It's hard to avoid talk of doping as soon as anyone finds out you have even a passing interest in Pro cycling. Padraig from Red Kite Prayer as always has a great insight into cycling related matters. The significance of Alberto Contator's test samples, showing not just the Clenbuterol that everyone's talking about, but the traces of the plasticisers is of huge significance:
Jonathon Vaughters has also weighed in with the obvious point that the previously unknown testing for plasticisers will change the whole doping landscape. Blood transfusions were the only real cycling performance aid that the passport testing couldn't trace...until now it seems:
This has to be good news for the sport. Maybe one day people will be able to talk about Pro cycling and not mention doping in the same breath.
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