Or more accurately, “non-negative”, though if it’s not negative, there’s really only one thing it could be. According to Cyclingnews, the non-negative A sample came from Stage 20, in which Heras rode a blistering TT, coming in second and expanding his lead over Denis Menchov. He could, of course, still be exonerated by a clean B sample.
For you optimists out there, it’s important to note that the EPO must have been taken no more than 3-4 days (scroll down) before the positive sample, and would not have taken effect for 2-3 weeks (updated link 12/14 | scroll down) after it was first injected, meaning that Heras’ season would have been over before its effects were felt.
that contradicts the micro dosing theoryy. That is, if he had enough in his system, and his crit was high enough, he just needed a little boost to maintain it.
Drat, Cosmo, I just got the news and hoped I could scoop you, but you’re too fast.
If not negative, could be undecided or undetermined! In math, zero is both non-negative and non-positive… In this case the WADA approved test result is non-negative because only the A-sample is in. [++] is positive, [–] is negative, [+-] or [-+] is neither but in effect negative. Actually, [-+] wouldn’t occur because the B-sample is not used if the A-sample is negative.