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knee problems due to Rotor rings for Haussler and Hushovd??? Maybe??? impossible to tell for sure…
Quick! Get Dan and Andy on the case with Golden Owl!!!
I don’t believe they make a difference, either good or bad.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-new-chapter-in-the-fight-against-doping
CN: Recently a sportsman was suspended as a result of a test for Human Growth Hormone and the substance has long been perceived as undetectable. Will the UCI also introduce this test?
FR: Yes. I am almost sure that we are going in that direction, even though there are some difficulties. That is usual at the beginning, when you are speaking about proteins. It was the same at the beginning of the EPO test… before having a positive that was really consistent, they spent a long time studying. There were some kamikaze cases before the programme was consistent.
But I think that it is time for this. I was also involved in the WADA project for hGH, which we developed in the IAAF, and I had the opportunity to follow it. Now it is time to come out with this kind of analysis. They are ready. I am sure that we will also start a programme in this sense.