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Dekker - A Young Talent Gone Bad?
Written by: Myles McCorry
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DEKKER:
At the World Championships in Varese last Autumn Thomas Dekker’s agent was trying hard to secure his rider a contract for the 2009 season. The reasons for Dekkers removal from the Rabobank squad last year are still unclear. Dekker said it was due to his non selection for the Tour de France, [...]
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- Thomas Dekker Tests Positive For EPO And Is Out Of 2009 Tour de France
July 1st, 2009BRUSSELS, July 1, 2009 (AFP) - Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France three days before the start after testing positive for the banned blood-booster EPO, his Silence team announced Wednesday.
The sample was originally taken on December 24, 2007, but Silence said that [...] - 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 [...] - The Scandalised Professional Cyclist
June 20th, 2009Written by: Myles McCorry
The scandalized professional cyclist, the doper, the cheat, is still a bike rider.
He started out as a kid, loving the speed and friendship that only biking offers. His natural talent shone through in the local races. Cycling was easy and fast, and due to his genetic ability and determination, victories became commonplace. [...] - Dutch Cycling Great Rooks Admits To Taking EPO
June 19th, 2009THE HAGUE, June 19, 2009 (AFP) - Dutch cycling great Steven Rooks became the latest former cyclist to confess to taking EPO in a book released this week.
The 48-year-old - second in the 1988 Tour de France when he won the classic Alpe d’Huez stage - admits in the [...] - Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
June 18th, 2009PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) - Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) announced on Thursday.
The 28-year-old Quick Step rider tested positive for cocaine in April, less than a [...] - Even though UCI Snares Five Cheats Vast Majority Are Clean
June 18th, 2009by Stephanie Pertuiset
PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) - World cycling’s anti-doping chief Anne Gripper said the vast majority of the elite peloton appear to be riding clean after months-long analysis of tell-tale blood parameters.
Gripper was speaking at a press conference here Wednesday where it was announced [...] - Biological Passport Doping Cheats Suspended By Teams
June 17th, 2009Two of the Italian cyclists identified in cyclings new rigorous anti-doping biological passport program have been suspended by their teams, officials said on Wednesday.
The decision concerning the two riders, Pietro Caucchioli (Lampre) and Francesco de Bonis (Diquigiovanni), was taken on a provisional basis following the announcement by the [...] - The UCI Catch Five Doping Cheats With The Biological Passports
June 17th, 2009The UCI announced on today (Wednesday) that five professional cyclists would face doping charges based solely on the irregularities found in blood samples from their biological passports.
Igor Astarloa of Spain, the former world road race champion, is among the three Spaniards and two Italians who are facing [...] - Two Time Doper Tyler Hamilton Accepts His Eight Year Ban
June 16th, 2009One-time Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year doping ban, marking the end of a career tarnished by drugs.
The US Anti-Doping Agency meted out the penalty on Tuesday, two months after Hamilton admitted taking a product to battle depression that contained a steroid.
“I took [...] - Four More Doctors Implicated In German Doping Affair
June 16th, 2009BERLIN, June 15, 2009 (AFP) - A doping investigation initially targeting two University doctors has now snared four more, albeit on lesser charges, according to German public prosecutor Wolfgang Maier on Monday.
Maier on Monday confirmed a report, to appear Tuesday in the Badischer Zeitung newspaper, which claimed four other [...] - Bike Pure & 3T Join Forces And Promote Clean Cycling
June 14th, 2009Bike Pure, the positive cycling campaign group, got terrific reinforcement to it’s mission this week. The organization joined forces with one of the most progressive, innovative manufactures in the cycle industry 3T.
3T, although founded nearly 60 years ago hasn’t got stuck with tradition, but after a major program of investment to its technical R+D [...] - I’m Not Afraid To Die, Says Ex-Tour Winner Fignon
June 13th, 2009PARIS, June 13, 2009 (AFP) - Former two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon, who is battling cancer, said on Sunday he has no fear of dying.
“You either fight or you die,” the 1983 and 1984 Tour champion told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.
“I have no [...] - Scandal-Free Tour Is Possible, Says Pat McQuaid
June 13th, 2009by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 11, 2009 (AFP) - Hopes of a scandal-free Tour de France in 2009 may be pie in the sky to some, but cycling’s most obstinate cheats have been warned they face a rocky road towards glory on the world’s biggest bike race.
On [...] - Ex-Tour Champ Fignon Questions Cancer-Doping Link
June 11th, 2009Former double Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon cannot rule out a link between his advanced cancer and doping, according to a French TV interview to be broadcast on Sunday.
The retired winner of the Tour in 1983 and 1984, told the “7 a 8″ programme there might have been a connection [...] - Bernard Kohl Rails At L’Equipe Papaer Over Doping Article
June 10th, 2009Disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl on Wednesday vowed to sue French sport daily L’Equipe after they published an interview with him in which he spoke about doping at the 2008 Tour de France.
Kohl, who was stripped of his third-place finish and the best climber’s jersey after testing positive for [...] - Cycling Chiefs To Name Latest Cheats, Threaten Sanctions
June 10th, 2009by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) said several riders currently under suspicion of doping will be named publicly next week, and will subsequently face sanctions.
UCI chief Pat McQuaid, here Wednesday to announce plans for the fight against doping at [...] - 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 [...] - Antonio Colom Of Katusha Test Positive For EPO
June 9th, 2009Colom suspended after positive EPO test
PARIS, June 9, 2009 (AFP) - Spanish cyclist Antonio Colom has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance EPO, the International Cycling Union (UCI) revealed on Tuesday.
Colom had been scheduled to race for the Katusha team in the Tour de France, which begins [...] - Three Riders Refuse Katusha Anti-Doping Rules
June 7th, 2009Three prominent members of the Katusha cycling team are refusing to comply with new anti-doping rules imposed by the Russian-backed outfit, a team official said on Sunday.
The trio who are refusing to sign contracts including the new conditions are Australian Robbie McEwen and Belgians Gert Steegmans and Kenny De [...] - CAS Doubles Bastianelli Ban To Two Years
May 31st, 2009GENEVA, May 29, 2009 (AFP) - World sport’s top courts on Friday doubled a one-year ban on Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli for doping, ruling in favor of the International Cycling Union (UCI) which had sought a tougher sanction.
CAS said in a statement that it decided to rule in favor [...] - Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
May 27th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 27, 2009 (AFP) - Belgian rider Tom Boonen could still take part in the Tour de France despite his recent positive test for cocaine, according to Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
“There is no reason to ban Tom Boonen from the Tour. From the [...] - Lawyers For Kloeden Hit Back At Doping Allegations
May 15th, 2009BERLIN, May 15, 2009 (AFP) - Lawyers for top German cyclist Andreas Kloeden on Friday spoke out to reject claims that the former Tour de France runner-up was involved in doping with his former team, T-Mobile.
Experts who spent two years investigating the procedures of two Freiburg University Clinic doctors [...] - Germany’s Kloeden Accused Of Doping In 2006 Tour de France While With T-Mobile
May 13th, 2009Experts investigating the procedures of two Freiburg University Clinic doctors who worked for cycling team T-Mobile allege German rider Andreas Kloeden doped during the 2006 Tour de France.
Kloeden, who finished second in the Tour three years ago and is currently under contract with the Astana team, is quoted in [...] - No Mr. Boonen At Tour de France, So Says Organizers
May 12th, 2009SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy, May 12, 2009 (AFP) - Embattled cycling star Tom Boonen could face a six-month ban from the sport after his second positive test for cocaine, according to cycling’s world ruling body.
Boonen, who recently claimed a third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day classic, tested [...] - Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
May 11th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 11, 2009 (AFP) - Quick Step cycling team bosses on Sunday urged Tom Boonen to have treatment after his second positive test for cocaine but added they would stand by him while he serves a suspension.
Boonen, Belgium’s top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a [...] - 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 [...] - Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
May 9th, 2009by Benoit Noel
BRUSSELS, May 9, 2009 (AFP) - Belgium’s top cyclist Tom Boonen admitted he had a “problem” on Saturday after a second positive test for cocaine threw his career into serious jeopardy.
News of Boonen’s positive test was confirmed by the public prosecutor’s office earlier on [...] - Positive Doping Test Takes Pfannberger Out Of Tour of Italy
May 7th, 2009PARIS, May 7, 2009 (AFP) - Austrian professional Christian Pfannberger has been suspended by the Russian Katusha team following a positive test from a random doping control, the team announced late Wednesday.
Pfannberger, 29, was due to start the three-week Tour of Italy this coming Saturday but he has been provisionally suspended [...] - Schumacher’s Career Is Over, Says German Cycling Boss Scharping
May 1st, 2009FRANKFURT, Germany, May 1, 2009 (AFP) - The career of German cyclist Stefan Schumacher, who tested positive for EPO Cera at both last year’s Tour de France and Olympic Games, is finished, German cycling boss Rudolf Scharping said on Friday.
“I believe that he will never cycle competitively again,” said [...] - Former Austrian Nordic Coach Mayer Released From Custody
May 1st, 2009VIENNA, April 30, 2009 (AFP) - Former Austrian nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer was released on Thursday after spending over a month in custody, on suspicion of dealing in doping substances, court sources said.
The 52-year-old was arrested on March 22, suspected of obtaining and providing illegal doping substances, including [...] - 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, [...] - Olympic Silver Medal Winner Davide Rebellin Failed Drug Test
April 28th, 2009Veteran Italian rider Davide Rebellin tested positive for EPO CERA at last year’s Beijing Olympics where he won silver in the road race, Italian media reported on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old - who this month won a record-equalling third Fleche-Wallone classic - numbers many memorable one day victories during his career [...] - Doping Was “Widespread” At T-Mobil
April 26th, 2009BERLIN, April 25, 2009 (AFP) - German cycling team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile, was guilty of systematic doping between 1995 and 2006, Der Spiegel magazine claims in Monday’s edition.
The report, based on the conclusions of an independent inquiry, accuses former T-Mobile riders Andreas Kloeden, who now rides for [...] - Canon and VeloGuy Trade Fire Over Lance Armstrong And The AFLD
April 25th, 2009POINT by: VeloGuy
Okay, so there you are, you are just getting back home from a 5 hour ride, and there is some guy you have never seen before standing at your doorstep all by himself. Okay, so right off the bat, you are a little uneasy, right. He tells you he is from [...] - No French Doping Action Against Armstrong
April 24th, 2009The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) said Friday it would not be launching a disciplinary procedure against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
Armstrong claimed this month that French anti-doping authorities were plotting to prevent him from racing in the Tour de France after the AFLD questioned his behavior at an out-of-competition test [...] - Doper Dario Frigo And His Accomplice Wife Handed Suspended Jail Sentence
April 24th, 2009GRENOBLE, France, April 24, 2009 (AFP) - Disgraced Italian cyclist Dario Frigo has been handed a three-month suspended jail term by a French appeals court following his arrest during the 2005 Tour de France in relation to a doping affair.
At a first court hearing in Albertville Frigo and his [...] - Mauro Finetto of CSF Group-Navigare
April 18th, 2009“This editorial was submitted by BikePure.org. At Bicycle.net we feel that it is important to get the voices of the cycling world be heard. If you have a comment on this topic please make sure to let Bicycle.net know, we just might post it here also”.
Mauro Finetto of the CSF Group - Navigare [...] - Tyler Hamilton Calls It Over After Drug Test Positive And Depression
April 17th, 2009American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has retired from the sport after testing positive for DHEA that he is claiming he took in an herbal supplement he used on February 7th and 8th 2009 to self treat clinical depression after going off his prescription drug Lexapro.
The 38-year-old tested positive for the [...] - Lance Armstrong Is Outraged Over AFLD Misbehaviour Claims
April 8th, 2009American cycling legend Lance Armstrong has expressed his outrage at claims from France that he had not behaved himself during an out of competition drug test earlier this season.
The French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) had announced on Monday that they had compiled a report on the seven-time Tour de France champion’s reaction to [...] - Five New Arrests In Austrian Anti-Doping Case
April 3rd, 2009VIENNA, April 3, 2009 (AFP) - The public prosecutor’s office here on Friday announced five new arrests in the anti-doping case that has rocked Austrian sport over the last few weeks.
Five unnamed people were arrrested in the provinces of Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria and Carinthia between February and [...] - Some Life Bans For A Coach & Doctor In Canadian Cycling Doping Case
April 1st, 2009Retired Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson received a 10-year ban while her coach, Andre Aubut, and physician Maurice Duquette were handed life bans Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.
The punishments against a coach and support personnel were the first taken in Canada under the anti-doping code and [...] - 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 [...] - Former Austrian Ski Coach Mayer Remanded In Custody
March 25th, 2009VIENNA, March 25, 2009 (AFP) - Former Austrian ski coach Walter Mayer has been remanded in custody following his arrest on Sunday on suspicion of dealing in doping substances, a Vienna court announced Wednesday.
Mayer, 52, who was involved in a doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Olympics, is suspected [...] - Cyclist In Austrian Doping Case Freed
March 24th, 2009VIENNA, March 24, 2009 (AFP) - Austrian cyclist Christof Kerschbaum, who was provisionally detained as part of an investigation into the trafficking of doping products, has been released, a judiciary source revealed on Tuesday.
The former coach of the Austrian Nordic skiing team, Walter Mayer, was arrested on suspicion of [...] - Former Austria Ski Coach Arrested In New Doping Case
March 23rd, 2009VIENNA, March 23, 2009 (AFP) - Former Austrian nordic ski coach Walter Mayer, who was involved in the 2006 Turin Olympics doping scandal, has been arrested in connection with new doping allegations, Vienna prosecutors said Monday.
Mayer, who was arrested Sunday, is suspected of having provided a top Austrian [...] - Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
March 14th, 2009PARIS, March 13, 2009 (AFP) - Thirty-six teams have been listed in the biological passport programme, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday, with all having paid their financial contribution.
“To be included in the programme for biological passports, the teams must fulfill two obligations - they must [...] - Anti Doping Chief John Fahey Praises Armstrong Comeback
February 24th, 2009GENEVA, Feb 24, 2009 (AFP) - World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey on Tuesday praised Lance Armstrong’s comeback and the “phenomenal” interest the US cyclist generated for cycling and the campaign against cancer.
Fahey, who was operated on for lung cancer in 2001, applauded Armstrong’s own personal struggle against cancer [...] - 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 [...] - Time To Say Goodbye To Bettini, And Hello To Another Round Of Doping Stories
September 28th, 2008Written by: Myles McCorry
Feature Writer
On a blistering hot day in north Italy, 206 riders started the massive 260km course, which was to decide the champion of the world: MUCH glory waited!
All eyes were on the little Italian rocket Paolo Betinni, as he announced that today’s race in Varese was to be his last. Superstars lined [...] - Tour de France Doping Czar Bordry Begins Search For CERA-Type EPO
September 27th, 2008France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) is to begin retroactively testing blood samples from riders at this year’s Tour de France in a bid to find a type of EPO which is notoriously difficult to find.
AFLD chief Pierre Bordry said the test used to catch disgraced Italian Riccardo Ricco, whose [...] - Aussie Cyclist Mark Roland Banned For Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Use
September 19th, 2008SYDNEY, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) - Australian cyclist Mark Roland has been suspended for two years for using a human growth hormone, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority said Friday.
It said the sanction was significant as it relied on evidence obtained by the agency’s investigators rather than a positive test.
[...] - German Broadcasters Hostile To Armstrong’s Tour Return
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German television broadcaster ARD, which screens the Tour de France here in partnership with rivals ZDF, said Sunday it was hostile to Lance Armstrong’s planned comeback.
Armstrong, who will be 37 on September 18, announced last week that he plans to come out of retirement in a [...] - Czech World Record Holder Ondrej Sosenko Faces Ban After Positive Test
August 29th, 2008PRAGUE, Aug 29, 2008 (AFP) - Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka, who holds the men’s one-hour world record, has tested positive and has been suspended, the CTK press agency reported on Friday.
Sosenka’s A sample tested positive for stimulant methamphetamine and, should the B sample prove positive, he would likely be [...] - World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
August 11th, 2008World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling’s future at the Olympics.
WADA chief Fahey said Monday that cycling was among several sports, including weightlifting, that risked their Olympic [...] - 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 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 [...] - Dmitri Fofonov Fails Doping Test, Says Team Credit Agricole
July 27th, 2008PARIS, July 27, 2008 (AFP) - Kazakhstan’s Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team said on the final day of the Tour de France
The 31-year-old, who learned of his positive test after finishing 19th overall in the race on Sunday, explained to his team he bought [...] - Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
July 26th, 2008PARIS, July 26, 2008 (AFP) - The chief of anti-doping operations at this year’s Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of co-operation prior to this year’s race.
Following a feud between world cycling’s governing body and major race organizers, this year’s [...] - Team Astana Terminates Vladimir Gusev Contract
July 26th, 2008Astana Cycling Team management has terminated the contract of Russian cyclist Vladimir Gusev due to irregular values. The values were gathered during internal out-of-competition control tests, under the supervision of anti-doping expert Dr. Rasmus Damsgaard. The Team has applied the contractual clauses based on these physiological and biological abnormalities.
“Vladimir Gusev has been officially [...] - Rasmussen Appeals Compensation Decision
July 25th, 2008Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen said Friday he will appeal the decision of a Utrecht court which awarded him 665,000 euros (one million dollars) against his former Rabobank team for the way he was kicked off their 2007 Tour de France team.
The 34-year-old, who instituted proceedings for unlawful dismissal demanding [...] - Moises Duenas Denies Taking Banned Substances
July 24th, 2008MADRID, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drugs test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned substance during the race.
Duenas was charged last week in France with “use and possession of plants and poisonous substances”, [...] - 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 [...] - Riccardo Ricco Caught By Secret Doping Molecule
July 22nd, 2008SYDNEY, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - The world doping agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO during its manufacture.
Ricco, 24, upset the big names of the sport to win two stages [...] - Saunier Duval Team Set To Be Excluded From The Tour of Germany
July 22nd, 2008BERLIN, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - The Saunier Duval cycling team look set to be excluded from the Tour of Germany because of doping, race organizers revealed on Tuesday.
The elite team withdrew from the Tour de France last week after Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed a dope test - [...] - Moises Duenas Blames Spanish Doctor For Positive Dope Test
July 19th, 2008MADRID, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish rider Moises Duenas, kicked out of the Tour de France, has blamed a Spanish doctor for his positive test for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the daily El Pais reported on Saturday.
Duenas, who was charged with “use and possession of poisonous substances”
before [...] - Ricco Remanded After Doping Scandal
July 18th, 2008FOIX, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Italian racer Riccardo Ricco, kicked
off the Tour de France for doping, was Friday remanded in custody for “using a
poisonous substance,” the public prosecutor at Foix said.
Prosecutor Antoine Leroy said Ricco had been remanded for “using a
substance classed poisonous under the terms of the public [...] - A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About
July 18th, 2008A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About
Sometimes The Labs Confirm What Our Noses Already Sensed…
As the Tour headed into the Pyrenees in recent days we wrote that “young gun” Ricardo Ricco was positively en fiero, and we added a few innocuous words as a sort of footnote, or perhaps as a garlic clove intended [...] - Ricco Swears Innocence, But Sacked Along With Piepoli
July 18th, 2008by Justin Davis
NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish cycling team Saunier Duval
have sacked Italian star Riccardo Ricco following his positive doping control
for EPO (erythropoietin) at the Tour de France, it was announced Friday.
Team manager Mauro Gianetti said that both Ricco and his Italian teammate
Leonardo Piepoli, who was [...] - Ricco Positive A Blow For Italian Cycling, Says Stefano Zanatta
July 18th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta
has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a
major blow to Italian cycling.
The race was rocked on Thursday by news of Riccardo Ricco’s positive test
for banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin), the [...] - Christian Prudhomme Cast Suspicious Eye At Saunier Duval Team
July 17th, 2008NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the cycling team’s manager.
The Spanish outfit volunteered to quit the race prior to the 12th stage following news that their [...] - Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in the sport to clean up its image.
For the second consecutive day the Tour de France was rocked [...] - Barloworld Can Stay For Now, Says Tour Official Patrice Clerc
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Top Tour de France official Patrice Clerc said Barloworld would remain in the race unless new evidence from a police investigation pointed to organized doping within the team.
Barloworld, along with two other teams, have come under the [...] - Tour de France - Ricco Test Positive Video by Versus
July 17th, 2008This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
Ricco, Doping Take Center Stage
By Bob Roll
The theme of doping reared its ugly head once again in the 2008 TDF. The difference between Manuel Beltran and Moises Duenas was that this time, it involved a big star of the sport and a double-stage winner at the [...] - Tour Chief Prudhomme, Riders, and Teams Support Snaring Cheats
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has warned cyclists, their teams and sponsors who pour millions into the sport that the noose is tightening around the drugs cheats.
The world’s biggest bike race was rocked Thursday by a [...] - The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on a day when celebration should have been his sole priority.
The 23-year-old Isle of Man sprinter made cycling [...] - 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 [...] - Give Dopers and Cheats A Lifetime Ban, says Stuart O’Grady
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Stuart O’Grady has called for dope cheats to be handed life bans following the latest scandal to hit the Tour de France on Thursday.
O’Grady spoke out after Ricardo Ricco, one of Italy’s biggest cycling stars, left [...] - Riccardo Ricco Fails Drug Test At The Tour de France
July 17th, 2008LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Italian rider Ricardo Ricco of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed on Thursday.
The 24-year-old Ricco, winner of two mountain stages, provided a urine sample which contained the banned subtance CERA (Continuous [...] - Stash of Banned Doping Products Found Among Duenas’ Belongings
July 17th, 2008TOULOUSE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - A stash of medical material and a banned substance were among items seized by police from the room of Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas who has been kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drug test, a French court heard on Thursday.
[...] - Spanish Rider Moises Duenas of BarloWorld Tests Positive In Tour de France
July 16th, 2008LANNEMEZAN, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish rider Moises Duenas of the Barloworld team has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France and banned products have been found in his room during a search, his team revealed on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old tested positive during the [...] - Riccardo Ricco Loves Pantani, But Not The Doping Rumors
July 13th, 2008by Justin Davis
BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco has pleaded to be left alone following days of reports which claim he could be among several cyclists to be targeted by the anti-doping authorities.
Ricco claimed his second victory win on the Tour de [...] - Vino, Mayo and Moreni To Face Criminal Charges
July 12th, 2008PAU, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Former Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov is among three riders set to face criminal charges following the discovery of drugs at last year’s Tour de France, a report said on Friday.
According to Sud Ouest newspaper Vinokourov, kicked off last year’s race along [...] - Tour de France President Patrice Clerc Calls For Calm After First Doping Case
July 12th, 2008TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Tour de France president Patrice Clerc has backed the news of the first positive doping test at this year’s race, and said it proves the current system is effective.
Liquigas rider Manuel Beltran was taken away for questioning by police on Friday after [...] - Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
July 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to emerge at this year’s Tour de France.
Beltran, best known for helping Lance Armstrong to the [...] - AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
July 11th, 2008AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are about to be issued warnings for “suspect” blood samples.
A report in Le Monde newspaper suggested that the riders were [...] - Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten
July 3rd, 2008by Justin Davis
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - The Tour de France kicks off here Saturday for what organisers pray will be a scandal-free three weeks of racing.
But it will not go unnoticed that this year’s July 5-27 race comes 10 years after the Festina [...] - Doping Expert Skeptical Over Actually Cathcing Cheats At Tour de France
July 3rd, 2008by Justin Davis
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Hopes of an entirely clean peloton contesting this year’s Tour de France should not be taken too seriously, if the claims of a top anti-doping expert are to be believed.
The world’s biggest bike race clicks into [...] - Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
July 3rd, 2008BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Details of doping controls prior to and during the 2008 Tour de France which begins here Saturday:
Who carries out the controls?
After a rupture between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the company which runs the Tour, ASO, the race [...] - Judge Rules Team Rabobank Must Pay Rasmussen 1.1 Million
July 2nd, 2008THE HAGUE, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - Dutch team Rabobank must pay Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen nearly 700,000 euros (1,1 million dollars) for the way it kicked him off its 2007 Tour de France team, a judge ruled Wednesday.
While wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, Rasmussen was thrown out the [...] - In Honor of The Tour de France - Screw The Dopers
July 1st, 2008Well Done!
- Floyd Landis Loses Appeal Over His 2006 Tour de France Doping Case
June 30th, 2008Landis loses appeal over Tour de France doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS) on Monday dismissed US cyclist Floyd Landis’ appeal to overturn a
positive doping test that resulted in the stripping of his 2006 Tour de France
title.
The CAS upheld an earlier decision by the [...] - Top Australian Cyclist Nathan O’Neill Banned For Doping
June 17th, 2008SYDNEY, June 17, 2008 (AFP) - Top Australian cyclist Nathan O’Neill has been banned from competition for 15 months for a doping violation, officials said Tuesday.
The Commonwealth Games gold medalist and eight times Australian time trial champion tested positive for the stimulant Phentermine after the Tour of Elk Grove’ [...] - CAS Suspends Alessandro Petacchi Until The End of August
May 6th, 2008GENEVA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian cycling sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete in competitions until August 31, 2008 over a doping case.
The 34-year-old Petacchi tested positive for the drug salbutamol in May last year [...] - Scientific American: Game Theory, Doping and Cyclists
April 9th, 2008Game theory helps to explain the pervasive abuse of drugs in cycling, baseball and other sports, says an article from the latest issue of Scientific American. In The Doping Dilemma, key concepts are highlighted:
An alarming number of sports—baseball, football, track and field, and especially cycling—have been shaken by doping scandals in recent years.
Among the [...] - 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 [...] - Operation Puerto affair reopened
February 14th, 2008MADRID, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Operation Puerto blood-doping affair
involving about 60 cyclists and which erupted in May 2006, has been reopened,
Madrid prosecutors’ said on Thursday.
A raid on the Madrid laboratory of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes uncovered doping products, bags of blood and codenames which appeared to link top athletes to a highly-organised system of [...] - Fired Lotto doctor, Dr. Sam Vermeire defends himself
December 21st, 2007Fired Lotto doctor, Dr. Sam Vermeire defends himself
Dr. Sam Vermeire, who was fired from the Predictor-Lotto squad this week as he was blamed for Björn Leukemans’ positive anti-doping test result for artificial testosterone, has admitted that he prescribed Prasteron, which contains the forbidden hormone DHEA, to the rider. “I made a mistake, yes,” he told [...] - Danilo Di Luca to appeal his three-month suspension
December 16th, 2007The 2007Giro d’Italia winner, Danilo Di Luca has appealed his three-month suspension in the Oil for Drugs investigation. The 31 year old Italian from Abruzzo, is accused of using the services of Doctor Carlo Santuccione, has appealed the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) Disciplinary Commission’s decision last October to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]
- Telekom (T-Mobile) doctors falsified riders records
December 14th, 2007Telekom doctors falsified patient records
By Susan Westemeyer @ CylingNews.com
Former Team Telekom/T-Mobile doctors apparently faked patient data in connection with their doping activities involving the team’s riders, the Freiburg University Clinic announced on Thursday. In a press release, the Clinic said, “As part of its investigation, the Freiburg University Clinic has found in its electronic [...] - The Inside Dope on Sports Testing
December 12th, 2007I found this article in the Wall Street Journal and I thought it was an interesting read. It is really written as a
The Inside Dope on Sports Testing
By SKIP ROZIN
November 28, 2007; Page D9
With the announcement earlier this month that tennis star Martina Hingis would fight her positive test for cocaine use, sports [...] - Liquigas is again visited by UCI doping controllers again
December 11th, 2007Team Liquigas was visited for the second time during its off-season training camps by International Cycling Union (UCI) anti-doping controllers. The Italian ProTour team – in Benicásim, Spain, from December 10 to 18 – was subjected to blood checks according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The UCI had previously visited the team during its Italian [...]
- High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
December 10th, 2007Team High Road’s anti-doping programme for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High Road manager Bob Stapleton called it “the most comprehensive program out there. It is what the team needs and what the sport needs.”
According to the [...] - Doping Deja Vu - A Call for Amnesty
May 30th, 2007The LA Times‘ Patrick Brady catches up with Bicycle.net reader Josh who wrote here Cycling Needs An Amnesty? - Doping No More - What Do You Say? days ago, showing that great bicycle minds think alike. We at Bicycle.net are thrilled with the additional exposure that Patrick was able to achieve for this critical [...]
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