{"id":217,"date":"2012-07-17T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T19:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2012-07-17T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T19:22:11","slug":"more-drama-at-le-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"More Drama at Le Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was just announced that Frank Schleck has tested positive for the banned diuretic Xipamide.<\/p>\n<p>Diuretics aren&#8217;t technically performance enhancing drugs in the traditional sense, but can be used to reduce weight which can help a rider go faster, especially in the mountains. The B-sample has yet to be tested but it is expected that Frank Schleck will be suspended immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Schleck_Frank_LeopardProfile11.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218\" title=\"Schleck_Frank_LeopardProfile11\" src=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Schleck_Frank_LeopardProfile11.jpeg\" alt=\"Frank Schleck\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Schleck_Frank_LeopardProfile11.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Schleck_Frank_LeopardProfile11-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was just announced that Frank Schleck has tested positive for the banned diuretic Xipamide. Diuretics aren&#8217;t technically performance enhancing drugs in the traditional sense, but can be used to reduce weight which can help a rider go faster, especially in the mountains. The B-sample has yet to be tested but it is expected that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[8],"tags":[10,9],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michael.westapher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}