This Day in Doping
Bicycling and doping, including CERA, EPO, blood doping, testosterone, masking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 5, 2009
As we wrote earlier, longtime Seattle cycling figure Kenny Williams confessed to using DHEA, pretty much indicating he’d have to face the music. It’s a shame, and we trust in Kenny’s case it will serve as a lesson. He’ll lose his 3000 metre individual pursuit and kilometre time trial titles from August. His victory in [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, kenny williams seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 23, 2009
Five years ago it was testosterone boosting. Last March it was blood boosting (EPO). Now Christian Pfannberger, a two-time Austrian champion, is banned for life. Let that be an example to all you pros out there who think once is enough and promise never ever to do it again. No, of course I’m not being [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged christian pfannberger, cycling doping, EPO, testosterone cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
Having served his penalty for doping in the 2006 Tour de France, Floyd Landis now aims to get back into Euro stage racing. What team will he join? Expect the rumor mill to churn back up as trial balloons get sent … Team Radio Shack anyone? Lance & Floyd, reunited? Bicycle.net: Davide Rebellin will be [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, davide rebellin, floyd landis, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 16, 2009
So now the doping scandals are making their way into the amateur ranks. Kenny Williams, a household name in Seattle-area cycling for years, a cycling instructor and top Masters competitor, is caught using DHEA and owns up to it (be sure to read comments queue). What to say? There’s no point in being naive or [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling, DHEA, doping, joe papp, kenny williams
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 10, 2009
Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos, whose name in Spanish means “I didn’t do it that’s my story and I’m sticking to it,” is suspended for failing a doping test.
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling, doping
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 2, 2009
Doping scandals aplenty, Velo News reports. They’re taking another look at 2008 Giro d’Italia samples for CERA, undetectable previously but now testable. The same may happen for the 2009 Giro and Tour as testing catches up with ever newer, previously undetectable substances. “The report also outlined a new blood doping practice which evaded current testing [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Cadel Evans, cycling doping, euskaltel-euskadi, floyd landis, Giro d'Italia, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 24, 2009
More allegations of doping against Jan Ullrich. More assertions of denial from Jan Ullrich. “On Monday, German magazine Der Spiegel cited a police investigation report which states Ullrich went to Madrid 24 times between 2003 and 2006 to see doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the man at the center of the Spanish probe Operation Puerto.” Belgian cyclist [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, franck vandenbroucke, jan ullrich
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 16, 2009
Contador and Team Astana say they have nothing to hide. Quote: “This year’s Tour de France was remarkable for the fact that no riders tested positive during the race.” Still haven’t heard from Lance on this, but then, he’s no longer with Astana…
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, cycling doping, lance armstrong, Team Astana, tour de france 2009
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 13, 2009
Confessed doper and former King of the Mountains winner Bernhard Kohl continues to name names. The latest: physician Marc Schmidt, team doctor, who “oversaw the doping practices.” Schmidt vehemently denied the charges. And the beat goes on… Unconvinced that the 2009 Tour de France was as squeaky clean as it seemed, French prosecutors are opening [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling doping, lance armstrong, mark schmidt, rolling stone, sam brown, Team Astana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 9, 2009
The French and the UCI are fighting again … bring out the Ritalin! UCI fires back at French anti-doping authority accusations: Did not! Did not favor Lance, Bert & Astana! But the French aren’t backing down. Saying they’re really really skeptical of 2009′s “squeaky clean” Tour de France, the AFLD announced they won’t play along [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged AFLD, bicycle anti-doping, uci
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