Beijing b-tests

by Gemma on Jul 7, 2009 5:21 PM EDT

In case anyone was wondering what happened to this story... Reports coming out of Germany (specifically in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) say that the results of the B samples of the 5 athletes from Beijing who tested positive after samples were retested (inc Stefan Schumacher and road race silver medallist Davide Rebellin) have also all come back positive. Lawyers for the 5 have apparently met to plan their strategies re appeals to CAS. Schumacher's lawyer seemingly trying the whole 'procedural error' line as apparently that can be the only reason all 5 A & B tests were positive (not because the people involved actually, you know, cheated!)

No official comment from anywhere from what I've been able to find so far, but news article here :

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Wow this is big news. I take it there’s no way of retroactively getting Gilbert on the LBL podium? Is there anything anywhere about results since the positive being dismissed?

And I guess Cancellara now gets olympic silver? Who was 4th again? A. Schleck was 5th if I remember right?

by plinytheelder on Jul 7, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions

Kolobnev?

I think, but I’m too lazy to look it up

"I get paid to hurt other people. How good is that? How good is that?
I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, that's good." Jens!

by jsallee00 on Jul 7, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Yah sounds right. I’m a lazy bastard myself! ;)

by plinytheelder on Jul 7, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah Kolobnev would get bronze

and poor Andy would be in the awful Olympic bridesmaid position of 4th.

And it would mean Saxo got 4 out of 6 mens road race medals – nice and shiny for them.

by Gemma on Jul 7, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Sadly not I wouldn’t think – not seen anything to that effect certainly. Not much news on this at all at the moment mind, guess we’ll have to see what TPTB say when it’s all official like.

by Gemma on Jul 7, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

The real question is at what point, if ever, will Schumi just STFU...

…go crawl in a hole somehwere, and hopefully not emerge for several decades.

There’s nothing quite like trying to maintain an implausible denial in the face of overwhelming evidence to make slimy cheating shits even less palatable than they ordinarily would be.

by Ed K on Jul 7, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions