Russian Cyclist Alexandr Kolobnev has tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic at the Tour de France.

The positive dope result may have a big impact on the world of cycling even though Kolobnev was virtually a non-factor in this race.

From Bleacherreport.com:

In cycling, PEDs can help to alter many factors that could lead to greater endurance, giving cyclists an edge over their competition.

Lance Armstrong has been under fire, as he himself is being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs.

Many people probably don’t associate cyclists with performance enhancing drugs because cyclists don’t have the build of someone who is using steroids to bulk up.

Even so, there are many different types of PEDs. the diuretic Kolobnev tested positive for is said to decrease the amount of water in the kidneys and decrease blood return in the heart, which makes for less cardio output.

Hydrochlorothiazide is not exactly an anabolic steroid, but it still provides an unfair advantage.

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Rav Wilding, the Crimewatch TV presenter, was recently accused by his former girlfriend, Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton, of ‘roid-rage’ – aggressive, and violent behavior that is supposed to be a side effects of bodybuilding steroid drugs.

Rav said he had taken steroids - but for asthma, rather than for body building.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

Steroids are a group of medications that have very powerful antiinflammatory properties and can treat a range of illnesses.

They are used to control chronic conditions such as eczema and arthritis, as well as to calm down the immune system when it is overactive – in hay fever, for example.

They are found in tablets, creams, inhalers and sprays and can be injected directly into a joint to reduce pain and inflammation. You can even get steroid eye drops.

Steroid treatment can be life-saving in some instances, for example in cases of acute asthma or a severe allergic reaction.

These drugs have nothing to do with the steroids taken by sportsmen to enhance performance (cyclist Lance Armstrong was again accused of ‘doping’ last week).

The steroids we use as medicine are a synthetic version of natural hormones that exist in the body known as corticosteroids.

The ones body-builders take are known as anabolic steroids, and are similar to the male sex hormone testosterone which builds up muscle bulk in the body.

The use of steroids must always be monitored and regulated by a medical practitioner and for legal use as even steroid creams, such as hydrocortisone, available over the counter, can be dangerous if used for too long.

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Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds will go to trial for perjury and obstruction of justice in conjunction in March 2011 with his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.

If he is found guilty, the punishment should fit the crime.

From Articles.sfgate.com:

Over the last few years, federal law enforcement has taken steps to crack down on the illegal use of and trafficking in performance enhancing drugs. As a result, a number of high profile athletes, including baseball’s Roger Clemens and cycling’s Lance Armstrong, are now ensnared in ongoing investigations. As these cases come to closure, there is an important opportunity to help educate our nation’s young people that using these drugs is illegal, cheating and sometimes even deadly.

Courts and prosecutors have the ability to fashion penalties to aid the victims of offenses and prevent future harms. For example, the penalties imposed in the tobacco settlements have funded anti-smoking campaigns. In the case of steroids and other performance-enhancing drug use, the real victims are our children. A 2008 study of students in 12 states determined that about 50 percent of students in grades 8 through 12 who admitted to using these drugs said that the behaviors of professional athletes influenced his or her decision to use. The impact is serious.

About 1 million high school students admit to knowingly using anabolic steroids as per federal surveys.

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The possibility of a retest of urine samples taken from the 1999 Tour raised by President of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), Pierre Bordry, was denied by the seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong.

Bordry remarked that the samples of the cyclist’s first Tour de France could be tested to see if they contain EPO traces.

From Espnstar.com:

With Armstrong set to make a comeback in 2009 after three years away from the peloton, Bordry felt such a move would give the seven-time Tour winner “a chance to confirm that he never cheated in his brilliant career”.

But Armstrong will not agree to the AFLD‘s request, insisting the matter is in the past.

“He is not interested in discussing again results from samples taken in 1999,” Mark Higgins, Armstrong’s media spokesman, is quoted as saying in L’Equipe.

“I will refer the AFLD or whoever will ask the questions on this subject to the Vrijman report.”

Higgins is referring to a report, published in 2006 by Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman, which cleared Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour and accused anti-doping authorities of misconduct in dealing with the American.

In an age of doping scandals that have rocked the sport over the past few years, many sceptics still doubt that Armstrong was clean when he won his seven successive Tours between 1999 and 2005.

Many in the world of cycling are of the view that Armstrong’s illustrious career was dominated by use of performance enhancing drugs.

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The seven-time Tour de France champ, Lance Armstrong, has not been contacted by federal agents investigating allegations of doping.

Floyd Landis who was stripped of the 2006 Tour title after testing positive for testosterone, admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, but also addressed the accusations against his former teammates, including Armstrong.

From Espnstar.com:

Armstrong, who this weekend is set to complete his final Tour in Paris, strenuously denies all allegations and has never failed a drug test.

Defence attorney Bryan Daly, a partner in Los Angeles law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, was appointed by Armstrong last week, but is still to establish if federal investigators wish to speak to the 38-year-old.

Although reports from the United States suggest many of Landis and Armstrong’s acquaintances have been issued with subpoenas to cooperate in the inquiry, the Texan is not among them.

Daly told Press Association Sport: “There has been a great deal of swirling rumours about an investigation.

“Lance Armstrong, being prudent, wanted to get some advice.

“I’ve been on the case since the middle of last week but have not been contacted by investigators.”

Daly, himself a former federal prosecutor, again doused water on the claims of Landis.

He added: “Lance Armstrong is probably the most tested athlete in history and has never failed a test.

Daly questioned the credibility of the case based on “rumour and innuendo.”

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The seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, has denied retesting six samples from his first Tour de France win to see if they contain EPO traces.

The possibility of asking Armstrong to undergo a new analysis of the urine samples taken from the 1999 Tour was sparked by President of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), Pierre Bordry.

From Espnstar.com:

With Armstrong set to make a comeback in 2009 after three years away from the peloton, Bordry felt such a move would give the seven-time Tour winner “a chance to confirm that he never cheated in his brilliant career”.

But Armstrong will not agree to the AFLD‘s request, insisting the matter is in the past.

“He is not interested in discussing again results from samples taken in 1999,” Mark Higgins, Armstrong‘s media spokesman, is quoted as saying in L’Equipe.

“I will refer the AFLD or whoever will ask the questions on this subject to the Vrijman report.”

Higgins is referring to a report, published in 2006 by Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman, which cleared Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour and accused anti-doping authorities of misconduct in dealing with the American.

In an age of doping scandals that have rocked the sport over the past few years, many sceptics still doubt that Armstrong was clean when he won his seven successive Tours between 1999 and 2005.

The world of cycling has seen many doping scandals in the last decade and many in the world believe that Armstrong was not clean when he won his seven successive Tours between 1999 and 2005 despite the fact that he has never been caught cheating.

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The seven-time winner of Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, has not been contacted by federal agents investigating claims of doping.

Floyd Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 tour title after testing positive for elevated testosterone levels, admitted to using performance enhancing drugs but also leveled allegations against his former teammates, including Armstrong.

From Espnstar.com:

Armstrong, who this weekend is set to complete his final Tour in Paris, strenuously denies all allegations and has never failed a drug test.

Defence attorney Bryan Daly, a partner in Los Angeles law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, was appointed by Armstrong last week, but is still to establish if federal investigators wish to speak to the 38-year-old.

Although reports from the United States suggest many of Landis and Armstrong’s acquaintances have been issued with subpoenas to cooperate in the inquiry, the Texan is not among them.

Daly told Press Association Sport: “There has been a great deal of swirling rumours about an investigation.

“Lance Armstrong, being prudent, wanted to get some advice.

“I’ve been on the case since the middle of last week but have not been contacted by investigators.”

Daly, himself a former federal prosecutor, again doused water on the claims of Landis.

He added: “Lance Armstrong is probably the most tested athlete in history and has never failed a test.

Daly questioned the credibility of the case based on “rumour and innuendo.”

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The seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, will not be agreeing to a retest of six samples from his first Tour de France win to see if they contain EPO traces.

President of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), Pierre Bordry, had raised the possibility of asking Armstrong to undergo a new analysis of the urine samples taken from the 1999 Tour.

From Espnstar.com:

With Armstrong set to make a comeback in 2009 after three years away from the peloton, Bordry felt such a move would give the seven-time Tour winner “a chance to confirm that he never cheated in his brilliant career”.

But Armstrong will not agree to the AFLD‘s request, insisting the matter is in the past.

“He is not interested in discussing again results from samples taken in 1999,” Mark Higgins, Armstrong’s media spokesman, is quoted as saying in L’Equipe.

“I will refer the AFLD or whoever will ask the questions on this subject to the Vrijman report.”

Higgins is referring to a report, published in 2006 by Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman, which cleared Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour and accused anti-doping authorities of misconduct in dealing with the American.

In an age of doping scandals that have rocked the sport over the past few years, many sceptics still doubt that Armstrong was clean when he won his seven successive Tours between 1999 and 2005.

Many sceptics still doubt that the cyclist was clean when he won his seven successive Tours between 1999 and 2005 despite the fact that he has never been caught cheating.

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A former lieutenant to Lance Armstrong, the quadruple Tour of Spain winner Roberto Heras, faces the end of his career after the analysis of a B sample confirmed that he tested positive for the red blood cell-booster erythropoietin.

A spokesman for Heras’s team, Liberty Seguros, said, “The test is positive,” “The process is not yet over as the rider has presented allegations over the procedure.”

From Guardian.co.uk:

Heras, who is 31, has already been suspended by the team and is likely to receive a two-year ban. The Tour of Spain title will be awarded to the second-placed rider, the Russian Denis Menchov.

It is a body blow for Spanish cycling. Heras is the first winner of one of the big three Tours – France, Italy and Spain – to test positive since Ángel Arroyo was disqualified from victory in 1983 Vuelta. The future of his sponsor, Liberty Seguros, is also in jeopardy with their American parent company reported to be considering pulling out. The result was due to be announced late on Wednesday but the Madrid laboratory carrying out the analysis of his urine sample requested a 48-hour delay for further tests. Heras and his lawyers then called for the process to be halted on the grounds that the test, made after the penultimate stage of the race, was not reliable.

Heras has denied any doping.

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Jerome Young, who was stripped of the gold medal he won in the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of failing to clear a drug test, has been making efforts to overturn the life ban due to doubts over the reliability of the test for erythropoietin.

The American was suspended for life by the International Association of Athletics Federations after he tested positive for EPO, the blood-boosting drug, his second offence.

From Guardian.co.uk:

The IAAF overruled the USATF decision in 2004 after Young’s name became public following his victory in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships. They gave him a retrospective two-year ban.

Morris Chrobotek, who once represented Ben Johnson, is now trying to get Young’s EPO case reopened because he claims the test is unreliable. The Paris laboratory that conducted Young’s EPO test is the same that carried out the analysis of Lance Armstrong and allegedly showed he tested positive for the banned drug during his Tour de France victory in 1999.

The reliability of the EPO test has come under scrutiny after the Belgian triathlete Rutger Beke proved he had tested positive because his body had produced the substance naturally. Authorities were forced to lift his 18-month ban.

“I have spoken to the majority of laboratories who conduct drug testing and they say the EPO test is flawed,” said Chrobotek. “This whole system needs to be transparent. It is not at the moment.”

Young first tested positive for nandrolone in 1999 but was cleared by USA Track & Field, who allowed him to compete in Sydney.

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