Some AICAR stories just don't end well
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This little boy between the two great champions, Rudi Altig and Eddie Merckx, was born and bred in the elite of cycling
Jul 23 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Dr. Schmidt's Doping Control Testing #ADERLASS
💉The Secret Weapon of Rozman💉
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The message received by Rozman 3 days before starting TDF 2012 shows that:
-Samples were tested in a 🇩🇪Lab
- Samples belong to one male
-Samples are frozen and temperature is meticulously tracked
-Rozman is double checking results along with the sample donor. 💉
Dec 4, 2024 • 25 tweets • 4 min read
Carbon Monoxide (CO) in sports 💉timeline 🧵 thread 🚬☠️
In 2006 🇩🇪 dr Schmidt optimised CO-rebreathing method: A new tool to determine total haemoglobin mass routinely
Oct 4, 2024 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The Austrian 🇦🇹 doping legacy in Kenya 💉🏃🏿.... [1/x]
Originally a runner himself, Stefan Matschiner would become a manager and then a popular doping sponsor in the 2000's. He started using PEDs at 25.
Sep 1, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🔉Sean Kelly talks doping live during a Vuelta stage. [subtitled] [🇫🇷fr in thread]
🤔It seems the new nutrition and tech development in last 5 years are not reaching the rear end of the peloton 😬
"Mais la difficulté de cette course, comme si elle était un peu dépassée, je pense, trop, parce que je pense que dans les derniers jours, quand les étapes, si elles sont de l’action dans la première partie, où il y a des montagnes au début, et je n’ai pas regardé, vous savez...
Aug 14, 2024 • 11 tweets • 1 min read
POLADA LEAKS 💉🇵🇱
Katarzyna Niewiadoma, born 29.09.1994, Limanowa
Discipline: road cycling Doping detected: Marijuana Date of detection: 16.05.2023
Robert Lewandowski, born 21.08.1988, Warsaw, Poland
Discipline: Football Detected doping: Stanozolol (anabolic steroid) Date of detection: 12.03.2022
Jun 25, 2024 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Alberto Contador's victim
Mr. Javier Zabaleta, also known as 'the butcher of Irun', is the owner of the shop where Contador's team bought a rump steak from. 🧵1/x
Mr. Zabaleta was 62 when his business had to face a legal challenge on account of doping lies. During a year and a half he had to live under constant stress and worries that threatened the reputation of his business and the welfare of his employees. 2/x