Doping git thread

[rich p]

Davide Appollonio (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) has tested positive for EPO

http://cyclingquotes.com/news/davide_appollonio_tests_positive_for_epo/

MORE NEWS:
Thibaut Pinot positive ahead of Tour de France 30.06.2015 @ 22:57
Davide Appollonio tests positive for EPO 30.06.2015 @ 21:55
ASO to provide real-time tracking at the Tour de France 30.06.2015 @ 21:30
Tour de France: The potential winners 30.06.2015 @ 19:16

Blimey, for a second I thought Thibaut had been nailed too!
Appollonio and Possoni have subsequently been nailed post Sky.
Maybe Sky should avoid Italians...

...and Devonians too.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

MORE NEWS:
Thibaut Pinot positive ahead of Tour de France 30.06.2015 @ 22:57
Davide Appollonio tests positive for EPO 30.06.2015 @ 21:55
ASO to provide real-time tracking at the Tour de France 30.06.2015 @ 21:30
Tour de France: The potential winners 30.06.2015 @ 19:16

Blimey, for a second I thought Thibaut had been nailed too!
Appollonio and Possoni have subsequently been nailed post Sky.
Maybe Sky should avoid Italians...

...and Devonians too.

That Thibault ''headline'' gave me a shock too. I really hope he's clean because he's a talented and promising rider and wasting that talent would be a crime.

 

[dragon72]

Appollonio, an Italian, is now riding for Androni Giocattoli, which is interestingly the first Italian team he is riding for as a pro. Before them he was with AG2R, Sky and Cervelo

 

[smutchin]

Interesting choice to use a pic of Appollonio in Sky kit when he left the team in 2012.

@rich p I'd completely forgotten Possoni existed. Was he ever actually busted?

 

[rich p]

Interesting choice to use a pic of Appollonio in Sky kit when he left the team in 2012.

@rich p I'd completely forgotten Possoni existed. Was he ever actually busted?

Not yet! He was mentioned in the Padova Ferrari enquiry. I lost track of whether it was concluded or just rumbles on like Italian justice tends to.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Head over to the TdF spoilers thread for Astana rider withdrawal latest...

 

[Stonechat]

Lars Boom excluded from Tour de France over cortisol levels
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lars-boom-excluded-from-tour-de-france-over-cortisol-levels

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Head over to the TdF spoilers thread for Astana rider withdrawal latest...

Lars Boom excluded from Tour de France over cortisol levels
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lars-boom-excluded-from-tour-de-france-over-cortisol-levels

yes. that.

 

[rich p]

Astana seem to have a lot of awfully bad luck!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Astana seem to have a lot of awfully bad luck!

My business plan is taking shape...

 

[robertob]

I'm sure there is a very good explanation for it.

Astana seem to have a lot of awfully bad luck!

That isn't unusual. If you ever played Roulette you'll know bad luck REALLY exists!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Astana just tried to put out a statement on their website and the site has crashed. LOL.

 

[rich p]

I'm sure there is a very good explanation for it.

That isn't unusual. If you ever played Roulette you'll know bad luck REALLY exists!

Kazakh Roulette?
Katusha play Russian Roulette...

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Astana just tried to put out a statement on their website and the site has crashed. LOL.

Alessandro Vanotti will arrive in the Netherlands Saturday morning to undergo physical and blood tests and await a UCI decision on the matter (ie...if Boom can be replaced, or not)

 

[HF2300]

My business plan is taking shape...

So... marketing heather as a masking agent, eh? Cunning.