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Richie Rich remorseless

I think this is what can be referred to as a complete lack of remorse … one of those things in American courts which causes criminal sentences to be on the longer side, rather than on the shorter side. Hopefully CONI (and perhaps even the criminal justice system for once, since doping is a criminal [...]

Another doping rant

There’s been a lot of chatter on various sites about Riccardo Ricco’s current “situation” … but the upshot of a lot of it is that the sport will be better off (and cleaner) without him.

We’re assuming, of course, that the powers that be in the UCI and elsewhere really want to clean the sport [...]

The Latest on the Doping Front

News from Italy:

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that the examination of Italian cyclocross rider Vania Rossi’s B sample has returned a negative result for EPO-CERA.

CONI released the news on its website on Friday with the statement, “In the B sample analysis for Vania Rossi, conducted in the period from March 29 to [...]

Busted!

I guess Richie Rich got tired of sitting on the sidelines while his girlie girl was getting to race … so he decided to take her out by slipping her a little CERA to jack up her Hct values …

Poor Vania … did you not think that being associated with a doper might [...]

It never ends, does it?

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 [...]

Bet Richie Rich didn’t consider this!

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 [...]

The Cobra gets bit!

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 [...]

The accidental maglia rosa

VeloNews | Contador weathers Mortirolo storm

Alberto Contador (Astana) is 28.5km from winning a Giro d’Italia he never expected to start.

The Spanish climber deflected a flurry of last-gasp attacks from arch-rival Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) over the Gavia and Mortirolo in Saturday’s 232km mountain shootout to retain the maglia rosa and roll into Sunday’s [...]