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Disgraced Di Luca Handed Handed Fine And Two-Year Ban
ROME, Feb 1, 2010 (AFP) – Italian Danilo Di Luca was handed a two-year doping ban and a hefty fine by the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI) on Monday.
Di Luca, the 2007 Tour of Italy champion, finished second to Russia’s Denis Menchov in a thrilling finish to [...]
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- Prosecutor Asks For Three-Year Doping Ban For Di Luca
December 17th, 2009Italy’s anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping tribunal to hit former Tour of Italy winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban.
Di Luca tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO twice during May’s Tour of Italy, in which he finished second behind Russian Denis [...] - Bosisio Pleads Innocence In Doping Case
November 23rd, 2009ROME, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio pleaded his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee’s Anti-doping prosecutor on Monday.
The 29-year-old LPR rider was caught by an out-of-competition test in September which detected traces of the banned blood-booster EPO.
“I’ve never taken EPO and I repeat that I am innocent,” [...] - Season Over For Embattled Vuelta Champion Valverde
October 5th, 2009PARIS, Oct 3, 2009 (AFP) – Tour of Spain champion Alejandro Valverde has brought his season to a premature end admitting he needs rest before beginning to plan his race objectives for next season.
Valverde was due to compete in the Paris-Bourges race on Thursday and the Paris-Tours one-day classic [...] - Italian Cyclist Cucinotta Suspended For Doping
September 11th, 2009ROME, Sept 11, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Annalisa Cucinotta was suspended for two years for doping by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Friday.
Track cyclist Cucinotta, 23, tested positive for an anabolic steroid in December 2008 during a World Cup race in Colombia. - No Tour de France For Valverde
June 23rd, 2009PARIS, June 23, 2009 (AFP) – Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday.
His absence removes a potentially embarrassing stand-off as the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from racing in Italy for [...] - Valverde Appeals To CAS Over Doping Ban
June 19th, 2009GENEVA, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed against a doping ban imposed by Italian authorities last month, world sport’s top court said on Friday.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) last month banned Valverde from racing in Italy for two years due to his alleged involvement [...] - Valverde Facing Down The Barrell Of Two Year UCI Ban
June 10th, 2009PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde faces a worldwide two-year doping ban if cycling’s world ruling body the UCI acts upon vital evidence, which has still be received from the Italian sporting authorities.
Spaniard ace Valverde has been effectively ruled out of this year’s Tour de France after [...] - Alejandro Valverde Fighting His Italian Doping Ban
May 26th, 2009Spain’s Alejandro Valverde said Tuesday he has filed a court complaint for “irregular conduct” against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of his fight against an Italian doping ban.
Earlier this month CONI’s anti-doping tribunal suspended the 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider from competing [...] - Valverde Rails At ‘Injustice’ After Catalonia Win
May 24th, 2009MADRID, May 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday.
The 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider was recently banned from competing in Italy for two years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) [...] - ‘Thanks, but no thanks’, Danes tell Valverde
May 14th, 2009COPENHAGEN, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde, who has been banned from racing in Italy after being implicated in the Operation Puerto doping scandal, was on Thursday told that he was also not welcome in Denmark.
Valverde “will not be welcome on the Tour of Denmark if [...] - Valverde Banned From Racing In Italy For Two Years
May 11th, 2009ROME, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – T- The anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde from competing on Italian soil for two years, the Ansa news agency announced.
Valverde, who was not present at the hearing, was punished for his role in [...] - Valverde To Take Legal Action Against CONI Prosecutor
May 6th, 2009MADRID, May 6, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde announced on Wednesday that he is bringing a lawsuit against Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri.
“Mr Torri acts, in a repeatedly obstinate manner, with total disregard for the Spanish legal authorities, refusing to submit to the decision [...] - Coni Confirm Rebellin’s Positive Dope Test
April 29th, 2009ROME, April 29, 2009 (AFP) – The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday confirmed that cyclist Davide Rebellin was under investigation for doping due to a positive test returned at last year’s Olympics.
The 37-year-old, who earlier this month won the prestigious Fleche Wallonne race, tested for the new generation of EPO, [...] - Spanish Judge Blocks Release Of Valverde Samples From Doping Affair
April 18th, 2009MADRID, April 18, 2009 (AFP) – The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) said Saturday a judge has again refused to hand over blood samples that could prove whether Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde is guilty of doping.
The federation said it was in “total and absolute disagreement” with the ruling by Judge [...] - Italian Prosecutor Demanding Two-Year Ban For Valverde
April 1st, 2009ROME, April 1, 2009 (AFP) – Italian National Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri on Wednesday called for Alejandro Valverde, embroiled in a Spanish blood doping probe, to be suspended for two years.
Last month, Spaniard Valverde, nicknamed The Green Bullet, told an Italian anti-doping hearing he had not [...] - Operation Puerto – Blood Sample Is Valverde’s, Say CONI
February 19th, 2009by Barnaby Chesterman
ROME, Feb 19, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri said on Thursday that a blood sample found in the laboratory central to the Operation Puerto scandal belongs to Alejandro Valverde.
Torri made his claim following a hearing attended by the Spanish Caisse d’Epargne [...] - Coni Describes Spanish Court’s Valverde Objections As “Groundless”
February 18th, 2009ROME, Feb 18, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s appearance before the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) to face doping charges has been kept for Thursday after describing a Spanish court’s objections to the proceedings as “groundless.”
Valverde’s summons in Rome to question the rider has been kept for 1600GMT on Thursday, [...] - CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
February 11th, 2009The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday summoned Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde to face charges of doping or attempting to dope in relation to the infamous ‘Operation Puerto’ affair.
The Caisse D’Epargne rider has been asked to appear before Coni at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on Monday.
Coni said [...] - Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing
August 8th, 2008ROME, Aug 8, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella admitted to taking
the banned blood booster EPO at an Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) hearing
here on Friday.
After the hearing, in which he and Italian women’s cyclist Marta
Bastianelli were banned from all competitions, Sella issued a statement in
which he admitted taking the drug.
[...] - Coni Bans Bastianelli and Sella From All Competitions
August 7th, 2008ROMA, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drugs tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday.
The ban means Bastianelli, 21, the 2007 women’s race race world champion, will miss the Beijing [...] - Riccardo Ricco Suspended by Coni
July 31st, 2008ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco was on
Thursday suspended by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping
tribunal after admitting to using the banned blood-booster EPO.
Ricco has kicked off the Tour de France, and subsequently sacked by his
Saunier-Duval team, after testing positive following the fourth stage
time-trial.
He [...] - Leonardo Piepoli Denies Doping At Coni Hearing
July 31st, 2008ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had
“denied everything” following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic
Committee (Coni) on Thursday.
Piepoli was heard just a day after his former Saunier-Duval team-mate
Ricardo Ricco, who admitted to using EPO.
Ricco was kicked out of the Tour de France [...] - Riccardo Ricco Mans Up And Admits To Using EPO
July 30th, 2008ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive dope test on the Tour de France.
Ricco, who had won two stages, was kicked off the Tour after testing [...] - Marta Bastianelli To Face Coni On August 5
July 30th, 2008ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month.
The 21-year-old has been kicked off the Italian Olympic team but protested her innocence, claiming she had inadvertently consumed [...] - World Champion Italian Cyclist Marta Bastianelli Tests Positive For Banned Substance
July 28th, 2008ROME, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa on Monday.
Bastianelli tested positive for the stimulant in a control run by the International Cycling Union (UCI) during the [...] - Riccardo Ricco To Face Coni At Month’s End
July 23rd, 2008ROME, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco is to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) at the end of the month, Italian news agency Ansa said on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old became one of the major attractions of this year’s Tour de France when he [...] - Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
April 8th, 2008ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for his involvement in the “Oil for Drug” affair, the FCI said on Tuesday.
The FCI also banned 28-year-old former Ceramica [...]
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