Here Come the Warm Jets

Thanks to SamIam for the heads up on this one. .
 
http://www.lemonde.fr/sports/article/2009/07/27/une-nouvelle-generation-d-epo-suspectee_1223033_3242.html
 
Contrary to the 2008 Tour, the 2009 Tour has been achieved without the slightest hint of a positive.  Should we conclude that the 96th Grande Boucle was raced on pure water as well?
 
Pierre Bordy, president of the AFLD, doesn't believe so:  "There were presumably blood transfustions," he stated to Le Monde.  The president of the AFLD also said, "the evidence of two new products that were used during the Tour, two medicines that are not yet on the market."  According to the information, one of the two substances would be hematide, a third generation epo which allows maintenance of the hemoglobin level.
 
Still in clinical trials, this medicine, which isn't due to be on the market until 2011, is already on the list of forbidden substances by the (AMA) World Antidoping Agency.  The other medicine would be l'Aicar, a product that works on muscular tissues and permits the burning of fat.  "I was struck by the thinness of certain riders," notes Pierre Bordry.  The tests (protocols) of detection of these two products will be ready by September-October meaning a positive test for cera from last year's Tour could be coming out in a few weeks 
 
The AFLD is going to retest samples on fifteen riders from last year's Tour; some of them had markedly better performances last year compared to this year.  And finally AFLD made discoveries from the garbage of certain teams.  "We found medicines like products used to make insulin which is normally used for diabetics," indicated Pierre Bordry.
 
http://www.liberation.fr/sports/0101581939-contador-du-kerosene-dans-les-veines