WADA control GP's.. What a Joke

They were just testing for that so they know who to party with

rmoto003 wrote:

They were just testing for that so they know who to party with

lol.

rmoto003 wrote:

They were just testing for that so they know who to party with

Seems legit

Holy crap, it appears the WADA threshold is 0.10% which is higher than the common limit of 0.08% in the U.S. to be considered DUI.

What am I missing here?

Probably saw Dungey with his secret hidden bottle of booze and are now cracking down

Well, an Australian Speedway rider a year or so back, got done for Alcohol. I'd bet that in the past, a fair few 'hell raisers' in MX have been still a bit pissed before Sundays Moto's.

Hell I like my beverages, but, Alcohol is the most commonly abused drug of all.

You've just had a bloke in the 450 class in Flat Track get nailed for Marijuana in the US.

Just before the '98 World MTB Championships that I raced in, they made a Big thing about targeting Marijuana in DHers. Fair enough, I shared the mountains with far too many stoned wankers in racing, and their antics pissed me off - there's a time and place for such things, and it's not on vicious DH tracks. But, this was all while EPO was rampant, and they ignored it, targeting Dope and Downhillers for headlines / distraction. I, and others in the Chateau Monte Saint Anne were kept up through the nights by the incessant door opening and closing, and the pitter patter of weedy XC riders feet when so many of them had to get up and ride the rollers to avoid carking it in their sleep - a noted risk of EPO abuse.

Bidirella wrote:

WADA tested some riders in Mexico and Italy last weekend. And for what? Alcohol..!! What a joke. Like lets take some alcohol for some speed or better fitness

I would assume they are testing them more from a safety standpoint, not from a performance enhancement standpoint.

-captain obvious

DavetheVintageGuy wrote:

Holy crap, it appears the WADA threshold is 0.10% which is higher than the common limit of 0.08% in the U.S. to be considered DUI.

What am I missing here?

That 0.1g/l is equal to 0.01 bac.

I simply thought WADA was there to police for performance enhancing drugs, but last time I checked alcohol was about as performance enhancing as chloroform.

By the sounds of some of the story's , a lot of riders in the 90s would have failed this , and even a champ in the 00s would have failed

DanDunes818 wrote:

I simply thought WADA was there to police for performance enhancing drugs, but last time I checked alcohol was about as performance enhancing as chloroform.

Alcohol was actually one of the first PEDs used in the Tour de France.

Bidirella wrote:

WADA tested some riders in Mexico and Italy last weekend. And for what? Alcohol..!! What a joke. Like lets take some alcohol for some speed or better fitness

They're doing it for a reason.... they didn't just decide to test guys for alcohol for nothing. This may be their way of saying, "we've heard rumors so stop the bull shit or you'll get caught."

Racing drunk is just as dangerous to yourself and fellow competitors as driving drunk, good on them for stepping up.

How stupid can these people get? Mxers can't drink and ride, 1 they be more dehydrated drinking alcohol.

Freestyle on the other hand......

kkawboy14 wrote:

How stupid can these people get? Mxers can't drink and ride, 1 they be more dehydrated drinking alcohol.

Freestyle on the other hand......

0:57 mark

kkawboy14 wrote:

How stupid can these people get? Mxers can't drink and ride, 1 they be more dehydrated drinking alcohol.

Freestyle on the other hand......

line-up wrote:

0:57 mark

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That wouldn't have registered on any meter.

agn5009 wrote:

They're doing it for a reason.... they didn't just decide to test guys for alcohol for nothing. This may be their way of saying, "we've heard rumors so stop the bull shit or you'll get caught."

Bingo.

agn5009 wrote:

They're doing it for a reason.... they didn't just decide to test guys for alcohol for nothing. This may be their way of saying, "we've heard rumors so stop the bull shit or you'll get caught."

Xeno wrote:

For the record...I shot that photo of Chad at the Supercross post-season party on a year that he'd won the title. When I did, I didn't realize there was a tradition of one person bringing a bottle of Jack, and walking it around to all the top riders for them to grab a pull off of it.

Save it for your tell-all book, Gibby!

Didn't the press release say for rider safety rather than performance enhancing? I guess that comes under their remit, I mean cannabis could hardly be considered performance enhancing but they test for that on safety grounds.

Joel Robert just went "whew!"

When was the last time they tested any AMA pro SX riders? Oh it was James?

Xeno wrote:

GuyB wrote:

For the record...I shot that photo of Chad at the Supercross post-season party on a year that he'd won the title. When I did, I didn't realize there was a tradition of one person bringing a bottle of Jack, and walking it around to all the top riders for them to grab a pull off of it.

Gross!

Xeno wrote:

GuyB wrote:

For the record...I shot that photo of Chad at the Supercross post-season party on a year that he'd won the title. When I did, I didn't realize there was a tradition of one person bringing a bottle of Jack, and walking it around to all the top riders for them to grab a pull off of it.

Chad has TUE for that.

liquid courage makes you take more risks and last longer...makes sense