The Missing Twin???

Hamilton Presses His Case
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U.S. Olympic cycling gold medalist, fighting a blood-doping allegation, expects to hear an arbitration panel's ruling Monday

By Alan Abrahamson
Times Staff Writer

April 17 2005

BOULDER, Colo. — Undeterred by a spring storm that dumped up to two feet of snow on the Rocky Mountain foothills, Tyler Hamilton hopped on his bike one day last week for a workout, hammering out 80 miles through the cold and slush.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-cyclist17apr17,1,6404105.story?coll=la-headlines-sports

The average SI score for professional cyclists is 90. At Liege-Bastogne-Liege last year, Hamilton scored 123.8. It was up to 132.9 the next week by the Tour de Romandie, and with it came a hematocrit level of 49.7% (the UCI's nominal limit is 50%).

I find these levels very doubtfull that Hamilton is not juicing to achieve as close to 50% as possible... Seems really fishy.....

I really want to believe he is innocent but with all the cyclists coming up with charges and allegations its hard to give the benefit of the doubt.

I truly hope he gets off so he can ride the tour as it will make this year on par with 2003.

But.....A baby clone? I wonder if they think of these excuses though before they get caught?

and with it came a hematocrit level of 49.7%

Have to love that. Almost as good as Kevin Livingston's under the hand of the good doctor Ferrari.

Sounds like they went with the chimera defense. Seems to me they would have been much better off attacking the unknown false positive rate of the test.

Then there is the rumor that Hamilton and Perez have the same blood type and their doctor mixed them up.

It's almost like they should come out and blow the whistle and say...

"You know what... we do dope and everyone else does or most do as well. With the pressure to win on us by sponsors, we can't leave out the small doubt that I could have won if I did dope and rode that TT 30secs faster....."

Here is another excuse to add to the list of cyclists and their excuses to dope.

It is sad and silly at the same time....
I bet it is very insulting to the governing body as well.. that if they do get a test against a guy they could get off with a silly excuse...

That said, there is still the small bit in me that wishes to see Hamilton race again.

but it is suprising how many missing twins there are in the world. I've known 2 whom I've worked with who showed the signs of the missing twin.

creepy

The Missing Twin???

Hamilton Presses His Case
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U.S. Olympic cycling gold medalist, fighting a blood-doping allegation, expects to hear an arbitration panel's ruling Monday

By Alan Abrahamson
Times Staff Writer

April 17 2005

BOULDER, Colo. — Undeterred by a spring storm that dumped up to two feet of snow on the Rocky Mountain foothills, Tyler Hamilton hopped on his bike one day last week for a workout, hammering out 80 miles through the cold and slush.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-cyclist17apr17,1,6404105.story?coll=la-headlines-sports

If this was the case then he should still test postive, retest again. Forgot the half life of RBC's but if he was truly serious he would be clamoring for a retest as if he was a chimera then he would always test borderline positive. I think the test is flawed but this chimera tactic is beyond lame unless he has some actual proof to back it up.

If this was the case then he should still test postive, retest again. Forgot the half life of RBC's but if he was truly serious he would be clamoring for a retest as if he was a chimera then he would always test borderline positive. I think the test is flawed but this chimera tactic is beyond lame unless he has some actual proof to back it up.

Check out his website. Sounds like a pretty convincing argument in his favour. The fact that there was no testing with false positives is a dead giveaway that the test is invalid. sure, it may be acceptable in medical circles, but in a sporting context, where athletes are pushing themselves to extremes, you have to look at all the possibilities. Also, when people's livlihoods are at stake, they should be taking a closer look. When it comes to doping, it seems that you are guilty until proven innocent. Even someone standing over a dead body, holding a smoking gun has better chance of getting off than an athlete caught doping.

Call me naive, but wouldn't you want the same opprtunity to defend yourself?