Kash shaken, Astana naked and bikeless
Posted August 9th, 2007 in The Desk, Dope
Andrej Kashechkin has returned a positive control for blood doping.
New hard blow for the Astana Cycling Team: the Kazakh Andrej Kashechkin has been positively controlled by homologue blood transfusion. This result is the consequence of an unexpected control carried out on August 1st in Belek (TUR).
The rider is suspended from the team with immediate effect while waiting for the analysis of the B sample.
Whereas the Astana Cycling Team makes great efforts to be rebuilt on new bases, the positive control of Kashechkin once more damages the credibility of the team. This new hard blow does nothing but reinforce the will of the Astana Cycling Team’s management to set up drastic measures for a clean cycling.
I have quite a few serious thoughts on this team but what’s the point in detailing them. Too little too late really, this team is a joke and their racing license should be revoked.
But hey, at least they’ve paid a small price recently in losing their bike and clothing sponsors.
Now I may not know much about the intricacies of a Pro Tour license, but I’m pretty sure you don’t get to run naked amongst the peloton as it rolls through the countryside, though nowadays nothing the UCI or Pat (the sanction buster) McQuaid does surprises me anymore.
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I tell you what, the fact that you can run amongst the peloton and keep up for any length of time might be a bit of a giveaway that you’re on something. The fact that you’re doing it naked would probably be a sign that the B sample won’t be required.
My mate rides a BMC and he’s a pretty strong rider. He was riding this morning with another guy in to a headwind and picked up a couple more riders on the way.
When one of the pick ups passed him he went. `Mmm, BMC like Vinokourov. You ride like Vinkourov. You taking drugs like Vinokourov?’
Ouch! Poor BMC they can’t pull a trick, maybe it’s time to sponsor the grass roots instead, or a national team and move away from the pros for a bit.
Its simple. Vino drank Kashechkins blood and vice versa. Voila! They innocently (but mistakenly) claimed they did not drink anyone other vampires blood. The sunlight blurred their vision
thats why Vino had on those ridculous shades, to keep the sunlight out of his vampire eyes
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lol how does Borat fit into this. Sacha Baron Cohen is rueing the day he went into post production, he can see the potential in all of this material.