Piepoli (Saunier-Duval) and Schumacher (Geralsteiner). Their blood samples have being shown to be positive for CERA.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /oct07news
Watching TdF stages into the early hours of the morning seemed to be more and more meaningless. Why should we strain ourselves to watch dopers perform? Maybe we should also take NoDoz to keep us awake rather than to deprive ourselves of sleep for two full weeks.
Another two dopers caught from TdF 2008
Absolutely - was the first thing which came to mind. No real track history in time trials like some of the other giants he wiped out......No surprises there with Schumacher.
Now we have at least 5 stages from last count, won by fraudulent and deceptive means.
Kohl has now been sacked from Silence -Lotto - and check this - our sport is going to the dogs no ???
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /oct17news
German broadcasters pull Tour de France coverage
Two German broadcasters announced Thursday that they will not broadcast live coverage of the Tour de France in 2009. The decision by ARD and ZDF comes in response to a spate of recent positive doping tests among several high profile athletes who competed in the Tour de France in July of 2008.
"The regard for the Tour de France has considerably decreased due to the increase in doping cases," said the chairman of ARD Fritz Raff according to AFP. "The interest in its coverage has also decreased considerably."ZDF backed up ARD by telling AFP it would not broadcast the Tour without the ARD.
In response, Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), organizers of the Tour de France, defended its efforts to combat doping. "For several years, we have been engaged in the thankless fight against doping," ASO said in a statement. "In the latest edition, the French Antidoping Agency (AFLD), handled the doping controls independently. Seven riders were convicted of doping and are excluded from the race."
"ARD calls for the fight against doping, but then is offended when we find the riders who are doping. It's necessary to find the dopers and hide nothing," continued the statement, which re-iterated a recent comment by Pierre Bordry, President of the AFLD. "On October 14, he said, 'The majority of riders are not doping.'"
Despite the decision of the two German organizations not to provide live Tour de France coverage, ASO assured Germans they will still be able to watch the French Grand Tour on television. "The 2009 Tour will be brought to Germany. German viewers will be able to follow the Tour on Eurosport."
Tour of Deutschland cancelled in wake of doping scandals
Continuing a grim day for German road cycling fans, organisers cancelled the Tour of Deutschland for 2009. After losing a major sponsor, organisers said they would not be able to market the race to sponsors well enough to fund the race after the recent round of positive doping tests.
German cycling was dealt a double blow with the test results this week and last week of Team Gerolosteiner riders Bernard Kohl and Stefan Schumacher, both of whom tested positive for EPO CERA for samples taken during the Tour de France.
"It's news that does not surprise us entirely," said a UCI spokesperson to the AFP in response to the cancellation of the ProTour race. "It must reflect the middle position of cycling."
"The UCI continues to hope that with all of its efforts to fight against doping, we will be soon be able to re-create conditions in which cycling can be popular again with sponsors, the media and the public in Germany."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /oct17news
German broadcasters pull Tour de France coverage
Two German broadcasters announced Thursday that they will not broadcast live coverage of the Tour de France in 2009. The decision by ARD and ZDF comes in response to a spate of recent positive doping tests among several high profile athletes who competed in the Tour de France in July of 2008.
"The regard for the Tour de France has considerably decreased due to the increase in doping cases," said the chairman of ARD Fritz Raff according to AFP. "The interest in its coverage has also decreased considerably."ZDF backed up ARD by telling AFP it would not broadcast the Tour without the ARD.
In response, Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), organizers of the Tour de France, defended its efforts to combat doping. "For several years, we have been engaged in the thankless fight against doping," ASO said in a statement. "In the latest edition, the French Antidoping Agency (AFLD), handled the doping controls independently. Seven riders were convicted of doping and are excluded from the race."
"ARD calls for the fight against doping, but then is offended when we find the riders who are doping. It's necessary to find the dopers and hide nothing," continued the statement, which re-iterated a recent comment by Pierre Bordry, President of the AFLD. "On October 14, he said, 'The majority of riders are not doping.'"
Despite the decision of the two German organizations not to provide live Tour de France coverage, ASO assured Germans they will still be able to watch the French Grand Tour on television. "The 2009 Tour will be brought to Germany. German viewers will be able to follow the Tour on Eurosport."
Tour of Deutschland cancelled in wake of doping scandals
Continuing a grim day for German road cycling fans, organisers cancelled the Tour of Deutschland for 2009. After losing a major sponsor, organisers said they would not be able to market the race to sponsors well enough to fund the race after the recent round of positive doping tests.
German cycling was dealt a double blow with the test results this week and last week of Team Gerolosteiner riders Bernard Kohl and Stefan Schumacher, both of whom tested positive for EPO CERA for samples taken during the Tour de France.
"It's news that does not surprise us entirely," said a UCI spokesperson to the AFP in response to the cancellation of the ProTour race. "It must reflect the middle position of cycling."
"The UCI continues to hope that with all of its efforts to fight against doping, we will be soon be able to re-create conditions in which cycling can be popular again with sponsors, the media and the public in Germany."
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