Croeser contravenes UCI medical rules

[TALUS]

Domestique by Charly Wegelius has lots on this. He had a natural high Hkt. Caused him lots of grief.

[koukie]

I thought the suspicious Hkt level is 60? I'm sure Tyler Hamilton said in his book its 60 but I might be wrong.

[TALUS]

Apologies : Hkt is Afrikaans. The English abbreviation is Hct.

[Patchelicious]

I thought the suspicious Hkt level is 60? I'm sure Tyler Hamilton said in his book its 60 but I might be wrong.

From his book:

 

"Hematocrit is where things get dicey. By taking the drug EPO, one can boost their hematocrit level. Any rider who tested over 50 was sanctioned. So the key was to get your hematocrit up close to 50 without testing positive for anything. They all used EPO to do it because, at least early on, there was no test to detect EPO.

Hamilton said, “Quickly I figured out just how important hematocrit was. It was not just another number; it was the number, capable of making the difference between having a chance at winning and not.” (p.54) He says that nobody could win the tour at that time without doping. It was impossible. You could win a one or two day race, but not the tour. The more you train, the lower your hematocrit goes. It drops even more over the course of 21 races in 23 days."

Edited September 11, 2015 by Patchelicious

[TALUS]

At 60 you are at SERIOUS risk for bloodclots.

[Andrew Steer]

50

Yip, the big joke was Bjarne Riis being known as Mr 60% at the peak of his powers... 

 

Well dodged Dougy, well dodged 

[Patchelicious]

At 60 you are at SERIOUS risk for bloodclots.

Or being called Riis

[Andrew Steer]

At 60 you are at SERIOUS risk for bloodclots.

Nothing a midnight spin on the bike can't cure... 

[Stretch]

so everyone who is asking if the syringe was for bike maintenance.....at what point did you stop believing in the tooth Fairy?

[Bicycle Supply Chain]

Syringes syringes syringes

 

Lets just look at this for a moment.

 

Syringes to bleed brakes, inject oil into forks, lubricate linkages, or ANY other Mechanical reason will:

 

be in a tool box, full of oil n dirt and OUT of a sterile packaging.

 

So either the person doesn't care too much about infection, or

 

It was in a sterile pack, which leads the UCI to the next thought, possible doping.

 

So if he was caught with a syringe and they are "accusing" him of Doping, I would think they know the difference between a toolbox syringe and a syringe for medical use.

 

Mike

[TALUS]

so everyone who is asking if the syringe was for bike maintenance.....at what point did you stop believing in the tooth Fairy?

Maybe they still do...

[Meezo]

Maybe they still do...

 

http://catplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Oh-my-god-the-tooth.jpg

[Patchelicious]

Syringes syringes syringes

 

Lets just look at this for a moment.

 

Syringes to bleed brakes, inject oil into forks, lubricate linkages, or ANY other Mechanical reason will:

 

be in a tool box, full of oil n dirt and OUT of a sterile packaging.

 

So either the person doesn't care too much about infection, or

 

It was in a sterile pack, which leads the UCI to the next thought, possible doping.

 

So if he was caught with a syringe and they are "accusing" him of Doping, I would think they know the difference between a toolbox syringe and a syringe for medical use.

 

Mike

Yeah, maybe he checked his tyre pressures with the blood analyzer.

[Patchelicious]

so everyone who is asking if the syringe was for bike maintenance.....at what point did you stop believing in the tooth Fairy?

Lots of adults still believe in imaginary things

[TALUS]

Yeah, maybe he checked his tyre pressures with the blood analyzer.

Now THAT is faaany.

[Odinson]

I'm just sitting here and waiting for some oke to create a bikehub profile such as "RCroeser" and troll everyone on this thread. Now that could be entertaining.