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Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 24, 2018) –The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) welcomes today’s decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to issue lifetime sanctions to Johan Bruyneel and Dr. Pedro Celaya Lemaza, as well as increase the sanction for Pepe Marti, for their involvement in the U.S. […]
Excerpts from this Velo News article: “Jaksche on doping today: ‘A wolf cannot change his fur’ “BESSASONE, Italy (VN) — Ten years after Operación Puerto, Jørg Jaksche has a hard time believing much has changed in cycling. A decade on, Jaksche lives in Australia, where he is pursuing a master’s […]
The US Government has decided TO join Landis’ whistleblower lawsuit. They were said to be filing Qui Tam suit papers today to join Floyd Landis’ suit. His suit alleges that the team defrauded the government because they doped while being sponsored by the US Postal Service. Their contract specifically forbade […]
A story in the New York Times reported that the makers of some of the various drugs being abused by athletes may finally start cooperating to try and turn that around. EPO was developed to help anemia patients, cancer patients, people with AIDS, etc. Athletes have long been abusing it. […]
Also testifying today were Joseba Beloki, Unai Osa and Benjamin Nozal. According to Spanish newspapers, Beloki denied having a relationship with Dr. Fuentes. He said his training schedule for 2005 is not in t he documents and that when Operation Puerto first broke, he requested the cycling federation to defend […]
David Etxebarria testified that he never paid Dr. Fuentes for anything and Fuentes never tried to collect any blood from him. Beloki had presented a document on Liberty Seguros letterhead with included Etxebarria’s name but he denied any knowledge of it. He insisted 100% that none of the blood bags […]
Ivan Basso testified today at Operation Puerto. He said since he was a child he wanted to be the best cyclist in the world. He said he took the initiative in 2001 and contacted Dr. Fuentes because he though the method used by Fuentes of freezing the blood would improve […]
Andre Birote, a US attorney led a federal investigation into Armstrong’s situation, was reported to have said Lance shouldn’t be worried right now. He said Armstrong isn’t completely excluded from prosecution, but his recent revelations with Oprah doesn’t really change anything for the moment. They’ve already made a decision a […]
Former Rabobank cyclist Grischa Niermann has admitted having doped while on the Rabobank team. He said he doped many times using EPO while with the team from 2000-2003. He was part of the team for a dozen years. He said that in 2003 he realized doping was not the path […]
An article in the New York Times says that Lance Armstrong is considering coming clean about having doped during his cycling career. He would really like to be able to participate in athletic events that now are off-limits to him because of the doping allegations. Armstrong’s lawyer Tim Herman says […]
