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MILAN, Feb 11, 2013 - Italy's Olympic Committee (CONI) said Monday it had launched a probe following newspaper allegations that retired cyclist Mario Cipollini was a client of a sports doctor currently on trial in Spain on doping charges. Cipollini, world champion in 2002, was accused Saturday by La Gazzetta dello Sport of being a client of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who is … [Read more...]
ROME, Dec 13, 2012 (AFP) - Former Tour of Italy winner Michele Scarponi was on Thursday banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) over his contacts with Michele Ferrari, the doctor at the centre of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Ferrari is one of several individuals being investigated by prosecutors in Padua. He is accused of being at the centre of a … [Read more...]
TURIN, Italy, Nov 20, 2012 (AFP) - Former Tour of Italy winner Michele Scarponi is facing a three-month ban, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said Tuesday, for infringing rules on consulting prohibited persons. Scarponi is one of many athletes alleged to have consulted with Michele Ferrari, the doctor at the center of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Ferrari is one of several … [Read more...]
ROME, June 19, 2012 (AFP) - Italian rider Filippo Pozzato, who is preparing to compete in the London Olympics, said he was "calm" on Tuesday after appearing before the anti-doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), reports said. CONI said in a statement on Monday that they had summonsed Pozzato to the hearing in Rome to explain "news which has appeared in the press … [Read more...]
ROME, Oct 12, 2011 - The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday recommended a 12-year ban for disgraced cyclist Riccardo Ricco over an apparent self-transfusion. Ricco ended up in hospital in February with kidney problems after apparently trying to give himself a blood transfusion. The incident came to light because he was close to death at one point and the doctor who … [Read more...]
ROME, Sept 5, 2011 (AFP) - An investigation into banned Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco concluded that he did perform a blood transfusion on himself, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported on Monday. According to witness statements collected by police in Modena and seen by the paper, the 27-year-old carried out the transfusion on February 6 and was subsequently hospitalized with kidney … [Read more...]
ROME, Aug 2, 2011 (AFP) - Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego and former world champion Alessandro Ballan have been called before the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor. Both Cunego, who finished seventh in last month's Tour de France, and Ballan, world champion in 2008, are accused of having consumed doping products. The charges relate to an investigation … [Read more...]
ROME, June 10, 2011 (AFP) - Controversial Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was on Friday suspended by his country's national Olympic committee's (CONI) anti-doping body, a source said. The ban applies to events inside Italy as well as abroad. The 27-year-old Ricco had already been suspended on Wednesday by the Italian cycling federation on health grounds, four months after he went … [Read more...]
PARIS, Feb 19, 2011 - Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was sacked by his Vacansoleil team on Saturday for breaking team regulations, according to a statement released by the Dutch team. The 27-year-old had been called to explain himself to the team management after the Italian climbing specialist aroused suspicion when he was admitted to hospital last week suffering from a suspected … [Read more...]
PARIS, Feb 10, 2011 (AFP) - World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey has described as "tragic" the case of Riccardo Ricco, the Italian rider taken to hospital after a self-administered blood transfusion. Ricco fell ill during training for his Vacansoleil team last Sunday. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has opened an investigation into the affair. "I'm very disappointed, it's … [Read more...]