Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil...
by areyousure on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @07:35PM
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Indeed, the claim needs to be adjusted to be correct. One of the worst recent years was 2005: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Tour_de_France#2...
There, the claim is that of the top 10 finishers, all but one participant were either stripped of result in that race or failed tests/were sanctioned for doping in another race.
(The remaining participant, originally #8 Cadel Evans, was a documented client of Michele Ferrari.)
Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil...
by tfyoung on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @10:38PM
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A one-off consultation prior to his road racing career to see if he the right kind of fitness for road. I don't think the association should be used to tarnish Cadel without further evidence.
Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil...
by rukuu001 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @07:01PM
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Yeah not the whole peleton, but most of Armstrong’s main rivals right? Like Contador etc. (I know his test was contentious).
Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil...
by rossdavidh on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:19AM
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Thank you for the correction, I either heard wrong back then, or misremembered. I think the analogy/logic still applies, though. Actually, this suggests even more strongly that the higher their position in a competitive field, the more likely they are doping...
This is not true. Even during the 1904 Tour de France where 9 people were disqualifed because of, among other actions, illegal use of cars or trains [1] - 27 riders finished the race.
Tour de France in the modern era has up to 180+ competitors lining up, and there hasn't been a case of 100+ riders being disqualified for doping.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Tour_de_France#Disqualifi...