Oh yeah, of course. I don't dope, I just swallow pills because they must be some kind of non-banned supplement, right?
cyclingnews 7-12-2007
Kessler's B-sample positive
Matthias Kessler's B-sample has also tested positive for testosterone, with an equally "exorbitantly high value" as the A-sample, according to the Sueedeutsche Zeitung, leading the newspaper to say that he had "obviously been caught in flagranti."
Kessler, who has denied doping, also gave an explanation for the positive tests. He told his attorney, Michael Lehner, that shortly before the Fleche Wallone, when he was tested positive, he swallowed the contents of four packages "with Chinese writing on them." He had received the packages from his alternative health practitioner, and assumed they were food supplements.
The German rider tested positive on April 24, and the test showed a testosterone value of 85:1, while a normal value is 4:1. Professor Wilhelm Schaenzer, leader of the Biochemistry Institute at the Sports School in Cologne, Germany, said that a natural value of over 15 to 20 is "not possible." His is currently suspended by his Astana team.
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That sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Just like how Barry Bonds is nitpicky enough with his bats that he knows if one isn't quite milled properly, or if it's just a little off-balance. But then he just took some supplement his trainer gave him without asking what it was. Flaxseed oil? Sure. I know when I take flaxseed oil I use a dropper to put two drops under my tongue.
Barry Bonds? C'mon. Next you'll probably accuse body-builders of juicing.
One thing about Bonds, though, is I often hear about his temperment as being evidence of his juicing (like more than BALCO is necessary). Thing is, I believe he was a big huge jerk even when he was still skinny.
oh, no -- he was a total a-hole before anything BALCO-related went down. This just made it worse.
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