IOL (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Italian rider Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years after testing positive for the blood booster EPO in the Tour de France.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years after admitting doping violations at the Tour de France.
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Riccardo Riccò has today received a 2 year ban from the Italian Tribunale Nazionale for antidoping. The Tribunale rejected the recommendation of CONI, which called for a reduction of Riccò's sanction to 20 months. The procura of CONI argued that Riccò had provided sufficient information about his suppliers and Dr. Santuccione to warrant a shortened sanction. The Tribunale disagreed. The sanction resulted...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
ROME (Reuters) - Italian rider Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years after testing positive for the blood booster EPO in this year's Tour de France, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Thursday.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
ROME -- Cyclist Riccardo Ricco was banned two years by the Italian Olympic Committee on Thursday after admitting to doping during the Tour de France.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years after testing positive for the blood booster EPO in this year's Tour de France.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Riccardo Ricco has been banned for two years for taking the blood booster EPO before this year's Tour de France
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Cyclist Riccardo Ricco was banned two years by the Italian Olympic Committee on Thursday after admitting to doping during the Tour de France.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Italian Olympic body, CONI, reduced the doping part of the ban by six months from the maximum two years. But it also added six months because Ricco had gone to a physician who had already been banned for doping violations, Carlo Santuccione.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Cyclist Riccardo Ricco was banned two years by the Italian Olympic Committee on Thursday after admitting to doping during the Tour de France.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Rome - The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday recommended cyclist Riccardo Ricco serve a 20-month ban for failing a dope test at this year's Tour de France. CONI took into account the 25-year-old's admission three days after the positive resu...
France24 (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Italy's anti-doping prosecutor is seeking a 20-month ban for Riccardo Ricco, who was expelled from this year's Tour de France for using prohibited substances. The Italian cyclist has admitted to using the banned blood booster EPO before the Tour.
Pure Pedantry (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
A Spanish cyclist, Maria Isabel Moreno, became the first person at the Beijing Olympics to test positive for a banned substance . It's cycling, so no shocker that the banned substance was Epo. No word on whether it is the new type of Epo called CERA that Riccardo Ricco tested positive for in the Tour de France. Anyway, I wrote a big post on Epo that has all I want to say on the matter. Read the comments...
Steroid Nation (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
1. The Globe and Mail (and an older NY Times) says the Russians hold the early lead in doping. 2. Non-Olympian Italian Cyclist Emanuele Sella admits to CERA EPO to the Italian Olympic Committee. (IHT). (Riccardo Ricco, who won two stages at the Tour de France, tested positive for EPO during the prestigious race and Marta Bastianelli are out of the Olympics for doping) 3. There appears to be a 5th Tour...
Through the Prism (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Many of those involved in cycling have been critical of the doping tests. The guilty, of course, have pleaded that the process is sloppy and the labs corrupt, but others who haven't been accused of anything have agreed. Riccardo Ricco was disqualified after testing positive during this year's Tour de France, but one can see why he thought he might get away with it. Riccò has withdrawn his request to...
