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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Gabriele Bosisio pleaded his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee's Anti-doping prosecutor on Monday. The 29-year-old LPR rider underwent an out-of-competition test in September that detected traces of the blood-booster EPO. He denied using the banned substance. "I've never taken EPO and I repeat that I am innocent," said Bosisio. LPR was the team of Italian Danilo Di...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
One of the most interesting facts to come out of EP 's recent poll (results below and still time to vote!) regarding past dopers is that those riders who were contrite and apologetic seem to fare far better in the eyes of cycling fans than those that continue to lie and stonewall authorities. The question asked of EP 's readers was: "If you could eliminate one rider from professional cycling,...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Italian wine and olive oil producer Farnese Vini has decided to move up into the highest category of pro cycling and become the co-sponsor of Italian ProTour team Lampre next year. Farnese Vini started its sponsorship of a cycling team in 2009, when it became the co-sponsor of Professional Continental team LPR Brakes, which had Danilo Di Luca and Alessandro Petacchi under contract. The team, however,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Rome - Retests of samples from the 2008 Giro d'Italia have led to suspicion of doping with the blood booster CERA, the Gazzela dello Sport daily reported on Friday. Citing prosecutors in Padova, Gazzetta said that six or seven riders could have used ...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Alessandro Petacchi has been one of the world's top sprinters for the last ten plus years, but recently he has not been able to match up against the best riders in the world in many of the biggest races due to being on a non-Pro Tour team. He rode for the LPR team over the past two seasons, and although he had good results throughout the year, he missed out on the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, and...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes) has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for EPO, the UCI announced Tuesday. The 29-year-old was found positive in an out-of-competition test conducted by the UCI on September 2 at Rogeno, Italy. Bosisio’s LPR teammate, Danilo Di Luca, had apparently finished second in the Giro d’Italia in May, but was later suspended for failing...
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Chasing wheels (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
The most compelling reason riders dope is that they don't think they'll get caught. It's nothing to do with the winning, it's all about the perceived risk of sanction. Joe Lindsey expounded on this in the Boulder Report: Read "Can Black Swans Stop Doping?" Of course he was talking about Danilo Di Luca getting busted. It's notable that the noises he's been making in his defence are all about...
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Chasing wheels (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
It's the time of year when I spend a week or two raising an eyebrow at the shuffling of riders around the teams. Until you see a signature on a piece of paper, it's barely worth believing the vast majority or the rumours. I mean look how some of these have (apparently) panned out: Alessandro Ballan moves to Team Sky BMC Karsten Kroon moves to Team Sky BMC Damiano Cunego moves to Team Sky stays at Lampre...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Danilo Di Luca has questioned the validity of the testing used to discover traces of EPO CERA in his blood during this year's Giro d'Italia. The Italian, in Rome for the beginning of an Italian Olympic Committee [CONI] hearing into the offence, has also vowed to return to racing. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Di Luca's lawyers - Flavia Tortorella and Ernesto De Toni - were granted a 30-day...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
• New team to start first road race in Adelaide • Danilo Di Luca optimistic about clearing his name Lance Armstrong has confirmed that his new Radio Shack team will make their road-racing debut in Australia's Tour Down Under. The seven-times Tour de France winner added that he was keen to take part in an event which would also help boost awareness of his cancer work. "We are going to...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Suspended rider Danilo Di Luca said Wednesday that he may have been the victim of a conspiracy after twice testing positive for banned blood booster CERA during this year's Giro d’Italia. Di Luca purportedly finished second in the Italian tour, which he won in 2007, but subsequently returned positive tests for the third generation of EPO, called a Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Rome - Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca denied Wednesday using the banned blood-boosting drug CERA when he appeared at a hearing by the Italian Olympic Committee. The 33-year-old former Giro d'Italia winner said after the one-hour hearing he was convin...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca faced questions Wednesday from the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor after testing positive for a banned substance.
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WiredNews (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
AP - Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca faced questions Wednesday from the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor after testing positive for a banned substance.
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
Italian sprinter, Alessandro Petacchi, has signed a contract with Lampre-NGC for the next two years. He will leave Fabio Bordonali's LPR Brakes team one year earlier than scheduled. "I am splitting with LPR and Bordonali on good terms, but I couldn’t compete in races I wanted to," Petacchi told La Gazzetta dello Sport Saturday. His wins and Danilo Di Luca's second overall were a success...
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