Velonews had this article today about some just regular masters racer from Michigan, Neal Schubel, that was busted from EPO use. My assumption is that he was involved with the Joe Papp internet deal, but I really don’t know. Man, if you look at the guys results here, he must of been drinking the stuff and not injecting it. I’m not sure why he would be using EPO? Maybe the guy was just interested in seeing how fast he could go if he “prepared” like the PROs do. I don’t know. If this is the Joe Papp deal, it’s too bad that they can catch the little masters racer and the guys that are on PRO teams get away through arbitration.

Neal posted his explanation here on facebook. Sounds pretty reasonable. I guess he probably should of relinquished his license at the time of his little test. And the numbers done lie.

“I’m taking this new Chinese “vitamin” that allows me to commute to work 8 minutes faster And I can keep up with the guys on the weekend group ride.”

for purchasing EPO and IGF. You can read about it here. Or here. I can’t believe these guys. I’ve raced with Chuck on and off for the past whatever years. I’ve raced the Tour of Southland in New Zealand a few times when he was there. This year, at the Tour of Lawrence, I got into a break with Chuck and could barely stay on him as he pulled nearly a full lap. It totally demoralized me for the rest of the race. Now he’s caught up in the Joe Papp deal. He was going good, but he must be a shitty athlete in general, because if he was using that stuff correctly, he could have been winning some bigger races than he was. I guess it shows that these guys aren’t brain surgeons. I once wrote that I could identify everyone that was “super charged” at any given race. I think I have to amend that statement to something like, “I can identify every GOOD rider that is on drugs at any given race”.

And here is a link to Chuck’s explanation. This doesn’t sound plausible at all. Not at all.