Velonews Doping Article

[alembical]

I thought that this article might interest some of you. It is a general look into the different forms of doping and the problems with the testing for it. The article is a couple of days old, so many of you might have already seen it, but for those who haven't and don't really understand the basics (like me) ....

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/7039.0.html

Alembical

[Johny]

"August 13, 2004, the opening day of the Athens Summer Olympics, was day one of WADA's control of anti-doping efforts. Embarrassingly enough, our sport's own Union Cycliste Internationale became the last international governing body to sign. It was only under threat of exclusion from the '04 Games that the UCI signed, and it did so only on the very last day possible. Talk about a reluctant participant."