EPO, the alleged performance enhancing drug (PED) of choice of former Tour de France 7 time champ Lance Armstrong, does not work, study shows

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July 2, 2017

                                    Study Participants Climbing up Mt. Ventoux, one of toughest climb
                                                          at Tour de France

                                        Lance Armstrong -   not a cheat after all? What happens next

From The Telegraph UK - EPO which cost Lance Armstrong 7 TDF titles does not work

Fellow kapadyaks were discussing that EPO (erythropoietin) the  drug of choice of former 7 times champ of Tour de France Lance Armstrong does not work, study shows. Lance was stripped of his title and faces the possibility of $100 million lawsuit from the US govt (UPS one of Lance sponsors)   The experiment, which involved riding up the famous difficult  Mt. Ventoux . The control group which took the placebo (no EPO)  actually rode faster than the EPO group

This is in stark contrast to a 2007 study from Sports Scientists which shows 50% increase in performance by athletes using EPO.

EPO is hormone  that enhances the production of RBC is risky because the athlete can develop clots and strokes and other fatal health problems

Experts think that the placebo effect that the drug was working was more psychological than real, after all. for Lance and other users, according to Adam Cohen, the first author of this study

What is the implication of the result of this study?   Will EPO use be allowed in athletic competition once again?  Will the ruling bodies of the cycling association restore the titles to Lance Armstrong?  Once again the halo on Lance head, the crown is beginning to reappear?

                                             No longer the correct image?