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Interesting doco at 8.30 on SBS, about the 1998 Olympics 100m, the one where Ben Johnson was positive, since then 6 of the 8 in the race have been banned for steroid use.
Interesting show. One of the testers, had stored samples and tested 200 odd samples Using today's methods and stopped cause he didn't know what he would do with all the positive results.
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Tour de France rider in doping arrest
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July 11, 2012 - 12:18AM
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Arrested ... France's Remy di Gregorio. Photo: AFP
Tour de France team Cofidis have suspended Frenchman Remy Di Gregorio over doping allegations.
Di Gregorio, 26, was arrested following a police raid at his team's hotel in Bourg-en-Bresse on the race's first rest day.
A team statement said:
'We may sack him' ... Cofidis manager Yvon Sanquer speaks to the media.
''We have just learned that one of our riders, competing at the Tour de France, has attempted to resort to doping substances to improve his performance.
''At the current time, we have very little information about the facts of the case.
''However the suspicion on the rider concerned, Remy di Gregorio, leaves us with no choice but to hand down the strictest possible sanctions.
"Remy di Gregorio is therefore immediately suspended, provisionally, while we await more ample information on the case.
''If the suspicions are confirmed, he will be sacked on the spot - in accordance with the stipulations in his contract and in line with the ethical policy of the team.''
It is not the first time one or several riders from Cofidis have been embroiled in a doping affair.
Under pressure from organisers the team voluntarily left the race in 2007 when an Italian rider, Cristian Moreni, tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin).
In 2007, current Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins, now of Team Sky, was part of the Cofidis team that went home after the 16th stage.
Tour de France officials have yet to comment on the case.
But Cofidis hope to avoid the same fate as five years ago.
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''Di Gregorio was arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the organised trafficking of doping substances, Marseille magistrate Jacques Dallest told AFP.
He was taken into police custody in Bourg-en-Bresse and was brought to Marseille for further questioning by investigating magistrate Annaick Le Goff, Dallest said.
Two other unidentified men, who are suspected of ''having dealings'' with Di Gregorio, were also taken into police custody
WA
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pretty funny really.
everytime someone say's cycling is cleaning up its act another one is caught.
Sorta be like being a freo docker fan I think, the lows far outweigh the highs.
W
