"P. Chisholm" wrote in message
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On Jun 9, 3:16 pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
"Robert Chung" wrote in message

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If the UCI was really serious about it, they'd make the directeur
sportif
sign a clause saying he'd also pay a fine of five times his annual
salary
if any of his riders tested positive.

The UCI isn't really serious.

So you believe that a DS could tell if one of his riders was using
illegal
drugs?

He should!! It's part of what he gets paid for. He is around these
guys riding, training and racing for most of the year. Unfotunately
the DS is either involved or ignores it but he is aware of it.

That's pretty surprising coming from you Peter. If the most sophisticated
chemistry in the world makes mistakes during extremely expensive analysis
how could you possibly think that a man (most only moderately educated by
the way) whose career depends on athletic performance could tell the
difference between an improving athlete and a doping one?