The Frennch Senate Commission report is out with the following findings for the retroactive testing for EPO undertaken in 2004 from samples taken at the 1998 Tour de France:
Positive:
Andrea Tafi, Erik Zabel, Bo Hamburger (twice), Laurent Jalabert, Marcos Serrano, Jens Heppner, Jeroen Blijlevens, Nicola Minali, Mario Cipollini, Fabio Sacchi, Eddy Mazzoleni, Jacky Durand, Abraham Olano, Laurent Desbiens, Marco Pantani , Manuel Beltran, Jan Ullrich (twice), Kevin Livingston (twice)
Suspicious:
Ermanno Brignoli, Alain Turicchia, Pascal Chanteur, Frederic Moncassin, Bobby Julich, Roland Meier, Giuseppe Calcaterra, Stefano Zanini, Eddy Mazzoleni, Stephane Barthe, Stuart O'Grady, Axel Merckx.
In other words, all the podium finishers of the 1998 Tour were either positive or suspicious; Pantani and Ullrich positive, Julich suspicious.
The Senate ordered that no results would be stripped as a result of their report.
Follow on Twitter: ITALIANCYCJOURN or receive an email when new
content is added using the "Follow by Email" button on the right side
column. With more than 2,900 stories in this blog the custom search
feature (right column) works best for finding subjects in the blog.
There is also a translate button underneath the search button.
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal about rides, granfondos,
touring, having a good time cycling in Italy, Italian cycling history,
racing, etc. are always welcome. Contact me at veronaman@gmail.com.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment