Apart from the obvious: that by slowing down a tad it surely is possible to win a Grand Tour without “help”, Kohl makes some good points about what is impossible. For him, anyway. And definitely for me. No amount of “help” would get me over those mountains inside of the time limit. Actually I’d get dropped in the first neutral zone, but let’s not dwell upon me.
Kohl: Not Possible To Win Tour De France Without Doping | Cyclingnews.com
While Kohl wouldn’t directly speculate on whether Alberto Contador had used doping products or methods, he noted that the average speeds ridden at the Tour might cause one to think so.
“Floyd Landis won the Tour de France and his average speed was 40 kph,” Kohl said. “This year it was Contador and it was also about 40. It was nearly the same average speed. Landis was doped. Maybe in 10 or 15 years, you can win (without drugs) if we work with the anti-doping movement.”
Kohl described his personal doping schedule, and how it enabled him to pass multiple doping tests.
“I was tested 200 times during my career, and 100 times I had drugs in my body,” he said, according to the New York Times. “I was caught, but 99 other times, I wasn’t.
Apart from the obvious: that by slowing down a tad it surely is possible to win a Grand Tour without “help”, Kohl makes some good points about what is impossible. For him, anyway. And definitely for me. No amount of “help” would get me over those mountains inside of the time limit. Actually I’d get dropped in the first neutral zone, but let’s not dwell upon me.
Kohl: Not Possible To Win Tour De France Without Doping | Cyclingnews.com
While Kohl wouldn’t directly speculate on whether Alberto Contador had used doping products or methods, he noted that the average speeds ridden at the Tour might cause one to think so.
“Floyd Landis won the Tour de France and his average speed was 40 kph,” Kohl said. “This year it was Contador and it was also about 40. It was nearly the same average speed. Landis was doped. Maybe in 10 or 15 years, you can win (without drugs) if we work with the anti-doping movement.”
Kohl described his personal doping schedule, and how it enabled him to pass multiple doping tests.
“I was tested 200 times during my career, and 100 times I had drugs in my body,” he said, according to the New York Times. “I was caught, but 99 other times, I wasn’t.
Another career lost that could have been spectacular… and according to Matschiner the doses were “mimimal”. Presumably it worked, but by how much were performances enhanced? Why not just give placebos and be done with it?
Kohl Testifies Against Former Manager | Cyclingnews.com
Former pro rider Bernhard Kohl testified against his manager Stefan Matschiner on the first day of his trial in front of the Vienna criminal court today. Matschiner was released from custody in May after being accused of having provided performance-enhancing substances and methods – blood doping – to his clients.
Earlier in the day Matschiner admitted having given eight of his athletes EPO, testosterone and growth hormone, but he denied being guilty of supplying blood transfusions – having simply taken the blood doping equipment to Slovenia and Hungary in 2008 – before this kind of practice became illegal in Austria.
Filed under doping, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
Another career lost that could have been spectacular… and according to Matschiner the doses were “mimimal”. Presumably it worked, but by how much were performances enhanced? Why not just give placebos and be done with it?
Kohl Testifies Against Former Manager | Cyclingnews.com
Former pro rider Bernhard Kohl testified against his manager Stefan Matschiner on the first day of his trial in front of the Vienna criminal court today. Matschiner was released from custody in May after being accused of having provided performance-enhancing substances and methods – blood doping – to his clients.
Earlier in the day Matschiner admitted having given eight of his athletes EPO, testosterone and growth hormone, but he denied being guilty of supplying blood transfusions – having simply taken the blood doping equipment to Slovenia and Hungary in 2008 – before this kind of practice became illegal in Austria.
Filed under doping, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
Of course you’d be thinking that – how else do you come to terms with the unethical practice of cheating? Especially so at a very public, very high-profile race like Le Tour? Whilst there’s some merit in the argument that if I can only come 3rd, and everyone else in the Top 10 was keeping up pretty well, and I am taking CERA, then they must all be taking CERA too, it’s flawed thinking. Who’s to say that the rest of the Top 10 weren’t clean but simply substantially better prepared, better supported or – quite likely – had bigger “engines” than yourself?
“At first, I once again tried to reassure myself: ‘OK, I was dead—but we were all dead,”’ Kohl said. “Many other riders had taken (banned substances).
Which isn’t to say that some other riders weren’t also taking advantage of some “help”, either. Just that we can’t actually know it.
Filed under CERA, Kohl by Rob.
Of course you’d be thinking that – how else do you come to terms with the unethical practice of cheating? Especially so at a very public, very high-profile race like Le Tour? Whilst there’s some merit in the argument that if I can only come 3rd, and everyone else in the Top 10 was keeping up pretty well, and I am taking CERA, then they must all be taking CERA too, it’s flawed thinking. Who’s to say that the rest of the Top 10 weren’t clean but simply substantially better prepared, better supported or – quite likely – had bigger “engines” than yourself?
“At first, I once again tried to reassure myself: ‘OK, I was dead—but we were all dead,”’ Kohl said. “Many other riders had taken (banned substances).
Which isn’t to say that some other riders weren’t also taking advantage of some “help”, either. Just that we can’t actually know it.
Filed under CERA, Kohl by Rob.
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl by Rob.
What a way to go. One brief moment of glory, supported by a few doses of illicit drugs. Kill your career, and your team’s. Disappoint sponsors and supporters. Drag everyone down. On the bright side, we are still catching the cheats.
Team Gerolsteiner’s Bernhard Kohl has confirmed that he tested positive for CERA during the Tour de France to team manager Hans-Michael Holczer. “I had a call from Bernhard Kohl and he confirmed to me that he had been told of the positive test,” Holczer said. “The substance is EPO CERA.”
This isn’t really working, is it? Should we legalise everything and monitor only for safety? Or perhaps Greg LeMond’s sealed SRM power-output monitoring idea is the way to go, rather than play constant catch-up with new variations on a theme? Make more than an incremental gain in power, you get a please explain. Too big a jump, or into the realms of fantasy, you are out.
What a way to go. One brief moment of glory, supported by a few doses of illicit drugs. Kill your career, and your team’s. Disappoint sponsors and supporters. Drag everyone down. On the bright side, we are still catching the cheats.
Team Gerolsteiner’s Bernhard Kohl has confirmed that he tested positive for CERA during the Tour de France to team manager Hans-Michael Holczer. “I had a call from Bernhard Kohl and he confirmed to me that he had been told of the positive test,” Holczer said. “The substance is EPO CERA.”
This isn’t really working, is it? Should we legalise everything and monitor only for safety? Or perhaps Greg LeMond’s sealed SRM power-output monitoring idea is the way to go, rather than play constant catch-up with new variations on a theme? Make more than an incremental gain in power, you get a please explain. Too big a jump, or into the realms of fantasy, you are out.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Perhaps we should have queried a revitalised Kohl, riding better than ever before, grabbing mountain points and securing a fine 3rd overall. Perhaps riding 2 or 3, or even 5 places better than he should have been. OTOH he had previously shown promise. Maybe, just maybe, it’s a mistake.
Bernhard Kohl of Gerolsteiner tested non-negative for CERA, French sports paper L’Equipe reported Monday. The French anti-doping agency AFLD had tested Kohl’s blood samples. Kohl finished third in the Tour de France this summer and won the climber’s jersey.
Well who gets 3rd now? Who takes the spotted jersey for 2008, after all?
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl, Le Tour by Rob.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Perhaps we should have queried a revitalised Kohl, riding better than ever before, grabbing mountain points and securing a fine 3rd overall. Perhaps riding 2 or 3, or even 5 places better than he should have been. OTOH he had previously shown promise. Maybe, just maybe, it’s a mistake.
Bernhard Kohl of Gerolsteiner tested non-negative for CERA, French sports paper L’Equipe reported Monday. The French anti-doping agency AFLD had tested Kohl’s blood samples. Kohl finished third in the Tour de France this summer and won the climber’s jersey.
Well who gets 3rd now? Who takes the spotted jersey for 2008, after all?
Filed under CERA, EPO, Kohl, Le Tour by Rob.
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