24, 2013 Share Cycling South Africa reports that Craig Stone returned an adverse analytical finding in an in-competition test conducted by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) on 11 May 2013. Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 24, 2013 Share The usual. Ban him from the sport. No freebie epic rides, no presenter duty on supersport, no local church race, no nothing. Get. Him. Out. Farkin cheater. Pants Boy, VicanZA and johannrissik 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted October 24, 2013 Share WTFlock is Craig Stone?Please say its not another fun rider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 24, 2013 Share WTFlock is Craig Stone?Please say its not another fun rider Nah. A proper doper rider. Ranked 42nd on the UCI marathon list (thank you google). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted October 24, 2013 Share Nah. A proper doper rider. Ranked 42nd on the UCI marathon list (thank you google).Can't be doing it right , because I've never heard of him ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted October 24, 2013 Share Weird stuff that he was caught with....not the usual suspect medicine thingies. Maybe I googled wrong. And yes.......not a front runner in the bunch. So one can only assume it is another fun rider. Should SAIDS not focus on the professionals when it comes to testing? It would rather seem stupid to waste money just to send the fun rider home and get a good PR exercise from it?Well....that is just me. I would rather like to see rigorous testing on the top 50 guys in the country than some random back marker at the fun rides we attend. I do it of fun. For the fitness of it. But there are pros that are making a living out of it...... It is like the family man trying to balance his budget at home and then PWC coming in for a full blown audit on his excel sheet.......Good luck with that SAIDS......... Tjokkits, Thug and TALUS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 24, 2013 Share Oi Here we go again :nuke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted October 24, 2013 Share Nah. A proper doper rider. Ranked 42nd on the UCI marathon list (thank you google). I stand corrected then......interesting.Not a name you hear in the races.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 24, 2013 Share And yes.......not a front runner in the bunch. So one can only assume it is another fun rider. I'm sure he falls into the middleweight category - wasn't he with Momsen/Coffeeberry last year? Meh - I'll google some more :-) He won the 2012 Imana Wild Ride, Top 10 Sani2C this year and registered to ride the 2014 epic (I'm guessing that won't happen anymore). Edited October 24, 2013 by Eldron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsuck Posted October 24, 2013 Share If he is such an non-event then how did they know to test him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn199 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Knowing Craig personally, and looking at the features of Prednisone & Prednisolone, I would speculate that his was an ingestion of an anti-imflammatory / decongestant / hemorrhoid medication that had these active ingredients, and not an attempt to gain an advantage though 'doping'. Rose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 24, 2013 Share Knowing Craig personally, and looking at the features of Prednisone & Prednisolone, I would speculate that his was an ingestion of an anti-imflammatory / decongestant / hemorrhoid medication that had these active ingredients, and not an attempt to gain an advantage though 'doping'. The sad fact is that yoou may be right but 2 decades of dopers have made the general public rather deaf to I didn't do it/It was accidental/My mother chicken had cocaine in it pleas. Whatever way you look at it - glucocorticosteroids benefit those taking them (illegally benefit). GaryvdM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daideron Posted October 24, 2013 Share Well, some say it is a PED and others say its quite the contrary, to the point it retards performance. But, it was picked up in a test so there must be a reason for that. If it was taken as a prescribed medicine he wont have to worry because he will have the paperwork and Doctor to validate this. If not, I hear the villagers with their pitchforks closing in ChUkKy and TALUS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted October 24, 2013 Share Knowing Craig personally, and looking at the features of Prednisone & Prednisolone, I would speculate that his was an ingestion of an anti-imflammatory / decongestant / hemorrhoid medication that had these active ingredients, and not an attempt to gain an advantage though 'doping'. Prednisone is often used in the treatment of Asthma and as an adjunct to therapy in chest and related infections - usually it is prescribed - so lets wait and see - maybe he forgot to get a TUE.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted October 24, 2013 Share Well, some say it is a PED and others say its quite the contrary, to the point it retards performance. Certainly he would gain weight using it in the course of normal therapy - 3 - 5 kg would be my guess on a 5 day course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted October 24, 2013 Share If he is such an non-event then how did they know to test him? Maybe he has big tats? NotSoBigBen and slowpoke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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