Keep in mind, the discussion is about if EPO actually helps. Not all of the arguments apply to cycling. For example, the "glycogen management" argument for running a marathon does not apply to cycling. Cyclists can, and do, and must, eat and drink while they cycle, so that they don't experience glycogen depletion during the event. Every runner who has bonked at 32K knows what glycogen mismanagement means. Cycling and running are different for maybe a hundred reasons, if not more.Regarding your fact that a 2:05 guy was caught, what do you want to do with that fact? Do you claim that EPO helped him? Did it help him physically, or mentally? Did it help in training, or in the race? How much? Was it just EPO? Did he also take other drugs? Could he have trained the same without EPO, and get the same result? It's like you said, the only thing we can conclude is that a 2:05 guy was caught. Period.
yyy wrote:
all your arguments apply to cycling as well and there we know doping was rampant. You have a very bad case.
fact is that a 2:05 guy was caught. period.