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The French are not afraid to arrest someone and jail them on suspicion alone. They did this post-Festina, with riders, managers and doctors being locked up. That shit resonated within French sport, look up Napoleonic Code and "presumption of guilt" to understand.
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MXGP hasnt had a big name testing positive for a while now, but in the early 2000s they were way to common with big names like Bartolini, Federici, Coppins etc . Before Stewart, we didnt really hear anything at all about positive drug tests in the US.
But I´m sure you have some insights to share.
and the FIM has checked riders in the world championships much longer than anyone in the states has, in-fact, drug testing only came into the US when FIM got involved in SX after the AMA/JAM Sports Fiasco, the AMA MX nationals took a while later before they came onboard with testing,
i agree the FIM has been hopeless with drug follow ups and length of time it takes to issue penalties, , but it has been on everyone incl Road racers, not just US supercross riders, the insinuation by some US based reporter that its an ANTI US thing has not basis IMO,
also, the fact that FIM uses WADA and the olympic model and the long penalties is a huge issue too IMO, but one that is unlikely to change either,
and PS, most of the 1st world has free speech, and everyone that posts on a MX forum would,
BINGO! I hit on the row of, Tomac vs Herlings, US vs Mxgp, Stewart retirement, and creepy dude cleaning boots! I win!!!
In my mind there is just no way someone in the GP's hasn't tested bad for something unless they just are not testing.
Pit Row
The First amendment applies to government censorship of speech, it holds no sway over what can or cannot be said on an internet message board.
At least you do a good job of showing people your level of education so that people can take your opinions with a grain of salt.
How embarrassing.
Throwing shade on the riders of MXGP is lame - they're just as gnarly (and arguably faster in outdoors) as the US-based guys, and they race just as much with their domestic series (in between MXGP). Luongo is a scumbag, but I've not seen any reputable sources with evidence that he is somehow influencing WADA testing over there.
That being said, the conjecture I've heard about masking drugs and PED tech being several generations ahead of the enforcement bodies' ability to detect and enforce is something to think about. If you've got millions of dollars, euros, etc. at stake then there is an obvious incentive to gain an edge.
I just don't think pointing to a specific series or rider(s) is cool without any evidence.
Free speech doesn't exist in other countries as it does here.
My post was about Chris's understanding of the First Amendment and how this is a reflection of how much research goes into the things he says: not much.
US season:
17 supercross + 12 nationals =
29 race days
47 motos/main events
GP racers season: (using Herlings as an example)
20 GPs + 4 Dutch Masters + 3 Italian Championships =
47 race days
64 motos
If you take Nagl instead, you could also add in another 5-7 days and 10-12 motos to that to do the German ADAC series too, just as an example.
Hell, I'm probably missing a whole bunch of races too. I'm sure they probably do the Belgian series when they can too.
Anyway, my point is that there is zero evidence to cast any doping suspicion toward the run of French MXoN wins. If we do that then the USA has to be the biggest PED users with their streaks from 1981-93 and 2005-2011.
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