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Doping

Mixed messages about Vini Fantini future after Santambrogio and Di Luca positive EPO tests

Scinto says project is over while Citracca pledges it will continue Following on from yesterday’s news that Mauro Santambrogio had joined his Vini Fanini team-mate Danilo di Luca in testing positive for EPO, the squad is under serious scrutiny. The […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Mauro Santambrogio provisionally suspended for non-negative EPO test

Stage 14 winner is second Vini Fantini-Selle Italia rider at the Giro d’Italia Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) has returned an “adverse analytical finding” of EPO in a sample taken during the Giro d’Italia, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

McQuaid says Armstrong has not yet come clean, insists UCI is blameless

Urges Texan to ‘jump on his private plane’ and come to Switzerland to tell all UCI president Pat McQuaid has said that he believes Lance Armstrong owes the full truth plus an apology to the sport and has urged the […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Vini Fantini Selle Italia sponsor apologises for trusting Di Luca

Team says rider was imposed on them and they didn’t want him to come on board Following today’s news that Danilo Di Luca has provided a positive A sample for EPO, the chief sponsor of the Vini Fantini Selle Italia […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI confirms Danilo Di Luca EPO positive

Köln, Germany, lab used to catch “the Killer of Spoltore” The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed this morning’s report from la Gazzetta dello Sport that Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) did indeed return a positive sample for EPO, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Danilo Di Luca positive for EPO in surprise pre-Giro control

Life ban beckons for the “Killer of Spoltore” The 2013 Giro d’Italia suffers another blow today as Gazzetta dello Sport announces that Danilo Di Luca (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) has tested positive for EPO. The 37-year-old self-styled “Killer of Spoltore” was […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Ag2r La Mondiale to voluntarily miss Critérium du Dauphiné after Georges’ positive confirmed

French team will accept MPCC regulations relating to two positive tests within one year Although the Critérium du Dauphiné is the home event for the Ag2r La Mondiale team, and is also an important pre-Tour de France event, the squad […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

AG2R La Mondiale to sit out Dauphiné if Sylvain Georges’ B-sample is positive

Vincent Lavenu to impose one week ban on his own team according to MPCC rules vincent lavenuVincent Lavenu, the general manager of AG2R La Mondiale, has confirmed that the team will undergo a self-imposed one week ban from competition if […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

AG2R La Mondiale to sit out Dauphiné if Sylvain Georges’ B-sample is positive

Vincent Lavenu to impose one week ban on his own team according to MPCC rules Vincent Lavenu, the general manager of AG2R La Mondiale, has confirmed that the team will undergo a self-imposed one week ban from competition if the […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Critérium du Dauphiné, Doping, Pro Cycling,

Ubeto Aponte claims a Venezuelan medical clinic prescribed GW501516 drug to him

Rider suggests he didn’t know product was banned, says Lampre Merida didn’t know of use Commenting after the UCI announced earlier today that he had tested positive for the banned doping agent GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Ubeto Aponte latest to test positive for GW501516, provisionally suspended

Venezuelan rider sidelined after traces of highly dangerous substance detected Twelve days after the Colombian Marlon Perez became the sixth rider to test positive for the substance GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Ubeto Aponte has the dubious distinction of joining […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Sylvain Georges returns positive A sample for Heptaminol, out of Giro d’Italia

French rider and his team yet to comment The Ag2r la Mondiale team has been hit by the news that one of its riders, Sylvain Georges, has provided a positive A sample for the stimulant Heptaminol during this year’s Giro […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

Ubeto Aponte claims a Venezuelan medical clinic prescribed GW501516 drug to him

Rider suggests he didn’t know product was banned, says Lampre Merida didn’t know of use Commenting after the UCI announced earlier today that he had tested positive for the banned doping agent GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Ubeto Aponte latest to test positive for GW501516, provisionally suspended

Venezuelan rider sidelined after traces of highly dangerous substance detected Twelve days after the Colombian Marlon Perez became the sixth rider to test positive for the substance GW501516, the Venezuelan rider Miguel Ubeto Aponte has the dubious distinction of joining […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Sylvain Georges returns positive A sample for Heptaminol, out of Giro d’Italia

French rider and his team yet to comment The Ag2r la Mondiale team has been hit by the news that one of its riders, Sylvain Georges, has provided a positive A sample for the stimulant Heptaminol during this year’s Giro […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling,

UCI pledges to fight Spanish court’s decision not to release Operacion Puerto evidence

Governing body to join WADA and Spanish anti-doping agency in fight to secure handover of blood bags Responding to the April 30th Operacion Puerto ruling which saw Spanish judge Patricia Santamaria decide not to hand over blood bags to anti-doping […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI pledges to fight Spanish court’s decision not to release Operacion Puerto evidence

Governing body to join WADA and Spanish anti-doping agency in fight to secure handover of blood bags Responding to the April 30th Operacion Puerto ruling which saw Spanish judge Patricia Santamaria decide not to hand over blood bags to anti-doping […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Update: Blanco Pro Cycling confirms that Luis Leon Sanchez will return to competition in Tour of Belgium

Rider had been kept out of competition over alleged links to Operacion Puerto Following suggestions earlier that Luis Leon Sanchez would remain sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Blanco Pro Cycling team has now clarified its position and has confirmed […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

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