Top SA mountain biker tests positive for EPO

[Mousea]

no words

[Mongoose!]

Was just wondering. Is DG suspension period expired? Is he riding again? Racing vets maybe...VA? Is his C SA membership paid up to date?

 

What is he doing nowadays for a living?

[Jaco-fiets]

He has been doing the odd race for a while now if I recall correctly. Heard he is involved in a bikeshop. Might be just cycling rumor He also comes from money so I am sure he is not living below the bread line

[rouxtjie]

He has been doing the odd race for a while now if I recall correctly. Heard he is involved in a bikeshop. Might be just cycling rumor He also comes from money so I am sure he is not living below the bread line

yip placed 3rd in this year's j2c. But doesnt matter, any result he achieves now means as much as points on who's line is it anyway. What really boggles the mind is how thick skinned one has to be to get onto a podium again and expect recognition.

 

I hope really hope the crew from local races take the same stance as the epic...dopers are never allowed to race / ride again in said events. Sad if you ask me.

[Iwan Kemp]

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Heard he is involved in a bikeshop.

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http://thegearchange.com/

[JXV]

Take toilets away at races and have them all pee in cups.

Actually not a bad idea - in another format. Hear me out:

 

1) Event entry fees have an optional charge to cover the cost of testing.

2) If you want your time to be included in the results you pay the extra, pee in the cup and go race.

3) If you dont pay for testing you can ride for fun but no timing and no possibility of prize money.

 

This way the dopers can dope without risk of cheating but they also can't benefit.

 

Sadly this means every entrant is indirectly suspected of cheating until they prove otherwise. It's an erosion of the 'innocent till proven guilty' principle but hell, my employer searches my car every time I leave their premises.

[Jaco-fiets]

yip placed 3rd in this year's j2c. But doesnt matter, any result he achieves now means as much as points on who's line is it anyway. What really boggles the mind is how thick skinned one has to be to get onto a podium again and expect recognition.

 

I hope really hope the crew from local races take the same stance as the epic...dopers are never allowed to race / ride again in said events. Sad if you ask me.

Funny how many people has this attitude towards DG but they are happy with Nolan piling on the victories. Not saying you are 1 of them, just saying...............

[Mongoose!]

Funny how many people has this attitude towards DG but they are happy with Nolan piling on the victories. Not saying you are 1 of them, just saying...............

Yes, Very very true

[Edgar]

yip placed 3rd in this year's j2c. But doesnt matter, any result he achieves now means as much as points on who's line is it anyway. What really boggles the mind is how thick skinned one has to be to get onto a podium again and expect recognition.

 

I hope really hope the crew from local races take the same stance as the epic...dopers are never allowed to race / ride again in said events. Sad if you ask me.

 

2nd and 3rd place on the J2C podium had convicted dopers in the teams.

 

So crime does pay?

[rouxtjie]

2nd and 3rd place on the J2C podium had convicted dopers in the teams.

 

So crime does pay?

Ja...sleg hey. Again, I don't know how thick their skins must be to stand there all hoenderborsie on the podium when they themselves have made that very same race's result cheap a couple of years ago. I would chase them if I were the organizers. But hey...life goes on.

 

Funny how many people has this attitude towards DG but they are happy with Nolan piling on the victories. Not saying you are 1 of them, just saying...............

you right jaco....don't follow the roadie scene that much and agree....lifetime ban...If csa is to scared the races themselves should do it.

[Jaco-fiets]

On the other side of the spectrum we have to remember that these guys only do what the system allows them. They cheated, got caught, served the sentence given to them by governing body. In effect they served their punishment. They can only serve what has been handed to them whether it be 2 years, 5 year or a lifetime ban

 

We can argue that ethically they must just ban themselves from ever racing again but we all know that in the real world it does not quit work like that. In most cases it is really all they know. So technically our anger should be directed more towards the governing body dishing out these bans than to the athlete competing again because he is allowed to.

[DJR]

..............So technically our anger should be directed more towards the governing body dishing out these bans than to the athlete competing again because he is allowed to.

Agreed. And like cycling, soccer, athletics and others have shown, the administration of sport is not so clean either. Bribing, theft, corruption anyone?

[DIPSLICK]

yip placed 3rd in this year's j2c. But doesnt matter, any result he achieves now means as much as points on who's line is it anyway. What really boggles the mind is how thick skinned one has to be to get onto a podium again and expect recognition.

 

I hope really hope the crew from local races take the same stance as the epic...dopers are never allowed to race / ride again in said events. Sad if you ask me.

Ag , please dutchie, I've seen you dop, you feel nothing for popping jaegers and beers and riding the *** out of us the next day, I've seen you dop

I've seen you check the seeding boards laughing

YOU HAVE NO SHAME

[90 Inch]

I want to believe that Nolan learnt from his mistakes and has been racing clean, I suppose only he will really know. I feel most for the dopers team mates who are often left without a sponsor as happened in his case. 

 

What I am sceptical about are riders who come back stronger after a ban than before (when they were obviously doping) and go on to podium almost immediately, I wonder if anyone is ever tested randomly while serving their ban, seeing as they are not racing, and are also not licensed ?

[DJR]

A 2 year ban will certainly allow you enough time to experiment with your doping......so you do it just right and beat the testers when you start riding again  (Totally unfounded, speculative, rubbish, of course, sucked out of my right thumb  ) 

[Thor Buttox]

A 2 year ban will certainly allow you enough time to experiment with your doping......so you do it just right and beat the testers when you start riding again (Totally unfounded, speculative, rubbish, of course, sucked out of my right thumb )

Actually I would suggest most of the benefit is in the ability to train at extreme levels. Your body can then adapt to the increased load, and that benefits you massively psychologically. So I don't think you're that far off. Even us peasants know after some magic training that later it is easier to repeat the results even if we are not in the same shape.

 

(By magic, I mean awesome, not, er.. You know)