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A War In Which A Victim Is

From Toulouse reported Joerg Schallenberg

During the tour, there is a first winner: the French doping inspectors. The Spaniard Beltrán is hardly the last driver to them into the net. The first positive test of the Tour 2008 will differ rated - it is a success or not?

After the finish line right ranfahren please! In the first six drivers, on Saturday arrived in Toulouse, waited already the "Chaperons," they need to doping control in a small office-led container, along with the two leaders in general. This approach is unusual because normally be next to the stage winner and the institution of the yellow jersey the other driver regardless of rank.

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But the French anti-doping agency AFLD, which has this year for the tests at the Tour de France is responsible, will probably show that for a few surprises. With success: Fündig they were already on the first stage, when the Spaniard Manuel Beltrán positive
on Epo tested. Last year it took to the mountains, before Alexander Vinokourov, Cristian Moreni and a few days after the end of the tour Iban Mayo aufflogen.

Given this rate is in the Tour of France 2008 in doping cases perpetrators still a lot to expect. Or to be feared, depending on how it is assessed that the "anti-Controle Dopage finally seems to work better than in many previous races.
"Is it now a good news, if one is caught - or is it good if not caught?", had Gerolsteiner team manager Hans-Michael Holczer even before the start of the tour asked.

Pat McQuaid, president of the world cycling federation UCI has on this issue and the case Beltrán a clear opinion: "This is a shocking message. I hope there is no positive test in the two weeks until the end of the tour." Jonathan Vaughters, head of the U.S. racing Garmin Chipotle, saw that on Saturday before the start to the eighth stage differently: "It is a war that we are at the moment, and it is clear that there are victims."

Vaughters rode past for U.S. Postal, the team of Lance Armstrong. In interviews, the ex-professional little doubt that he sometimes know from my own experience when he speaks from the issue of doping - and how to proceed against. He is a good sign when a driver as Beltrán finally caught. Indeed, the Spaniard is due apparently long.
There is much that the 37-year-old at least a decade with various methods dopte to allow the superstars Armstrong and Jan Ullrich - the Team Bianchi 2003 - to drive, but always somehow davonkam. Until the first Tour stage 2008. In 1999, the Spaniard tested positive for corticosteroids, but subsequently provided a certificate from that allowed him to take. Like Armstrong, they found traces of 2005 Epo in blood samples from Beltrán from the years 1998 and 1999, for the sportrechtlich he no longer could be prosecuted.

The career of the Spaniard is just an example of the "old thinking in cycling," as Holczer said on Saturday. The now suspended Liquigas professional should belong to those professionals that Columbia team boss Bob Stapleton "pathological trains" confirms: "It's so stupid, on a simple stage to Epo. This is already addicted." Similarly, the last year of testosterone doping transferred T-Mobile professional Patrik Sinkewitz his behavior.
Sinkewitz, however, the lock expires in a few days, is ten years younger than Beltrán, and you can ask at what age because the "old thinking" use - and whether the addiction is not already started, if one the professionals keep up the first category. If the
Doping suspicions against Riccardo Riccň, 24, confirm at least would be finally clarified that it is not enough, a few old cadres and Ewiggestrige away, as Christian Prudhomme, director of the tour organizer Aso, on Saturday in his short statements to journalists on Launch Figeac suggested.

Since the AFLD on Friday had indicated that up to twenty riders before the start Tour showed abnormal values, is hardly to be expected that Beltrán the only doping case. Online Newspaper ONLINE columnist Jörg Jaksche wonder, given this accumulation of values that the team did not own at the controls already in the Unregelmßigkeiten were aware - or whether they simply striking results for retained.
The internal anti-doping programmes of the teams being given the tests again AFLD
more in doubt - on the other hand, should the French Anti-Doping Agency as the first winner of the Tour this year feel, even if is difficult to assess how effective their checks actually are - what methods, but also the process.

So it took in Toulouse more than ten minutes before Erik Zabel and Gerald Ciolek in the doping control arrived - even with Beltráns test in Plumelec was the Spaniard late have been found. Given the chaos in the finish area close to a mass arrival there, such delays are never completely avoided.
However, the current approach by the French doping inspectors for some unrest among the drivers provided. The will increase further when the teams during the weekend indicates that athletes have become conspicuous. The tour has its duration issues.