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EPO test must be validated: MAY 26th: If the screening test for the banned drug EPO is not validated between now and the June 20 deadline set by the International Cycling Union (UCI) the results could be "catastrophic", Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc said today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >> New dope test may be tried on Tour: MAY 23rd: A new doping test to detect the banned hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in urine samples could be introduced in the forthcoming Tour de France, French cycling federation sources have said. Read the full story in the Irish Times >> Festina trial set for Lille later this year: MAY 22nd: The trial against ten people implicated in the 1998 Tour de France doping scandal - known as the 'Festina Affair' - will take place from October 23rd to November 10th, Assistant Public Prosecutor Gerald Vinsonneau said today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >> Italian investigators strongly suggest Pantani EPO use Feb 22nd (By VeloNews Interactive News Service) - A detailed examination of a blood sample supplied by Marco Pantani during last year's Giro d'Italia strongly suggests that the Italian rider used EPO, an Italian news agency reported Tuesday. MORE >> Riders protest over drugs inquiry FEB 15th: Italy's new cycling season got underway today with competitors in the Laigueglia Trophy protesting over a drugs investigation which has targetted several top riders. MORE >> IOC get tough on drug cheats FEB 13th: Athletes competing at the Sydney Games will face out of competition dope testing for the first time in Olympic history. MORE >> CONI hand over dossiers FEB 11th: The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has decided to transmit dossiers on six leading cyclists to their respective national cycling federations. MORE >> Stephen Roche - mentioned in Italian EPO enquiry - See what the papers say - and don't just read the headlines. (23/1/00) Roche's late late date - The Tour de France winner took on the journalist on Friday night about a report linking him to drugs. By Denis Walsh Sunday Times - Full text here
(16/1/00) Roche has evidence which proves he's innocent - In an article in Ireland on Sunday Stephen Roche who was one of 23 cyclists named recently in a Italian EPO investigation, said he went to Italy last week to get the evidence he needed to clear his name. With this evidence he could take substantial damages from The Sunday Times, Sunday Independent and Sunday Tribune but it could cost him £500,000 to take legal against these. He does not have this sort of money, and he went on to mention the Albert Reynolds case. He will be taking this up with his solicitor. Roche returned to Dublin for Friday's LATE LATE SHOW. (9/1/00) Poison in the heart of sport - The West cried foul when systematic doping by the East German state was uncovered, but damning new evidence suggests that at least as many cheats were propering on the other side of the Iron Curtain. By David Walsh and John Follain in Rome Sunday Times - Full text here (9/1/00) Roche dope papers revealed - THE files of an Italian sports doctor under investigation for doping athletes indicate that Stephen Roche, the 1987 Tour de France winner, took erythropoietin (EPO) in 1993. The Irish cyclist yesterday strenuously denied taking the blood-boosting drug. Sunday Times - Full text here (4/1/00) Roche the victim of Italian intrigue - Chief Sports Reporter KARL MacGINTY (Irish Independent) writes on the tangled web of Italian intrigue in which cycling legend Stephen Roche finds himself following the revelations of a leaked list Irish Independent - Full text here (3/1/00) Roche denies taking EPO - Irish cyclist Stephen Roche, who won the 1987 Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and World Championship, yesterday denied that he had ever used the performance enhancing substance erythropoetin (EPO). Irish Times - Full text here |
