Poll - How Clean is EWS Racing?
Bicycle racing has been dogged by doping throughout its history, with accounts of substance use going as far back as Tour de France racers employing nitroglycerine, ether, strychnine, and even amphetamines to dull the suffering of massive days on the bike and improve performance from the early 1900s to later in the 1940s when a half-hearted stance against doping began to form. That's road racing, though, a place where performance-enhancing drugs are much more of an endemic problem than in our world of singletrack and fat tires... right? Sadly, that's far from being the case.
Unfortunately, cross-country racing also has a past that's littered with dopers, and while the UCI does test racers from both the cross-country and downhill disciplines, history has shown that it hasn't been that difficult to fool the system. Enduro racing isn't overseen by the UCI, however, and Enduro World Series racers are currently not screened for any performance enhancing drugs on a regular basis, especially out of competition. That'll change in 2018 when the EWS says that they'll kick off their own testing program, although I'd like to think that none of the racers will be caught doping because, well, none of them are doping.
Doping is a human problem, not a drug problem, and as soon as you put a bunch of humans on bicycles, all competing in one of the most demanding forms of racing, and one that also lacks a serious and established testing protocol, the chances are decent that some aren't abiding by the "spirit of enduro racing.'' After all, it's no secret that some racers have been known to prefer the odd 'alternate line' that may or not be considered cutting the course. If a select few racers are willing to cut out parts of the track to improve their results, I don't doubt that some might also not have a moral issue about powder, fluid, or patch that could make them stronger or recover quicker.
Below, Cedric Gracia weighs in with his thoughts on doping in mountain biking, and particularly when it comes to enduro racing.
The Enduro World Series does currently have an anti-doping policy of sorts, found on page 18 of their rule book, that states: ''The Enduro World Series organizers and EMBA will respect and assist any National Cycling Federation operating anti-doping controls at Enduro World Series events,'' which I take to mean that they've depended on the host country's cycling federation to run doping controls. They also take a hard stance against any racer with a shady past, saying ''... any cyclist, regardless of cycling discipline, who has previously been found guilty by any court or regulatory body of any use of or involvement with banned, performance-enhancing drugs will not be entitled to compete or take part in any Enduro World Series event.'' That's a hard - and welcome - stance against those who have previously broken the rules.
Doom and gloom notwithstanding, the upside to the Enduro World Series' relatively blank slate when it comes to testing and doping, as well as their independence from the UCI, is that the series could employ a much stricter protocol when that time does come. More on that down the road, though. So while we may not want to think about our EWS heroes or pack fodder using performance-enhancing and banned drugs, today's poll question tackles exactly that. Weigh in on the poll and tell us your thoughts in the comment section.
Unfortunately, cross-country racing also has a past that's littered with dopers, and while the UCI does test racers from both the cross-country and downhill disciplines, history has shown that it hasn't been that difficult to fool the system. Enduro racing isn't overseen by the UCI, however, and Enduro World Series racers are currently not screened for any performance enhancing drugs on a regular basis, especially out of competition. That'll change in 2018 when the EWS says that they'll kick off their own testing program, although I'd like to think that none of the racers will be caught doping because, well, none of them are doping.
Doping is a human problem, not a drug problem, and as soon as you put a bunch of humans on bicycles, all competing in one of the most demanding forms of racing, and one that also lacks a serious and established testing protocol, the chances are decent that some aren't abiding by the "spirit of enduro racing.'' After all, it's no secret that some racers have been known to prefer the odd 'alternate line' that may or not be considered cutting the course. If a select few racers are willing to cut out parts of the track to improve their results, I don't doubt that some might also not have a moral issue about powder, fluid, or patch that could make them stronger or recover quicker.
Below, Cedric Gracia weighs in with his thoughts on doping in mountain biking, and particularly when it comes to enduro racing.
 | It's the kind of stuff that I don't really want to know, but I would say that definitely some people would take the chance. It's all about competition in life, and I think people are ready to do the big mistake. People don't think twice about that kind of stuff, just for a little moment of glory. |
The Enduro World Series does currently have an anti-doping policy of sorts, found on page 18 of their rule book, that states: ''The Enduro World Series organizers and EMBA will respect and assist any National Cycling Federation operating anti-doping controls at Enduro World Series events,'' which I take to mean that they've depended on the host country's cycling federation to run doping controls. They also take a hard stance against any racer with a shady past, saying ''... any cyclist, regardless of cycling discipline, who has previously been found guilty by any court or regulatory body of any use of or involvement with banned, performance-enhancing drugs will not be entitled to compete or take part in any Enduro World Series event.'' That's a hard - and welcome - stance against those who have previously broken the rules.
Doom and gloom notwithstanding, the upside to the Enduro World Series' relatively blank slate when it comes to testing and doping, as well as their independence from the UCI, is that the series could employ a much stricter protocol when that time does come. More on that down the road, though. So while we may not want to think about our EWS heroes or pack fodder using performance-enhancing and banned drugs, today's poll question tackles exactly that. Weigh in on the poll and tell us your thoughts in the comment section.
What do you think the chances are that some EWS racers are doping?
Do you believe that some EWS racers are taking performance enhancing drugs?
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I recall reading an article in Outside magazine where the author went on a pro roadie style doping regime of Cortisol, HGH, Testosterone and IGF-1, and he said it was so life changing he ended up staying on the majority of the meds after the article. His hair grew back, he threw out his glasses because he could see again, he said it was insane.
On the topic: the big difference between road racing / cross-country skiing /etc and Enduro is that your result in the first named sports are mostly dependent on your endurance, which can be dramatically increased by doping. Doping might help you a bit in Enduro (just as it does in Soccer eg) but not to a point where I'd say it's necessary to cheat to win. I doubt Sam Hill cheated. And who told you that nonsense about extremely high caffeine doses? cmon...
@eriksaun - As the movie "Icarus" shows, very few people in anti doping agencies are interested in decreasing doping, they are interested in increase profits of people who corrupt them. Power corrupts. Take it as read. Cycling is simply the place where they can show how concerned they are about doping. Compared to soccer or NFL, it's a tiny sport. A perfect scape goat. Just like secondary and retired athletes of any kind. People who get caught, who get tested positive are people who can't generate money, they are a show off that WADA, USADA works, not how it works. A superstar athlete will never test positive in the height of their career. They can juice as much as they want
What I meant is that the system is a joke. One where majority of viewers are at least semi aware that it's a joke but they want to be cheated. All we need is an illusion of truth, the actual truth is not attractive by any means and we follow those spectacles mainly for entertainment not to perform an exercise in morality. Cheap thrills mate. It's all about cheap thrills
These were guys that got nothing for their results except maybe a few dollars or parts so for me it made no sense.
Um..... yes, please!
Phat Matt -> road cycling is more mainstream with more money behind it creating more incentive to dope. Who’s heard of mtb enduro racing outside of cyclists?
And here comes the question, IF EWS continues to grow and get some recognition and money behind it (sponsors, athletes making more $$), how will that affect % of our racers out there doping? Just for discussion.
I like our racers. They don’t seem like d-bags mostly and there seems to be more comraderie than in most other forms of competitive racing. Would hate to think our heroes would get to the point where they feel it’s worth the risk to dope. Let’s show the fkn roadies we’re better than them!
In my 50's now and seeing what many friends I know outside of cycling that doped for college sports are dealing with health wise (heart issues)now makes it even more clear that it wasn't worth it.
Now guys have good days and bad days its more of a race not a f*cking chemical parade, not one a*shole beating the shit out of all the other teams.
He had talent no doubt at that level 2% boost is huge, but I think the playing field is "more" even now.
My thoughts.
Most dont care and just want to be entertained.
who cares?...........its enduro.
its just a gravity gran fondo anyway
let them dope themselves thru the roof...........
Wads and usada care about staying in jobs.
TUEs are a joke.
The only way to make it fair is stop drug testing and just accept doping.
The main problem I have with it, and with laws in general, is who makes the rules? What if I don't agree with them?
I love America, but I think the Russian Olympics doping case was a joke. It seemed to me like pretty much what the Americans wanted to take was not on the banned substance list, but what the Russians wanted to take was on the list. I guess the Russians didn't write the list. There are hundreds of performance enhancing drugs that are not on the list. Different people have different ideas about what constitutes cheating. One could say that having a better bike gives you an unfair advantage.
doping in cycling
state sanctioned doping
state ordered murder
The documentary is chilling.
have you been smoking too much lebanese blonde hash again?
stay on target there dude......bikes/dope/enduro.
nobody said anything about any winter activities or such.
Ever watch “Bigger, Stronger, Faster?” I think it brings up some valid points as to the regulation of performance enhancing drugs.
the dates align with the scandal breaking in mainstream news and his sudden and mysterious disappearance.
when it went down and went public, igor literally disappeared from the face of the earth.
i never really read igor as the suicidal type either.
www.outsideonline.com/1924306/drug-test?page=all
he makes hgh sound amazing.
K.I.S.S.
I disagree, I think doping can greatly help certain riders : take a high altitude event, with a long pedaling liaison; the effort will reward riders training at high altitude. Therefore a rider that normally trains in whistler or the Californian coast would benefit from a EPO treatment to feel like a rider that lives and trains in Colorado or alps.
In some sports the disbelief is less powerful and almost veers towards being able to trust the competitors.
Ha, motordoping /is/ the newer, safer alternative to drugs. Or perhaps it was, until officials caught on in road/cross racing.
We are all going to die. If I don't die of cancer I could get hit by a bus. If I don't have a heart attack it could be pneumonia. All are preferable to a long drawn out period of mentally unravelling.
Living for the now a bit more is an acceptable strategy too.
not even an issue.
"Planes are cheating. You should walk and swim to New Zealand for your winter training..."
@stacykohut - you are so high in testosterone. You are exceptionally competetitive, hyperactive and arrogant, and then you get butthurt whenever someone mentions doping, which means you are sensitive in that area. You've got a strong jaw line, tall forehead, wide shoulders. I like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEfSdPz1WtA
Oooh I loved this... but I hate fkng spectatorship mass masturbation, I genuinely despise anyone with a fkng football team scarf. Having known some hooligans, drinking with them, seeing them beat tge crap out of the toughest doorman in my little town, I'm still fricking disgusted with this brainless activity. If you say you are a football fan, I expect you to at leas play once a month.
I'll give you a tip, due to inherent characteristics of human nature (that some lunatics call flaws), the duality of most actions, relativity of conclusions, the idea of "one truth" fails any philosophical/ logical evaluation. So while you are fully entitled to entertain that idea, it's no more than your own world view. In my world view, there are very few athletes in the world I sympathize more with than Lance Armstrong.
It's really interesting to see people equating football supporters to hooligans. Like all Muslims are terrorists right?
That Baxter incident was pretty sickening. It was an actual miracle that a Scot got a medal at the Winter Olympics and what happens? Proof that god is an Englishman...
@Keit: which political party are you in?
damn i want some of that hgh though.
roids?
no thanks.
creatine? no thanks
hgh?
hells yeah.
lend me 20 thousand a year?
So your take is if everyone is cheating, no one is cheating?
Clicks. The reason Pinkbike does anything.
Let's imagine that in the planning meetings for the 2018 EWS series, the conversation turned to the subject of the whisperings of some people using possibly suspect supplements.
And let's imagine that, since all sports management involves the hugely important concept of image management, the series directors decided that, in order to decide on an appropriate strategy regarding doping in the EWS, and a potential future issue, they wanted to know the extent to which the watching public 'believes' there to be a doping issue....
If I were Chris Ball, I'd pay up and ask the PB crowd exactly the same question.
Descending at 100kph down a mountain road on skinny tires is a completely different skill set.
What a shit sandwich he get served up. TdF only cancelled results for seven or eight years. What about the other 100 times the entire field doped? Don't they count?
Fun fact: Edvald Boasson Hagen competed in a cyclocross race in Oslo a week back, got 14th in the elite category. Top 5 all mountainbikers on top national level, but not international top.
Your swedish trails suddenly get very tame
We have full coverage with no commercial brakes. I'll take a vuelta or giro climbing stage over a DH WC any day
But I agree, cuz to think that skills between cycling disciplines is that different is absurd. We're talking bikes here, not helicopter stunt flying.
Also if you are into which sport is better, I'm not getting into such stupid discussion. And if you want to come out open minded you may as well stuff a pineapple up your arse.
.He spent his life getting to where his is just because he doesn't ride a mountain bike who the F cares, he is a super talented biker just the same.
They make road bikes for road, mountain bikes for mountains, and cross bikes for guys and gals that swing both ways.
Its all good just don't get hung up on Mountain vs road they both involve bicycles and getting outdoors and enjoying life.
Night time mtb is the shit, the slight loss of vision is translated into sharper sensations for the other senses. And it's waaaaaay better than skiing in a cloud. Probably not a useful comparison ey?
An amateur, working day hours, having kids at home, getting on the road bike regularly, with aim to get fit is completely wasting his time. Volume training barely translates to any other area of fitness. Intervals and strength training on another hand, can cover you up very well for hours of climbing, which I am a great example of. Did a few all day rides this summer on DH tyres, easily 1000m of climbing, no bigger problems.
Off course some people respond better to it, but across most disciplines, if you are a time crunched athlete, forget about volume.
@WAKIdesigns: have you got a kiddie trailer? I've been towing 35 kg of children 4 times daily since school started again (3k each time). It's like thigh-specific HGH + intensive interval training.
@Benpea - not anymore, I'll be soon selling mine, they are too big to sit in it. But passing someone on a steep climb with two kids in the back: priceless!
The more I understand why people behave the way they do, their motives, complexes, fears, ambitions, the less I care, better I interact with them, less grudge I hold, more I stay away from those who genuinely annoy me, and effectively, the happier I am.
*Specifically able bodied e-mtbers
The name wasnt revealed though
Yep if people will cheat in a game like that, then they will cheat anywhere.
So until the framework exists to declare it cheating and discover who is and isn't cheating, then it's all but guaranteed that some are using PEDs.
I personally don't like the notion, but you can't rightly accuse, criticize or blame anyone until that framework exists.
Is it ok? Ethically perhaps not, but technically it's not "wrong" until the requirements deem it to be.
I support testing, but until it exists, winning trumps doing "the right thing", and no one can blame people for operating within the existing parameters.
The readership of Pinkbike form their opinions through articles like this, and that is a damaging reality for the following reason. This article and many others of its ilk insinuate a large group of hardworking people are "potentially doping". This defames the reputation of every clean cyclist, and is directly damaging to those riders in the EWS.
Let's do a thought experiment.
Imagine if I wrote an article about how PinkBike authors are potentially "embezzling money"?
Then in the comments, many hundreds of people write about how in the news they read about different authors embezzling money from their publishers. Other people might comment on how they saw a documentary on Netflix about authors embezzling money. Still more people would comment on how ALL authors must be embezzling money, and it's likely that anyone who can write better than they can are probably embezzling money.
*To be clear, this is a thought experiment, and I do not think the Pinkbike authors are embezzling money.
Am I making my point clear?
Would you feel OK that my hugely popular website caused such a consensus?
This is a poor financial move. It's no secret that mountain biking as a sport fails to attract significant investment. Right now the professional road cycling world is in decline around the world; it is difficult to attract financial backing into a sport with limited viewership and a poor reputation. What company would support a team cyclists when cycling's popular reputation is intimately tied to cheating? Why would a company want to associate themselves with an avoidable mess? The real kick in the shorts is that the road world does a better job of appealing to the mass market the mountain bike world. Why would a website that seeks to advance mountain biking around the world seek to put mountain biking in the same leaky financial boat? My hope is this article is a one-time thoughtless mistake.
Right now all over the world there are young Pinkbike readers who have aspirations of one day being a professional mountain biker. This article indirectly insinuates that to be successful, you have to cheat. This is counter to the world that I want to live in, a world where many honest people are successful.
-PH
Super Hero Class: Let them dope all they want. That way the competition field is even! no one can argue "Its not fair!"
LOL
Also to anyone interested on the topic, watch ICARUS from Netflix.
www.t-nation.com/all-articles/authors/john-romano/tags/pharma
Also, I believe the dude in Icarus said the difference was huge.
www.muscleforlife.com/side-effects-of-steroids
People on test gained more muscle without working out AT ALL, than clean people on the exercise regimen. The people who exercised and took test gained 3 times as much muscle as the clean people on the exercise regimen.
[Sorry for dominating this thread. I've been doing a lot of research on this topic lately.]
Lol at the chewing gum comment though.
Let's ensure we tell all children who aspire to achieve any goals in sport that it's going to take more than hard work and commitment. It's also going to require turning your body into a human growth experiment via drugs.
Now the difference between that and doping in cycling is that it is hard to say that doping hurts other people. Maybe in MMA, if you dope, you can punch more often and harder and directly hurt someone with your mischief. Doping certain substances pushes human body into dangerous zones, that's why they are forbidden, it is driven mainly, at least supposed to be driven mainly to keep athletes from pushing too far and dying. Now as far as cheating goes, heh... you should study evolutional psychology more. Cheating is a function of efficiency, we are all programmed for this. We balance personal goals with social adaptation. That's it. It's a game of risk vs reward.
You just can't simply believe that in pretty much any Olympic sports someone is slacking out and using juice to cover for lazyness. That's just ridiculous. They are all pushing as hard as they can, pretty much all outliers have access to expensive testing, doctors, physiologists, coaches, training camps. The cost of doping regimen is a tiny addition.
Where do ethics come here? How can you level out the field? It's wishful thinking. People like Lance, Connor McGregor, Ayrton Senna, Michael Phelps, Serena Williams, Anne Caroline Chausson, are a mix of prime genetics and prime environmental factors that got them to the top. If your kid was exposed to less testosterone in the Womb he has minimal chance to ever get to the top of any developed discipline, if you then don't get your kid into harder training between 6 and 16, all his/hers chances are gone. They can try as much as they want, they will never get anywhere. One bad coach for few years too many, one jelaous team mate digging a hole under you, one too bad car crash, one too bad injury, and you will never get to the top. It's a lottery, ethics, truth is a brain food for the cattle of passive supporters who watch commercials and make the sporting events happen.
If you really want something to the point where you are obsessed with your goal, you will be put against the wall, to use performance enhancing drugs and devices or not. At the dawn of genetic manipulation, with prospect of biomechanical enhancements, singularity where people will be literally uploading a skill like Neo in Matrix, PEDs seems like cheating on history test in primary school. We are a dying species.
If my kid would consider taking PEDs at 16 I would be against it, because there is nothing that can be won at that age, that would be worth it. After they get 25, they may do whatever they want, I will not judge them.
Oh, apart from the richer teams can afford the better drugs an bribe the most officials.......
:/
I just feel that doping is sad and it will be a never ending cat and mouse race. But even tho I would consider myself to be a good rider , all the PEDs in the world wouldnt make me good enough to compete with the guys on top.
Anybody who feels differently really needs to watch the documentary "Icarus" (on Netflix; or listen to Bryan Fogel on the recent JRE podcast). Sucks, but it is what it is and we'd be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn't have some sort of candid conversation about it.
Props to Pinkbike for bringing up this controversial topic.
I think he got suspended for a few years and now he is back and destroying the field... if I remember correctly he got caught in a french enduro race.
When I was a kid I raced allot of XC, and got up to be competitive at a provincial level. Our local cycling club had one of Canada's top pros come give a talk and this athlete talked about how if your ever at a world cup to make sure not to stay in the same hotels as team X. The reason was they have to get up in the middle of the night to run laps of the hotel stairs so their heart rate wouldn't get to low in their sleep. This was back in like 95/96. So yes there are PEDs in Mountain Biking, and its nothing new.
The tech exists. It's very hard to detect. It gives a huge advantage. It allows you to pass drug tests. There is no checking for it in the EWS. Even 50w assistance on transfer stages would allow a rider to race with less fatigue.
Not talking dedicated e-bikes here, but the smaller motors that can be inserted into down tubes that drive the BB.
www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-four-ways-to-hide-motor-doping-in-a-race-bike
Last year, a VERY successful EWS rider drew considerable attention from other competitors due to his performance on one of the stages, specifically, UP one of the hills. It's worth noting that the fittest rider in the EWS, someone who has made podium in National level XCO remarked: "I have absolutely no idea how he managed to ride up that hill so fast."
I have a fair idea.
Watch Icarus on Netflix if you want to see just how nuts the world of doping is.
Can't help thinking that if you *KNOW* of it going on, you should be alerting the EWS directly and passing all evidence. If you *suspect* it going on, you should be alerting the EWS directly and passing on everything you know and sources.
If it's just a hypothetical piece, think about the potential impact of scaring off potential sponsors through online noise, rumour and innuendo.
because the EWS is not currently part of the UCI it pretty much means that there will not be any testing in EWS events... if the organizers and athletes are not in a system where they are WADA signatories and agree to WADA jurisdiction, there pretty much wont be any testing... the one case under which you can see EWS testing is if the individual race is sanctioned by a UCI accredited governing body and the athletes are all license holders... the UCI has been already tangentially involved in EWS since day 1 since FFC is sanctioning some races... so maybe in France in an EWS santioned by the FFC a WADA affiliated group will come to test... but its not likely that you would see any testing in the USA since the events are not sanctioned by USAC and so dont have any tie to the WADA structure that administers testing and provides the framework for the process. then there is the $$$ part... how much testing is in DH? thats all UCI directly, or indirectly...
My fav info graphic ever from Bicycling mag May 2011.
Greyed out = convicted at some point in their career.
cyclingtips.com/2011/06/the-armstrong-era
Where training optimisation ends and doping begins...
First time I saw his youtube channel, I thought CG was around 50 yo. In pretty good shape, doing wheelie and s**ts on mtb. Then I googled he's only 39. He sure looks older that he is to me.
Or was it two questions, and did everyone get it right?
If you're supposed to ask a serious question you need to be very clear so no one misunderstands....
Ps. a little kokain helps you a lot over the caynongap at Rampage
might need their assistance also.
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I was 190 racing bmx and can't get under 180 (I'm 6'0") riding a shit ton. Once you put on a bunch of muscle at an early age it's your set point. You won't vary much from that (unless it's mega fatty time)
Graves trains just like a bmx guy (cause he basically was). Richie very likely adopted a lot of those techniques. Your gonna get bigger squating big and doing big DL's.
Me and another ex Bmx pro whose 15 years younger than me have been riding together a bunch. We went to winter park and got to watch. The pros ride at a pace we can both hit - but no F'n way can we sustain for 5'. Hardly even 1' at altitude....
But I dont think the difference is doping. Its adapting to riding at that level, adjusting to the pain/ gassed feeling and being able to hold it longer without losing focus. I work full time, have a family, etc. but it doesnt seem impossible. Im not willing to sacrifice everything for that. Well immjust stroking my ego now.
Point is, these guys are mortal. I doubt there are too many going beyond caffiene and basic OTC stuff. And if they are it doesnt really matter cause this is all for fun!
Sam hills win tells me two things.
1) He is an amazing bike handler
2) The EWS courses are steep
Hey Gross. A couple of my mates recently went to flats and STILL school me on the climbs and I’m more of a clips4life guy. Oh wait.... guess that just proves how slow I am. Never mind
Should clarificized - you can accelerate like a lot faster with them shaving seconds and if you pull through and spin right lots of time on flats and up and hills
Clips still work great if you know how to ride them. Just cause some people arent coordinated dont mean it aint true!
Lifetime bans and criminal convictions would stop this.
No '2 year' or backdated slap on the wrist
That is considered doping by the guys I ride with.
I have no regrets.
What's speaking against it for me is that once you're on it, it sure is hard to get off of it again mentally.
It's like riding an e-bike: get off of one and on a normal bike and all over sudden you feel real sluggish.
Not to speak of health issues that might come up later...
Is ews the only World Series events without its own testing in sport?
Listen to the riders, when they say it's a problem, its a problem. Otherwise we are just inventing a problem that will create more stupid rules for people to bend or screw around with.
That's why I like guys like Phil Atwil, he will just straight up say that courses are being dumbed down. When riders start blaming losses on doping, we will address it.
You took a wrong turn man.
Oh and no hard feelings... honestly, you're just another pissed off dude. I can understand that. Make this a better day for yourself and ignore me"
I think Curtis Keene is on TRT since he's 38 and looks the way he does, Graves is 34 and looks kind of superhuman so he may be as well.
I think the DH guys are really clean though. I doubt Sam Hill is on anything, and Gee is the only current rider I can think of that looks like he might be on something.
(Or they can be food supplied in the middle of a race? They can? So where is the ENDURance?)
Also adrenal fatigue is not a proven medical condition and people need to quit perpetuating it. There are plenty of gold medalists and other top athletes who admitted to using Modafinil.
I want to see the strongest athletes the pharmacist/chemist can make.
I want to watch super human riders destroying trees with their shoulders.
well...... maybe not performance enhancing but other sports sure test for it.
If you busted them all there would be no pros to watch.
So do the drug test and get it over with.
It does not enhance my life reading about it.
Increases NO2 - well so does Arginine. But NO2 is super short lived and just relaxes arteries & veins. Viagra works better and more efficiently doing the same thing.
Id bet your boys who claim beetroot juice are using EPO and this is the cover. Met a bodybuilder wo claims its just creatine and protein? Same MO.
"Viagra works better and more efficiently doing the same thing. "
...but riding with a boner.
Josh is a goddamn athlete, never been near a bong...
Netflix has a movie," Icarus", it's a eye opener.
Cheating and winning is WINNING.... f*ck racing!!!
Please do not procreate.
Lol 12:12
Lol "Doping to keep your wife"
It's a bit of an eye opener.
That's how you get dope.
Ask it and they will come.
Is any sport at top level completely clean ?
I'm pretty sure he doesn't drink Monster. I've never seen an open can laying about in photos or video of the team tent. In Wyn's Finale Legure video there's an empty bottle of champagne, a bottle of beer, and two bottles of water. He's choosing to drink, but it ain't Monster.
Ever seen condensation on the can he holds up on the podium? Then it didn't come out of the fridge.