Chris Horner Champion of the Vuelta

And the doping stories begin. I really, really hope this comes to nothing as it was a great race by Horner.

And pulmonary embolism survivor to boot! 

Edited by ChrisM 2013-09-17 12:15 AM

I read yesterday in VeloNews that Horner is still without a contract for 2014

Looks like there may be some issues with Horner's biopassport. I would like to believe that cycling is cleaner now but without a housecleaning, I'm afraid there are too many from the old guard left with control.

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15660/Bio-passport-expert-raises-...

Shane

Unfortunately I think that we are probably at that point for most but since I believe the bio passport has had an impact on the sport (may not be clean but I think that it is cleaner) I prefer to hope that what we see on the road is not pharmacologically inhanced.

I'll be interested to see if the irregularities are echoed by others and what the end result may be. At this point I would be surprised by sanctions but I also think it is unlikely that Horner will get a contract for next year and just quietly retires.

Of course there is also the fact that it is rumoured that Horner was one of the redacted names in the Armstrong reasoned descision so I'm far from shocked that irregularities have been identified.

Shane