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Doping, Comebacks and a Man Named Contador
by Justin Davis
PARIS, Dec 20, 2008 (AFP) - History was made, new talents were revealed as drugs cheats and one of sport’s biggest names, Lance Armstrong, decided to emerge from retirement to show rivals ten years his junior a trick or two.
In all, 2008 was another [...]
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- Tour de France Podium Finisher Bernard Kohl Admits To Doping
October 15th, 2008VIENNA, Oct 15, 2008 (AFP) - Austria’s Bernhard Kohl, the best climber at this year’s Tour de France and third overall, admitted Wednesday to using Cera, the new generation of banned blood booster EPO.
Kohl’s admission, reported by Austrian state television and news site oe24.at, comes 48 hours after [...] - Giro d’Italia Chiefs Will Not Test Retroactively For CERA
October 10th, 2008ROME, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan said he will not retroactively test samples from the 2008 race in a bid to weed out possible users of CERA, the latest generation of the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin).
According to Gazzetta dello Sport on Friday, Zomegnan [...]
- Manufacturer of CERA Helped WADA Develope CERA Drug Test
October 9th, 2008The manufacturer of the third generation EPO, CERA, is helping the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) test for the illegal use of the drug by athletes. Roche Holding AG said that it has collaborated with WADA since 2004. “We were very pleased that this collaboration with WADA has been productive,” Roche spokeswoman Claudia Schmitt told the [...]
- More Scandal For Tour de France As Ricco Tests Positive
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday after Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for banned substances.
Ricco, who won two climbing stages last week, was taken into custody by French police amid [...]
