I read recently that Lance Armstrong came up with the 'idea' of injecting into the lip and inside the mouth so the holes couldn't be seen by anyone ... Nothing if not creative ..
Nothing new, junkies have been doing that for years if not decades. His whole thing with EPO wasn't masking agents or anything of the sort, it was simple math of knowing the lifespan of the drug when in the system.
Team Sky is basically a less blatant and more sophisticated version of US Postal. Here's a good article about that. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/05/team-sky-report-david-brailsford-inquiry
Is the dam about to break with Team Sky? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...richard-freeman-medical-tribunal-testosterone
Would prefer it were related to cycling, though I get it can lead to athletes in general. Just don't want link dumps on anyone in any sport who is suspected or is busted for PEDs.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...alified-tour-de-france-positive-tramadol-test Nairo Quintana disqualified from 2022 Tour de France after tramadol positive Positive test infringes UCI rules but is not a doping violation
So he loses a sixth place from his palmares but is not ineligible for future races. Makes a ton of sense.