Is Doping Rife In Amateur Racing?
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I just assume that everyone who beats me in a bike race is on drugs.
2 things that improve performance and are legal? 1. Genetics / Talent. 2. Training 🙂
The Roadman Podcast makes some really good points on this: The race in question is a very difficult race which always has a high DNF rate. Many of the riders who DNF in amateur races are concerned because the test picks up marijuana which is not a performance enhancer but can cause them to be suspended for up to four years as well as possibly causing them problems with their employers and other situations outside of bike racing.
I thought his comments were literally the stupidest thing I have ever heard, Weed? Really? That's the excuse he wants to project on these drug cheats? I don't believe it.
It's on the WADA list of prohibited in competition season. Allowed during off season.
And they massively increased the threshold of what is considered positive. So WADA became already very lenient.
I don't buy your excuse.
A lot of these old cycling geazers are on testosterone. Something that age and lots of endurance sport will tank.
There's some posts on Reddit about it or comments of some older middle-aged men when an older guy can't perform, "just take T, happens to me too. You'll feel better."
At one race, control showed up. They caught several Masters racers that were on EPO/CERA. Why? Maybe pride. The purse was only USD 50 for the top three.
Prayer hand thumbnail for the win baby 🤣🤣🤣!
Doping to win an amateur race indicates a seriously flawed character
Never do an FTP over/under workout until at least the second cup of coffee. I live by the rule of keeping it under 300 watts until I have had a cup or two.
I find it hilarious to think there’s some 4th cat out there doping
PED’s a rife in every amateur sport. Local MMA fights is the most shocking
Did you see the Roadman podcast, where he said that the reason they all pulled out was because 98% probably smoked a bit of weed a few weeks before the event. Honestly this was the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
For sure not just amateur
The problem is disenchantment ..... it damages the sport 😢
But all the pros are clean 😂😂😂
All right to have opinion. But get more info, knowledge and and "meat on the bone" if you dicuss it. Otherwise it sounds just like nonsense rambling.
Btw there are very few clean natural cyclists, and non of them are competing.
Before getting pro... guys run amateur races. That's why they dope? To get results and eventually getting to pro?
Non-pros (e.g. "bodybuilders) take drugs just to look "good." It's not at all a stretch to think amateur cyclists would take a lil testosterone to be more competitive on their club rides, especially if they're older riders. Doctors are often eager to prescribe it to older male patients.
I'd love to see all pro athletes dope and not provide them with any healthcare, but it's just unfair to those who can't afford it. The problem is, it's too difficult to control doping and I'm of the opinion that they don't want to catch the top guys because it would be a blemish on the sports' reputation. Nobody is going to convince me that all the top pro cyclists don't dope though, not a chance.
There are a few guys on my local group ride who are doping, it's crazy. You're so egotistical that you're willing to risk your health to be part of the A group rather than the B group on a local group ride? It's just insane.
Honnest question:
Does cannabis show on those tests? Considering in some countries is illegal to consume it, so riders who use cannabis wouldn't show up 😅
Don't be lazy and google WADA and weed.
Riding bikes isn't a sport obviously if everyone is on drugs
I'm an ex amateur masters racer. I quit racing because of the doping. Guys I raced fairly even with for a few years, sometimes beating, sometimes not, would show for a race 20lbs heavier and beat me by minutes. Guys winning in my area got busted for doping. Club guys would tell me "Yep, I have been found to have low T and now I am taking it...". So WTF is the reason to keep racing when the only way to even hang on is to use drugs? Or you finish a race back from the winners and think "Wonder if he's drugging?" and there's a high probability that it's the case.
Why are you always sniffing your fingers?
I'm not, I'm picking my nose.