Great, more drug crap to sullly the sport and the Tour. As if the Kelme affair and the LA book wasn't enough.

Why can't the UCI requre all sponsers to fork over 5 - 10% of their sponsorship dollars for use in drug controls? Heck, store the samples and retest when new procedures become available. Your three year old blood sample tests positive for something that wasn't detectable back then, too bad; banned for life.

Hmm, no contest for this year's prologue, assuming Bradley McGee is competing.

Depressing.

Great, more drug crap to sullly the sport and the Tour. As if the Kelme affair and the LA book wasn't enough.

Why can't the UCI requre all sponsers to fork over 5 - 10% of their sponsorship dollars for use in drug controls? Heck, store the samples and retest when new procedures become available. Your three year old blood sample tests positive for something that wasn't detectable back then, too bad; banned for life.

Hmm, no contest for this year's prologue, assuming Bradley McGee is competing.

Depressing.

Well, to start with, part of the problem is the controls don't catch those who are doping. Or at least that is my impression, since there have been any number of professional athletes who have been caught, admitted, or at least strongly implicated in doping scandals who have never failed a drug test.

the 'cheaters' stay ahead of the detection curve. I think they need to insert a suprise roadblock at a feed station and field test hematocrit levels. Since you can't detect the blood boosters or they are somehow 'watering their blood down' after the race they need a suprise test. Pantani's 60 feel into this as the hospital tested his blood on admission and he nor his team had time to dilute. I think trying to detect the chemicals is a waste of time since there will always be new detection free versions. How about a pin prick blood test at the sign in? you can't detect the drugs but the high hematocrit would show.

If nothing else we can at least take the positive from this Millar affair. Now we don't have to listen to 3 weeks of Phil going on and on and on and on and on about how GREAT a rider David is.