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Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing
ROME, 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.
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Previous Stories
- 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 [...]
