I know it's an old joke by now. . .
Thor Hushovd had his arm gashed at the finish of yesterday's stage, resulting in the loss of quite a bit of blood. I wonder how hard the Tour doctors had to look for some fresh blood?
For those who may not be familiar:
Police searching apartments and clinics used by members of the doping ring reportedly found anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, the endurance-boosting substance EPO and about 100 bags of frozen blood, many marked in a secret code that identified professional cyclists.
The blood doping reportedly involved drawing oxygen-rich blood at high altitudes to obtain a concentrate of red blood cells, then injecting them back into riders before a race to boost endurance.
My only question is if the bags were marked in a secret code, and one of the bags was marked 'Jan', either these guys suck at creating secret codenames, or the Spanish police weren't given the memo that secret codenames are being used and someone is letting Ulrich take the fall by using his name as the codename.