Rasmussen's EPO test non-negative

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Source: http://www.supercycling.co.za/default.asp?id=230545&des=article&scat=supercycling/international

 

Dane Michael Rasmussen returned a non-negative test for the banned

substance erythropoietin (EPO) during this year's Tour de France, the

French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) said on Friday.

 

The result of the analysis of Rasmussen's urine sample cannot be declared positive for legal reasons.

 

 

"Traces of Dynepo, a biosimilar EPO, were found in Rasmussen's urine," AFLD President Pierre Bordry said.

 

"Rasmussen's test could not be declared positive because of the positivity criteria of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)."

 

 

An EPO test is declared positive if the erythropoietin is obtained chemically.

 

 

However, Dynepo is made from human cells and it was originally feared by Wada that it could be mistaken with human EPO.

 

 

Rasmussen, who was leading the Tour de France when he was kicked out of

the race, was sacked by his Rabobank team after they said he lied about

his whereabouts during training.

 

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how come does it take so long for them to release a positive test result?

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Source: www.cyclingnews.com

 

Rasmussen took Dynepo in Tour

 

While legally not a violation of the anti-doping code, Danish rider Michael

Rasmussen was found to have taken Dynepo

in the 2007 Tour de France. Dynepo is an EPO product based on human cells.

Samples from this year's Tour were analysed in the French anti-doping

lab in Ch?tenay-Malabry, and its technicians have alerted the International

Cycling Union (UCI) of the findings, French paper L'Equipe reported

in its Friday edition.

Dynepo was found in a urine test of Rasmussen. Rasmussen had not been

found positive during the Tour, but was kicked out by his team Rabobank,

following his whereabouts affair.

For about a year the French lab has detected Dynepo, all in all about

ten cases so far, according to Pierre Bordry, the president of the French

Anti-Doping Agency. But none of the cases could have been declared as

a positive finding, as the WADA criteria of positivity of a test are not

yet adapted to the advances in the pharmaceutical market.

 

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Well, if you 'know' someone is guilty, you can probably test until you find something...

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All this really proves is that (as everyone will agree I am sure) the cyclists are light years ahead of the doping controls and protocol.