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This Just In: Iban Mayo Was on UCI Hit List
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breaking...817153,00.html
Suspended Mayo was UCI target - McQuaid By Julien Pretot PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Spanish rider Iban Mayo had been targeted by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a possible offender prior to his positive test for erythropoietin during the Tour de France. Mayo, who finished the race in 16th place, was suspended by his team Saunier Duval on Monday after cycling's governing body confirmed traces of EPO in a sample taken on the July 24 rest day. "It's another sad episode in the Tour de France," UCI president Pat McQuaid told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday. "People need to understand, the riders need to understand that that the UCI operates in a different way than in the past. Thanks to the blood tests, we target riders. "Iban Mayo was one of the UCI targets," he added. "The riders have to understand that we use intelligence to target some of them." EPO is a blood-boosting substance that was at the centre of the Festina affair that tarnished the 1998 Tour de France. "It is surprising that the riders still use it knowing it is detectable," MacQuaid added. The UCI chief added that Alexander Vinokourov, who tested positive for homologous blood-doping, was probably unaware that the French laboratory used by Tour organisers had mastered detection methods for this kind of offence. "Up to this year, only the Lausanne laboratory (in Switzerland) was conducting tests for homologous blood-doping," McQuaid said. "But the Lausanne lab taught the French one how to detect it and therefore they were able to test Vinokourov's sample." The Kazakh rider tested positive following his stage 13 time-trial victory in Albi and was forced to leave the race, prompting his Astana team to pull out of the Tour. In a race marred by a series of doping affairs, Italian rider Cristian Moreni tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone and was kicked out of the race for having too much sex. His Cofidis team abandoned the Tour almost immediately. Dane Michael Rasmussen, who was race leader at the time, was sacked by his Rabobank team before the 17th stage for lying about his training whereabouts. |
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This Just In: Iban Mayo Was on UCI Hit List
"Iban Mayo was one of the UCI targets," he added.
"The riders have to understand that we use intelligence to target some of them." Mayo cleared in 'non-negative' test First Edition Cycling News for June 15, 2007 Edited by Laura Weislo Spanish climber Iban Mayo has been cleared of any doping offence after returning a 'non-negative' urine test in the Giro d'Italia. The Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport reported the test results in a move that the UCI called "premature". The UCI is currently investigating the results of two other 'non-negative' tests, reported to be high levels of the asthma medication salbutamol returned, according to Gazetta, by Mayo's team-mate Leonardo Piepoli and sprint ace Alessandro Petacchi. The UCI issued a statement regarding Mayo's high testosterone:epitestosterone result, stating, "No breach of the UCI antidoping rules was committed by the Spanish rider Iban Mayo of the Saunier Duval team. A further examination conducted by IRMS has enabled any possibility of testosterone administration to be ruled out." The additional tests were performed in the WADA laboratory in Rome, and confirmed that Mayo's high testosterone levels are of a natural origin, something which Saunier Duval team manager stated the UCI is aware of, and for which Mayo holds an exemption. The Saunier Duval team objected to the publication of the test results in the press, stating that previous reports of non-negatives have been published and then subsequently returned 'not-guilty' verdicts, "But never in the past, had rumours been published with names of cyclists to such early stage," stated the team press release. "That is why we condemn and regret those accusations which have been made to our team and which affects our image and our sponsors." Indeed, earlier this year news that second place 2006 Tour de France finisher Oscar Pereiro had tested 'non-negative' for the asthma drug salbutamol was published and later cleared up when the rider presented proper documentation for a therapeutic use exemption to the antidoping authorities. The UCI statement addressed the premature publication of the names involved, stating, "The history of this particular case shows the vital need to await the closure of the relevant investigations before reaching conclusions. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un07/jun15news |
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This Just In: Iban Mayo Was on UCI Hit List
...."kicked out of the race for having too much sex."
damn. these guys really are cracking down "Breaking News" wrote in message ... "Iban Mayo was one of the UCI targets," he added. "The riders have to understand that we use intelligence to target some of them." Mayo cleared in 'non-negative' test First Edition Cycling News for June 15, 2007 Edited by Laura Weislo Spanish climber Iban Mayo has been cleared of any doping offence after returning a 'non-negative' urine test in the Giro d'Italia. The Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport reported the test results in a move that the UCI called "premature". The UCI is currently investigating the results of two other 'non-negative' tests, reported to be high levels of the asthma medication salbutamol returned, according to Gazetta, by Mayo's team-mate Leonardo Piepoli and sprint ace Alessandro Petacchi. The UCI issued a statement regarding Mayo's high testosterone:epitestosterone result, stating, "No breach of the UCI antidoping rules was committed by the Spanish rider Iban Mayo of the Saunier Duval team. A further examination conducted by IRMS has enabled any possibility of testosterone administration to be ruled out." The additional tests were performed in the WADA laboratory in Rome, and confirmed that Mayo's high testosterone levels are of a natural origin, something which Saunier Duval team manager stated the UCI is aware of, and for which Mayo holds an exemption. The Saunier Duval team objected to the publication of the test results in the press, stating that previous reports of non-negatives have been published and then subsequently returned 'not-guilty' verdicts, "But never in the past, had rumours been published with names of cyclists to such early stage," stated the team press release. "That is why we condemn and regret those accusations which have been made to our team and which affects our image and our sponsors." Indeed, earlier this year news that second place 2006 Tour de France finisher Oscar Pereiro had tested 'non-negative' for the asthma drug salbutamol was published and later cleared up when the rider presented proper documentation for a therapeutic use exemption to the antidoping authorities. The UCI statement addressed the premature publication of the names involved, stating, "The history of this particular case shows the vital need to await the closure of the relevant investigations before reaching conclusions. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un07/jun15news |
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