Riccardo Ricco, the young, promising Italian rider for Saunier-Duval who won two stages of the 2008 Tour de France, has finally admitted to doping. He used CERA, a third generation EPO product. He says he procured the product on his own and that the team is not involved. He also claims he is very sorry [...]
Posts Tagged ‘doping’
Riccardo Ricco admits to doping
Posted: 30 July 2008 in SportsTags: cycling, doping, ricco, tour de france
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Independent report sheds light on Rasmussen and Rabobank Tour de France fiasco
Posted: 13 November 2007 in SportsTags: cycling, doping, rasmussen, tour de france
Rabobank has just released a report stating that Tour de France rider Michael Rasmussen concealed his whereabouts and tried to get Rabobank to go along with him: On April 24, a member of the Rabobank team board of directors sent Rasmussen an e-mail concerning airline tickets for a training period in the Pyrenees from June [...]
Patrik Sinkewitz tell-all: doping, the Tour and T-Mobile
Posted: 6 November 2007 in SportsTags: cycling, doping, tour de france
Patrik Sinkewitz, the T-Mobile cyclist who was kicked out of the Tour de France 2007 for testing positive, is telling all, at least, his version of events in this interview with the German magazine, Der Spiegel. He says everyone is doing it and denying they’re doing it, hoping they don’t get caught. A very interesting [...]
The future of big-money professional sports: is there one?
Posted: 7 October 2007 in SportsTags: cycling, doping, marion jones, Sports
Today I read about the tragic, but completely predictable fate of Marion Jones, Olympic superstar, who has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs over the course of her brilliant career. She pleaded guilty to perjury charges in connection with a case that the government is bringing against her former coach, Trevor Graham, who has been supplying [...]
Floyd Landis two-year doping suspension upheld, stripped of Tour de France title
Posted: 20 September 2007 in SportsTags: cycling, doping, landis, tour de france
Floyd Landis has lost his appeal before the American Arbitration Association to overturn the sanction imposed by the US Anti-Doping Agency arising out of a positive drug test during the Tour de France 2006. Landis continues to maintain that he is innocent. He even wrote a book called “Positively False: The Real Story of How [...]
