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In case anyone actually missed Tyler Hamilton’s interview on 60 Minutes last night: Tyler Hamilton Interview, part 1: Tyler Hamilton Interview, part 2: 60 Minutes Overtime Interview with Scott Pelley: Every person (with the exception of Fernando Escartin) who has finished on the podium at the Tour de France with Lance Armstrong [...] Greg LeMond believes a federal probe into fellow Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong should not be taken lightly, and could even bring about the downfall of the world’s most famous cyclist. “Up until now, he has achieved great things, if you consider he did it fairly, which I don’t believe,” LeMond said in an [...] Di Luca suspended after positive doping test – Cycling – Yahoo! Sports AIGLE, Switzerland (AP)—Cycling’s governing body suspended former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca on Wednesday after he tested positive for the banned blood-booster CERA. The International Cycling Union told the Italian rider he was provisionally banned until his national federation can have a [...] Doping-Tour de France riders face intensive testing – Cycling – Yahoo Sports PARIS, June 10 Reuters – This year’s Tour de France will be the most scrutinised sports event ever by anti-doping authorities, International Cycling Union UCI president Pat McQuaid said on Wednesday. More than 500 tests will be carried out during the world’s greatest [...] I’m torn by the following news … on the one hand, yes, it should be a pretty good way to help get rid of the cheaters once and for all; although, like McQuaid, life bans would be better. On the other hand, as slipshod as many of the testing procedures and protocols have proven to [...] VeloNews | Drug maker cooperated with WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Riccò tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO during its manufacture. Riccò, 24, upset the big names of the sport to win two stages of this year’s Tour [...] VeloNews | Riccardo Ricco tests positive. The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed Thursday that Italian climbing sensation Ricardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) has tested positive for new variant of the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO). Ricco, winner of two mountain stages and ninth in the overall standings, provided a urine sample which contained the banned substance CERA [...] From the New York Times: Study Shows Problems With Olympic-Style Tests Although athletes have said EPO is in widespread use, few have tested positive. Most of the athletes who have been linked to doping in recent years have been caught not through drug testing, but rather through criminal investigations. In the August 2006 issue [...] From www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling: Neben, others sue Hammer Nutrition over contamination Mark Zalewski, North American Editor American cyclist Amber Neben, along with professional triathletes Rebekah Keat and Mike Vine, filed a lawsuit in a California district court last December against Hammer Nutrition, maker of Endurolytes. The lawsuit alleges that the product [...] 2008 Teams Announced | Amgen Tour of California I cannot believe that the organizers have invited (Crack) Rock Racing to participate in the Amgen Tour of California … This is a team that has hired alleged (and in at least one rider’s case, convicted) dopers like Santiago Botero, Oscar Sevilla, and Tyler Hamilton. This is [...] |
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