I am agree with you, perharps cycling is unbalanced cause top pro cyclists do really epic races and nobody says anything about it, and guys like him with HgH is getting faulted. In football soccer, guys like Lionel Messi in his childhood by medical conditions had to do the same, and do you think that it doesnt gave an advantage during his carreer?
@cristianfabiancarvajalmanr2647 there are a lot of different types of hgh. Most won't show up on a test. A lot of athletes nearly never cycle off of it if they're using the good stuff. Retroactive tests may wind up being a different story though
@@veganpotterthevegan it's not equal at all. The testing in the NFL for example is not random and given six weeks notice......enough time to cycle off. It's a joke compared to cycling.
@@FreeMTrider it's equal because they're all doping. Cyclists don't care about random tests because they know they're going to test negative anyway. Only carelessness gets you caught
There is corruption on all Levels. A lot of the pro teams train in Spain. The Spanish Government doesn’t allow wada or any anti doping agencies to conduct testing at odd hours, on the weekends and only certain hours of the day.
Yes I read that something like from Thursday afternoon to Monday morning no one gets tested . And mon tues wed no one gets tested during sleep time 😅 Altitude training in Spain is very popular with the big teams 😅
This is sad, wasn’t EF built as an aggressively antidoping team. It’s sketchy that they would allow him to race when they are suspicious of him. EF is my favorite team mainly because they are an American team 🇺🇸, I like their kits and their bikes, they make excellent content, and they participate in a wide range of the sport. It is sad to see but would anyone really be surprised if we found out the entire modern peloton is doped up? 🤷🏽♂️
What a shame. He had been looking good but was that an “enhanced” set of performances? Staying at the top of cycling is a cutthroat business and I guess, some riders feel they need to take these risks to remain there. It’s hard not to sympathise and at the same time, be mightily disappointed 🙁
Looking good? Pretty normal to me for the most part. But normal at the highest level also required PEDs. It's really not just doping to stay there. Few will ever get to the bottom of the top level without doping
He's done. EF and Jonny Vaughters built their reputations on being squeeky clean. If he comes back at 26, the peloton will have passed him by. Apart from a few shady pro continental teams, no one will want to touch him, because he doesn't have any UCI points. It's too risky.
Since when has Vaughters been clean? Squeaky, yes but he built his career on the hot sauce 💉, he wouldn’t have founded Slipstream without it. This sports fans needs to stop giving praise and defending former dopers.
JV admitted to using EPO himself in "One Way Ticket" during his time at USPS - the Armstrong / Omerta / "everyone is doing it" era - but then joined the crusade to get it and other PEDs banned and cyclists suspended as result, his possible (only) redemption factor. Not so squeaky clean to begin with....
@@stevemccrory9130 I'm well aware. I raced on a pro-conti team in Italy in the late 1980's when drug use was rampant. When I came back to the US to race crits, I found that the drugs were here, too.
That’s pretty bad (four year suspension)… part of me thinks EF was looking to “drop” him anyway when they suspended him w/o pay for taking a (legal) sleeping aid… sounds like there’s more going on in the back office than the front office is admitting… pro cycling doesn’t need anymore drug issues… 🙌🏽
i think there are new drugs avail that work better than all the ones that are listed on the banned substance list... because theres no way athletes can be going faster now than they were during the heydays of EPO while riding clean , but they are according to the current results in the last few seasons and the Giro this yr was the fastest ever in its history.
Where there is money involved there’s always going to be cheating, doping is only one way of cheating. Professional footballers cheat all the time and are allowed to get away with it
The real criminal here is Johnathan Daughters. That thief is quick to takeaway his riders pay and contract. EF is the worst team in the peloton. Goodluck Carapaz trying to accomplish anything with those bums.
He tried to not pay Sergio but he wasn’t having none of it. Piccolo got caught with what 96% of the peloton are already using and more. If you think 🤔 you are watching clean cycling 🧼 performances I don’t know 🤷🏾♂️ what to say to you. Winning TdF clean is like saying I can win Mr. Olympia by eating a healthy diet, 8 plus hours sleep 😴 hard training 🏋️♀️ and having my vitamins and supplements 😂
Piccolo is only 23 years old. Do you think he can overcome this set back?
I am agree with you, perharps cycling is unbalanced cause top pro cyclists do really epic races and nobody says anything about it, and guys like him with HgH is getting faulted. In football soccer, guys like Lionel Messi in his childhood by medical conditions had to do the same, and do you think that it doesnt gave an advantage during his carreer?
No
@cristianfabiancarvajalmanr2647 there are a lot of different types of hgh. Most won't show up on a test. A lot of athletes nearly never cycle off of it if they're using the good stuff. Retroactive tests may wind up being a different story though
He's not enough of a star for a good team to bother signing him after this.
Doping is still a problem in pro cycling, but compared to other sports like the NFL, MLB, NBA it is squeaky clean.
Practically all the pros are in these sports area doping so it's quite equal in that respect.
@@veganpotterthevegan it's not equal at all. The testing in the NFL for example is not random and given six weeks notice......enough time to cycle off. It's a joke compared to cycling.
@@FreeMTrider it's equal because they're all doping. Cyclists don't care about random tests because they know they're going to test negative anyway. Only carelessness gets you caught
Don't forget football. FIFA will never stop the enormous amount of doping from happening.
Doping is still very much part of todays cycling environment.
There is corruption on all
Levels. A lot of the pro teams train in Spain. The Spanish Government doesn’t allow wada or any anti doping agencies to conduct testing at odd hours, on the weekends and only certain hours of the day.
I didn’t know that re: the Spanish government’s restrictions. Wow.
Yes I read that something like from Thursday afternoon to Monday morning no one gets tested . And mon tues wed no one gets tested during sleep time 😅 Altitude training in Spain is very popular with the big teams 😅
That's nothing compared to the NFL and MLB. They give them weeks notice before testing. Six weeks in the NFL.
@@FreeMTrider 🤣
This is sad, wasn’t EF built as an aggressively antidoping team. It’s sketchy that they would allow him to race when they are suspicious of him. EF is my favorite team mainly because they are an American team 🇺🇸, I like their kits and their bikes, they make excellent content, and they participate in a wide range of the sport. It is sad to see but would anyone really be surprised if we found out the entire modern peloton is doped up? 🤷🏽♂️
I’m a fan of EF as well. This could just be a case of bad decision making on Piccolo’s part. Hopefully more information will come out soon.
What a shame. He had been looking good but was that an “enhanced” set of performances? Staying at the top of cycling is a cutthroat business and I guess, some riders feel they need to take these risks to remain there. It’s hard not to sympathise and at the same time, be mightily disappointed 🙁
Looking good? Pretty normal to me for the most part. But normal at the highest level also required PEDs. It's really not just doping to stay there. Few will ever get to the bottom of the top level without doping
That's why you have a motoman to deliver them as needed. You never have it in your possession.
Yea. To be honest, that was the most shocking part of the story when I heard about it.
He's done. EF and Jonny Vaughters built their reputations on being squeeky clean. If he comes back at 26, the peloton will have passed him by. Apart from a few shady pro continental teams, no one will want to touch him, because he doesn't have any UCI points. It's too risky.
Since when has Vaughters been clean? Squeaky, yes but he built his career on the hot sauce 💉, he wouldn’t have founded Slipstream without it. This sports fans needs to stop giving praise and defending former dopers.
JV admitted to using EPO himself in "One Way Ticket" during his time at USPS - the Armstrong / Omerta / "everyone is doing it" era - but then joined the crusade to get it and other PEDs banned and cyclists suspended as result, his possible (only) redemption factor. Not so squeaky clean to begin with....
@@stevemccrory9130 I'm well aware. I raced on a pro-conti team in Italy in the late 1980's when drug use was rampant. When I came back to the US to race crits, I found that the drugs were here, too.
That’s pretty bad (four year suspension)… part of me thinks EF was looking to “drop” him anyway when they suspended him w/o pay for taking a (legal) sleeping aid… sounds like there’s more going on in the back office than the front office is admitting… pro cycling doesn’t need anymore drug issues… 🙌🏽
Yea, I feel that there’s definitely more to this story that we may never know. I feel for the kid though, 23 is super young.
For him, it's wasn't a legal sleeping aid if it's not permitted under his contract
@@SeeSmithTV Likewise… being 23… that “can be” fatal to his career… smh
Nope. He’s done!
Guess he’ll be riding gravel in 2025.
😂too soon bro
😂
i think there are new drugs avail that work better than all the ones that are listed on the banned substance list... because theres no way athletes can be going faster now than they were during the heydays of EPO while riding clean , but they are according to the current results in the last few seasons and the Giro this yr was the fastest ever in its history.
really?!
But hey,they are soo aero today with their bras and socks 😂
I get my doping news from Cycling Highlights , check him out , its pretty damning
He didn't test positive.
neither did lance
@@yeyeTF2 neither did the head doper Indurain.
@@FreeMTrider its almost like you can cheat doping tests or something 🤐
Think he’s just the scapegoat…”see we are tough on anti-doping” blah blah blah
Just let them use. They’re gonna use anyways. It’s never stopped from when it started. Way b4 Armstrong’s time
Where there is money involved there’s always going to be cheating, doping is only one way of cheating. Professional footballers cheat all the time and are allowed to get away with it
The end
It's a larger operation. I'd guess 40%-50% of the pro peleton is doped.
I'd say 100% in the off season
EF Haaaaa!!!!
The real criminal here is Johnathan Daughters. That thief is quick to takeaway his riders pay and contract. EF is the worst team in the peloton. Goodluck Carapaz trying to accomplish anything with those bums.
What? A rider is caught carrying doping and this is your conclusion?
He tried to not pay Sergio but he wasn’t having none of it. Piccolo got caught with what 96% of the peloton are already using and more. If you think 🤔 you are watching clean cycling 🧼 performances I don’t know 🤷🏾♂️ what to say to you. Winning TdF clean is like saying I can win Mr. Olympia by eating a healthy diet, 8 plus hours sleep 😴 hard training 🏋️♀️ and having my vitamins and supplements 😂
Efedrine Free
What a dope
They all cheat the bugged of them all Pogi! 80km breakaway 😂