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[shadbolt]

Frank Schleck tests positive.

[geronimo]

Frank Schleck tests positive.

wow is that true? when was the sample taken?

[shadbolt]

wow is that true? when was the sample taken?

If you click on the link you'll be able to read all about it .

[Mud]

Frank Schleck tests positive.

Performance-enhancing drugs? I'd ask for my money back if I was him.

[PeteS]

I don't think there's room for them both in the same team. But apparently Froome just signed a v lucrative contract, which presumably would cost somebody a lot to release him from.

BBC: "Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins has promised to support Chris Froome's attempts to win the famous race."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/18877975

well there's the answer to that one!

[PeteS]

Frank Schleck tests positive.

Earlier, the UCI said in a statement 32-year-old Schleck had been informed of an "Adverse Analytical Finding (presence of the diuretic Xipamide based on the report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Chatenay-Malabry) in the urine sample collected from him at an in competition test at the Tour de France on 14 July 2012".

Xipamide, a diuretic, is normally used for the treatment of oedema and hypertension. RadioShack said the substance "was not present in any of the medicine that the team uses".

Because Xipamide falls into a special category of substances under the World Anti Doping Code called 'Specified Substances', Schleck has a chance to prove his innocence. The UCI explained: "The UCI Anti-Doping Rules do not provide for a provisional suspension given the nature of the substance, which is a specified substance."

Diuretics are not considered performance-enhancing but can be used to help riders lose weight, and therefore perform better in the tough mountain stages of the race. More ominously, they can also conceal the presence of a banned drug by helping to flush it from the body through increased urination.

[Deadlegs]

Anyone a bit worried about Froome? Almost come from nowhere, can pace Wiggins and still look as if he could ride away from him, disease of the red blood cells. Probably nothing but that's what decades of watching cycling does for you.

[dominion]

Anyone a bit worried about Froome? Almost come from nowhere, can pace Wiggins and still look as if he could ride away from him, disease of the red blood cells. Probably nothing but that's what decades of watching cycling does for you.

Comes from the same place as all the Kenyan greats?

[Stagger]

Its not about Wiggo & Froome its about who Dave says the team have to support.
If they had competed at lone riders my money would still be on Wiggo.

[Derby Tup]

Frank Schleck tests positive.

It's all very well testing the riders for performance enhancing drugs but has anyone tested them for elan and panache?