Cabin wrote:Joel wrote: hmmm to early to make a call i reckon, this is a good quote from the company owner.... to blame the company this early on is jumping the gun a tad.cyclingnews article on hammer lawsuit wrote:However, company owner Brian Frank did reveal his feelings on the matter to Triathlete Magazine saying, "We have hundreds, if not thousands of athletes that take our products. The fact that three used them and got caught up in false positives for nornadrostendione is a stretch. The suit has been filed in Orange County, and we'll be defending it under product liability defense. It's odd their lawyer is sending out releases, trying us in the court of public opinion. We've been making products for 21 years, with athletes like Scott Tinley and Scott Molina using them without fail. It's unfortunate. We've seen Tyler (Hamilton), all these athletes that will do or say anything to clear their name. With this there's no basis whatsoever."
Specific to Neben, Frank told Triathlete Magazine: "She also claims contamination, but they had 14 products tested, and all of them tested negative. That was one of the most tested teams in the U.S. We were supplying them through Mike [Engleman's] (U.S. Women's Cycling Development Program director and founder) women's development team, which was also the T-Mobile team, so not T-Mobile per se. But the funny thing is she tested positive at a race in Quebec. All her team-mates were tested and using the same product out of the same containers, and none of them tested positive."
Although, of the thousands of athletes using their products, how many are likely to be drug tested? Probably not many of them. Perhaps there are thousands of amateur athletes in North America flying due to some hormones inadvertantly ingested through their electrolyte supplement?
has there been a increase of riders moving into experts while using the hammer products? 
mob: I'm no official. But I've always been told that the timing starts on the gun, and the first mat is to clock everyone as being out on the course - so they can then be checked back in at the end.
