Doping git thread

[smutchin]

Francesco Reda, who finished a 'surprising' (it says here) second to Nibbles in the Italian championships, tests positive for EPO...
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...-runner-up-reda-tests-positive-for-epo-182670

Ulissi came third.

This is Reda's second ban for EPO. And he was thrown off the Ras earlier this year for holding on to a car.

 

[classic33]

Lance Armstrongs view on things

 

[rich p]

It's fine Lance, don't fret, I wasn't going to ask you for your opinion

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Tweets from the TDF One Day Ahead people suggest it's already a media scrum. I wonder if the ordinary team members knew what they were letting themselves in for when they committed their £50,000 each...

 

[Big Dave laaa]

Froome woken at 6.30 this morning for a doping test. I hope he's usually an early riser because these guys deserve their sleep. As for Armstrong, isn't it about time he just went away?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Rasmussen and Rendell had a "frank, disarming and moving" interview today which will be on ITV website soon

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Anyone seen the latest Ricardo Ricco news? Apparently he's involved in a new investigation into supplying doping products... the guy is really the most enormous tool, and apparently dumb as muck:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riccardo-ricc-caught-up-in-new-drug-investigation-in-italy/

 

[Bollo]

Anyone seen the latest Ricardo Ricco news? Apparently he's involved in a new investigation into supplying doping products... the guy is really the most enormous tool, and apparently dumb as muck:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riccardo-ricc-caught-up-in-new-drug-investigation-in-italy/

That'll mess with his 2024 comeback plans.

 

[oldroadman]

Anyone seen the latest Ricardo Ricco news? Apparently he's involved in a new investigation into supplying doping products... the guy is really the most enormous tool, and apparently dumb as muck:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riccardo-ricc-caught-up-in-new-drug-investigation-in-italy/

He really is stupid. He'll end up in jail and deserves it.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Fabio Taborre of Androni-Giocattoli Sidermec tests positive for FG-4592. As it's the second AAF in 12 months for AGS the whole team faces a suspension of up to 45 days under new rules.

http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci...continental-team-androni-giocattoli-sidermec/

 

[HF2300]

I looked at a couple of cyclists' Twitter feeds and now keep getting messages from Twitter asking me if I want to follow Lance Armstrong.

 

[steveindenmark]

When are the cycling bodies going to grow some balls and start handing out life bans to these jokers? Not just from riding, but from having anything to do with either professional or amateur cycling. It is an easy solution, because at the moment the deterrent is not working.

 

[400bhp]

When are the cycling bodies going to grow some balls and start handing out life bans to these jokers? Not just from riding, but from having anything to do with either professional or amateur cycling. It is an easy solution, because at the moment the deterrent is not working.

Agree personally (second failure though) but it's the potential litigation that really stops this happening. There just isn't enough downside (across the piece, not just in cycling) for doping to become to risky to partake in.

Or another one is get them to pay some penal tax rate for the rest of their working lives. Or, feck it, just string em up.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have not had the chance to read/listen to this in its entirety yet but an "expose" of Colombian cycling
http://www.alpsandes.com/posts/2015...legas-speaks-out-about-being-forced-to-retire

 

[HF2300]

here is the first interview, more interesting reading...
http://www.alpsandes.com/posts/2015/2/17/juan-pablo-villegas

I'm a bit confused who he was racing for in 2015, google says Team smartstop (usa) but the article said Manaza Postobon

The linked article about 4-72 Colombia is interesting as well.

It sounds as the he raced for SmartStop until May (having been with 4-72 Colombia in 2014), then went back to Colombia and did a couple of races for Manzana Postobon before retiring. There's an allegation in one of the comments that he punched a load of riders in an American race, but how true it is I don't know and Google isn't telling.