By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2010
Our dreams for Team Rehab at the Dopers Reunion Tour de France 2010 have taken another body blow with announcement that a France-based warrant for Floyd Landis’ arrest was issued in late January. The warrant concerns hacking of an lab computer, but since the hacking related to Landis’ being stripped of his Tour de France [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, computer hacking, eddy ratti, floyd landis, michael rasmussen
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 19, 2010
Alexander Vinokourov’s drug ban is over, so like Michael Rasmussen, he’s ready for another go on the Tour. Vino says he won’t be pursuing a title, but if something should happen to team leader Contador, we would assume all bets are off. The Tour de France 2010 is shaping up as the biggest Dopers Reunion [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged alexander vinokourov, blood doping, michael rasmussen, tour de france 2010, tyler hamilton
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 August 2, 2009
About that “Pure Tour” of 2009? It’s getting closer to dirty. Spaniard Mikel Astarioza’s breakaway seemed unreal on the 16th stage. Now it seems it wasn’t unreal, just unclean. The UCI has suspended Astarioza for testing positive for EPO in June. It was before the Tour began, so technically we still have a clean Tour. [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged BikePure, doping, michael rasmussen, Mikel Astarioza, riccardo ricco, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 26, 2009
Bicycle.net: UCI opposes letting Michael Rasmussen, the 2007 Tour “winner” who was kicked off his team as he was poised to take the yellow jersey to Paris (for lying about his whereabouts earlier in the season), return to competition because he hasn’t paid his share of anti-doping costs. Although Rasmussen was certainly a cheat, he [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci, VO2 max
