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Riccardo Ricco Suspended by Coni
ROME, 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 [...]
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- 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 [...] - Four Dopers, But Overall A Cleaner Tour de France
July 28th, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Increased suspense, a boom in television
ratings and happy sponsors left Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme in
a buoyant mood two days prior to the end of this year’s race.
But with the ever-present threat of cheats lingering, the Frenchman knows
it is far [...] - 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 [...] - Saunier Duval Pulls Out Of Sponsoring Professional Cycling
July 23rd, 2008PARIS, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Saunier Duval has pulled out of cycling blaming the drug scandal that engulfed its team at the Tour de France.
Saunier Duval acted after its Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed a dope test on stage four, prompting the elite team to pull out of the race [...] - 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 - [...] - Riccardo Ricco Denies EPO Use As Doping Chief Backs Controls
July 22nd, 2008JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - The threat of being caught cheating at this year’s Tour de France has proved a major deterrent, according to the chief of France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Tuesday.
AFLD chief Pierre Bordry said prior to the race’s 16th stage from Cuneo, [...] - Barloworld Positive, But Slam Drugs Cheat Duenas
July 19th, 2008by Justin Davis
DIGNES-LES-BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome hit out at Barloworld teammate Moises Duenas here on Saturday after the Spaniard’s positive doping control at the Tour de France.
Duenas’s positive test for the banned blood booster EPO (erythrpoietin) on stage four [...] - 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 [...] - 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 de France Stage 12 Recap Video by Versus
July 17th, 2008This Bicycle.net Stage 12 Recap Video is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com
Cavendish Sets British Mark
By Phil Liggett
It was a very sad day in the Tour with one of the new young faces of the future turning out to be a cheat. Riccardo Ricco, targeted by the dope testers caught using a brand [...] - 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 [...] - 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 [...] - Evans Bathes In Yellow, But On Rocky Road To Paris
July 15th, 2008by Justin Davis
PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans spent his first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey being treated like a rock star - although there was at least one vital ingredient missing.
“I don’t see any screaming girls here!” said the [...] - Ricco Sticks To Promise As Piepoli Wins On Hautacam
July 14th, 2008by Justin Davis
HAUTACAM, France, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco would be forgiven for looking forward to a career as a bookmaker, especially given his rate of success on this year’s Tour de France.
Ricco, a brash 24-year-old Italian, has won twice here including [...] - Tour de France Stage 9 Finish Video by Versus
July 13th, 2008This Bicycle.net Stage 9 Finishing video supplied by our friends at Versus.com
Ricco Took On Cold d’Aspin
By Bob Roll
The mountains of the Tour always provide us with a thrilling spectacle and today was no different. Stage 9, the first day in the Pyrenees, it was the Italian Riccardo Ricco with a great attack on the climb [...] - Tour de France Stage 9 Recap Video by Versus
July 13th, 2008This Bicycle.net stage 9 recap video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
First Taste of the Mountains
By Paul Sherwen
The first taste of the mountains in any grand Tour is always hard to predict as the body reacts strangely after pushing the big gears on the flat. The physiological change is always hard to accept — [...] - 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 [...] - Riccardo Ricco Rocks The Favorites As Evans Falls To A Crash
July 13th, 2008by Justin Davis
BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco recovered from a heavy crash on the race’s eighth stage to win the Tour de France ninth stage in spectacular fashion here on Sunday.
Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen overcame a difficult first day in the Pyrenees [...] - Stage 6 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
July 10th, 2008This excellent video of the finish of stage 6 is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
Ricco Shows He’s Ready
By: Paul Sherwen
We expected a lot out of the first mountaintop finish of the Tour at Super-Besse and the day did not let us down. Ricardo Ricco proved that his successes in the Giro d’Italia were not [...] - Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval Wins Tour de France Stage 6
July 10th, 2008Ricco wins Tour’s sixth stage
SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the Tour de France sixth stage, a 195.5km race from Aigurande to here in the Massif Central, here Thursday, with Kim Kirchner of Luxembourg, riding for the Colombia team, taking the race leader’s yellow [...]
