Why won't Rasmussen just come out and say that he's used performance enhancing drugs?

Question

Multiple Answer question:
a) He's scared.
b) Too much money is at stake.
c) Pride
d) Fame
e) Pressure from Sponsors
f) All of the above
g) None of the above.

Answer 1

g)

He has won the king of the mountain jersey for the past two years, and has consistently shown results like this throughout his career. There's no reason to suspect that he has, other than he didn't submit his training diary to the danish cycling federation so they would know where he was, and therefore could not conduct 'surprise' tests. From Cyclingnews.org:

"The head of the Tour (de france) also listed the recent conducted tests of the Rabobank rider. "He had a blood test on June 30," which was a day before the Danish championships as well as on July 5th, when all Tour teams were tested. Additional blood controls were conducted on July 17 and the Dane had also a string of urine tests, on July 15, 17, 18 and 19."

There's something suspiciously political going on behind the scenes, and I wouldn't be surprised to see dick pound and/or the LNDD behind it.

So, it's not an issue of him avoiding the tests, it's an issue of him not telling them where he was going to be if they _wanted_ to perform tests. The fact is, he has been getting tested regularly by the UCI, and he's been shown to be clean. This is just another WADA witchhunt, imo.

Answer 2

i've said it before. behind the scenes i think at the highest level of all sports there is a lot of drugs being used. it just isnt cycling. the technology adapts and changes. these team doctors know how to hide the games they're playing.

see it is like armstrong's 1998 tests showing epo. back then they didnt have the technology to test for it, and what do you know his old samples showed up possitive. because the technology wasnt there to detect it, and i bet many riders used it. then when the test came out they simply switched to another enhancement. the unlucky ones are the ones that get caught as the technology changes or through an error on someone's part.

i guess what irks me is that everyone pretends this is a cycling problem. i hate that, because this is a sports problem. cycling just gets more press over it.

Answer 3

Without a lot of undercover stings or confessions, I really don't think we will ever know the extent of doping in the sport - which I suspect is pretty near 100%. we now regarding Riis, Ulrich, Basso and others as dopers. yet however rdiers implicated in Operacion Puerto failed a drug test? Riders have always been one step ahead of testing because the stakes are so high.

Answer 4

(G)

There is an 8 year statute of limitations for doping. If he admits to doping, he'll be suspended for 2 years, and not allowed to ride for a ProTour team for four. Therefore, as he's already 33, his career would basically be over.

Answer 5

why do you think he has used them? I hate it when so many think that it is so widespread when it is NOT.
go back to France

Answer 6

probably because he hasnt