Christian Pfannberger suspended by team

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From Cycling News:
Cycling News said:
Team Katusha suspended its rider Christian Pfannberger on Wednesday after learning the results of a recent doping test. Pfannberger was tested during an out of competition doping control at his home on March 19.

The team received notification of a non-negative doping test result this morning. "Pending an official response form the UCI, the team has decided to indefinitely suspend the athlete," read a statement from the team, which is awaiting confirmation of a positive result before deciding on any further actions.

The name of the substance causing the non-negative result has not been announced.

Pfannberger's suspension means he will not be able to ride the Giro d'Italia. The 29-year-old reigning Austrian national champion was scheduled to compete in the Italian Grand Tour along with Pavel Brutt, Nikita Eskov, Mikhail Ignatiev, Sergey Klimov, Luca Mazzanti, Evgeni Petrov, Filippo Pozzato and Ben Swift.
I hope nobody had him down for their Fantasy Giro team.

Better now than two weeks' time, I guess.
 

rich p

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:evil::rolleyes:Well, I suppose it means they're still catching them at least. It also means they're still at it though.
 
rich p said:
:evil::rolleyes:Well, I suppose it means they're still catching them at least. It also means they're still at it though.
Has anyone ever tried to work out the ratio of caught/not caught? Does one Pfannberger* equate to X naughty chaps who are still getting way with it? :blush:













* - pffffffft, he's called Fannyburger. Snork! :blush:
 

col

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Im afraid my opinion is that most of them are using something illegal, just most dont get caught out, sad though it is.
 
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