David Anthony Tests Positive

This is back-to-back years that CRCA has had someone test positive for juicing as an amateur, and this is the third year in a row that someone in NYC has. Maybe CRCA should add a line to the rider agreement when you join the club that you agree to pay a $5,000 fine to the club if you're suspended by the USCF and have the money go towards Junior development along with anti-doping education.

This is a problem that seems to be almost endemic to NYC bike-racing and the rest of the country are shaking their heads and mocking us.

There is nothing to judge here, he tested positive for a banned substance. There is no full"er" story, no explanation really needed. They don't make mistakes with EPO tests, so anything out of his mouth is him just trying to save face. I'm sure the pressure to perform as a cat 3 was just so intense that he needed to look to the luxury drugs. Sponsors demanding Park race wins and all that. Or, he just wanted to go faster and looked to the needle to do so, which is clearly the easier route. I certainly don't feel bad for him, and I don't think his situation is sad. I do think he is sad for hitting the sauce as a middle-aged mid-category rider that honestly doesn't have all that much upward momentum in the sport. He just looks lame and incredibly stupid. Regardless, even on the juice he'd get blasted in a real big boy bike race.

Who is DA's coach? How can the coach not raise an eyebrow to his improvements?

at least it gives us something to talk about post -tour

I expect a Toto this week with caricatures of Dan & Andy plotting with Fabiani on how they spin the DA doping news. Nobody complaining on here should go to CacheCache this week.

Andy this must sting a bit hmmmm? i mean, Please don't take offense to this but, all you guys do is talk shit on dopers and generally negative (there is some good comedy every once and awhile for sure) but than a team mate of yours (no your team) gets popped. It puts a bit of a human side to all of this doesn't it..DA is your friend, people are going to say so much shit about him,you, your team. kinda like what you guys do.Its suck cause DA,you,and your team are solid guys probably just like all the people you talk shit on.

We should have a panel discussion where all the local dopers get together and take questions. Pulla, Jared, DA, Lisban, and Papp to start. After stealing our results, it's the least they can do. Door take goes toward some random testing.

How little do you have to have going for you to take drugs to enhance your performance as a 40+ weekend warrior? I hope he does not have children he needs to explain this to.

This is going to do wonders for his Klout score

If the editors of nyvelocity had some balls( or one like me) they would toto that shit! oh but wait we can't make fun of local racers for doping or ego! you see that would be called humor and we cant have that. BTW all you nerds need to stop riding in circles.

Andy - I really appreciate your candor. Hang in there. It cracks me up that over the hill fat guys would cheat. Whether I win or lose, its fine, all y'all dopers are just cheating yourselves.

i think now is a good time too revisit all those "I heard DA...." etc., posts that his peanut gallery posted every time he won a race

he shoud name names

he shoud name names

I think that DA should write the sequel to The Doper Next Door. I'd buy it!

The Fondo is good for something.

DA saying he's not ever racing again. He also never admitted he did anything wrong UNTIL he popped. I did read his statement, it was nice and all, but everyone has short memories. Cheating in Central Park...really?

SO you won a semi competitive bike tour? awesome congrats

He isn't going to lie. He did it, he's owning up to it. I want him to tell where when how etc. Maybe why.

fuller story? like he was poisoned?

Don't judge DA's apology yet. A fuller story will follow.

admirable would be coming clean BEFORE getting caught.

Dude admitted he cheated AFTER he got caught? Brilliant example of integrity...

More pathetic than admirable.

"DA, like many pros"

WTF? DA is a successful businessman with no hope of ever being a pro cyclist. In DA's case it was all about ego. For me, his behavior is more reprehensible than a pro. A pro has a brief window to make a living. I can see the temptation.

As a friend of DA's as well as a competitor of his, I'm extremely disappointed and sad. Of course I feel cheated and yes I feel concern for a friend who was obviously off the rails, trying to fulfill some kind of personal emptiness. I'm bummed a friend - or anyone - would feel things that would lead them down a road that has led to public humiliation and surely some lost friends. But also, based on this statement, I don't see evidence that DA fully understands how he has hurt other people -- especially his friends and teammates, some of whom, as you can already see from these comments, are going to unjustly face suspicions because of DA's actions. I hope as DA works through the myriad issues that led him to cheat, he'll fully realize the mess he has created not just fot himself but for other good people (like Andy) who don't cheat, who are fair and decent people and who respect others. Yes they deserved better, but they also deserve a sincere apology.

Also, kudos to Andy for his transparency in dealing with what must be a very painful episode.

I think is admirable that DA came clean after testing positive. Not an easy thing to do. This sport is addicting. All of us have us have given up many healthy things in life to race. Work, relationships, money, longevity. We risking our lives on the open roads to log mega miles and race. DA, like many pros, went in over his head. He will get 2 years, he won't race again as he realizes bike racing is not something he can handle. He has my support as person.

Well, I guess the stuff really works...

Is who else in his circle of friends knew... Or were doping as well.

Damn. On a huh, positive note, I feel a little better about my limitations as not too long ago, DA was only marginally faster than me if at all. I always liked him personally and wish him well.

My CAPTCHA: Who does not belong in the list: Contador, Schleck or Armstrong?: *

Will his Strava results be vacated, also?

Make this a witch hunt or a race war, shall we?

As an outsider looking in, I think it is truly pathetic that at any level of cycling but especially at this level somebody would use drugs to enhance their performance. For those of you that are currently using drugs, I highly recommend you seek some sort of mental therapy because you have some serious inferiority issues. For the rest of you...relax, enjoy the sport for what it is without obsessing with the need to get the gold star of approval from your peers because of your awesome performance.

DA was riding very very fast. And it turns out a lot of people were already suspecting him of doping. I should've been more skeptical.

I feel bad for DA. Hopefully now people will realize that white boys dope too. God bless.

What about the people who are close to DA that have also suddenly started doing well over the past 12-18 months? Who's testing them?

Hey Andy I know this must be very painful for you on many levels. Could you please elaborate on your comment, "despite the many warning signs that we now recognize in retrospect."

Pathetic but at least he didnt crash out another rider on purpose.

Go to Gary Steinberg's Facebook page.

Andy, FB link does not work.

it should be written shitty people do good things - in my view

doesn't work Andy

I'm kidding about the death sentence, was just vaguely referencing the Penn St. stuff today. But when a team always targets every surprising new talent that crops up then this was probably always going to be the result.

"I was using ways to improve my performance that were cheating"

Yeah, you weren't cheating you were 'using ways'

If you are willing to cheat yourself who WON'T you cheat?

Good people do shitty things at times for reasons (right or wrong) outsiders may never know/understand. It's not my place to cast stones. Dave, you suck for cheating, but you're good in many other ways.

DA is a good guy. We all make mistakes. We race for fun. Get back into racing soon - clean.

Please let the next steps you take be ones that help to rehab our broken (but beloved) sport. This is the least you can do for our local cycling community.

for all of you who know this guys I am sure you all are shocked and I appreciate your support of him - I noticed though that he didn't apologize to his fellow competitors - the ones who competed within the rules and who - like myself - struggle to understand why we don't perform better in races - why we always seem to be suffering while others take preems and prizes and places every week - i recognize my own limitations and don;t blame local armature EPO use for my mid-pack career - but I do know that racing is a bit less fun for us when guys like this crush us week in and week out - truly disappointed (unless this is a joke then, in the immortal words of Rosanne Rosannna Danna - Never mind)

I'm fighting for the team because I love the team. But if this kills the team I can accept that.

More discussion going on here:
http://www.facebook.com/gsteinb/posts/153479894788967?notif_t=share_reply

I dont support what he did but I support him as a person. He has to live with his mistakes.

shouldn't have done that gran fondo. pretty hilarious that's what got him. not even a real race.

Death sentence for BH.

DA got it off the internet. He said he wasn't supplied by anyone local. I'm inclined to believe him since he's leaving the scene for good and never returning. Like I said, more details to come.

As a friend of DA's, I'm not sure how to feel about this just yet. I am keeping myself anonymous because I don't want to make any snap judgments just yet. I need to let this set in and then see how I feel about it. But, I do feel the need to say to all those who would immediately bury him that, it's really easy to point fingers at a stranger. Think if this was a very close friend of yours -- not just someone you knew or had raced with a few times, but truly a close close friend. The lines of "Cast Him Aside as a Pariah" are incredibly blurred.

It's a shame, but it was his choice. Don't blame the sport for pushing us too hard. It's our egos and desire to be #1 that drives us to work as hard as we do. It's the same ego that drives some people to cheat. It was his choice and folks have every right to be angry, pissed, frustrated and let down. DA will have to live with this and while it changes a lot, I don't think it changes the core of who he is. He is still somebody who stood by and mentored a lot of up and coming racers. He is still somebody who celebrated others' successes. He is still somebody who cares tremendously about the community and those in it. Does this change things? Of course. But it doesn't change everything. DA gave a lot back to a lot of organizations and a lot of people - more than most of the trolls on this site. He might have been a cheater, but he is still a whole lot more than just that.

I believe Andrew McGee finished 2nd at Battenkill and is jumping to DA's support??? If I was ever in a position to be that close to winning Battenkill only to find out I lost to a doper, I would be rip shit! I like DA and he is a good person, but this is totally fucked and I offer no sympathy.

Whoever was supplying EPO to DA is supplying to others here in NYC.

I just deleted a comment. Don't use this opportunity to tar other teams, I'll take the abuse.

one anonymous supporter is hardly an outpouring. and a dominican kid would have his own blind supporters as well.

i'm doing this ride in the fall. can i have your supply?

why would you support a liar and a cheater? You should treat him like a pariah.

DA told me that he'll never race again.

can someone with the means please sponsor random drug testing for the top _ finishers in local races?

what a fuckhead.

i really like DA, so this is totally a shame. the sport pushes us to the brink of insanity, and sometimes past it... but that doesn't make this ok. its great that DA has friends that will support him through these tough times, but in the end it was his mistake, and his cross to bear. really disappointing. i only wonder what the reaction would be if it had been a dominican kid... i don't picture an outpouring of support.

dopers suck.

I looked up to DA, because of the success he was having particluarly considering his age. It took away the excuse that I couldn't perform well because I was in my 40's too. But now I know what made him different. It's sad, and it makes me wonder who else out there in local Cat 4/3/2 racing is doing the same thing. You guys are indeed cheaters, you are taking away chances from us clean folk to place in races. I wish you would all get caught.

As someone who placed just behind (and somewhat further behind) DA in many, many races -- and felt guilty for having suspicions that his performance may have been too good to be true -- all I can say is that he is just a prick.

support? my ass.

lifetime ban from CRCA. go away.

can i have your left over supply?

You have the support of the friends you've made.