Johnny Schleck searched by French customs

Bugly
Bugly Posts: 520
edited July 2008 in Pro race
anybody have more info then this?

VIZILLE, France, July 24 (Reuters) - French customs officers stopped and searched a car driven by Johnny Schleck, the father of riders Frank and Andy, during Thursday's 18th stage of the Tour de France, witnesses said. Customs officers first stopped a press car with Luxemburg number plates and searched it 35km into the day's 196.5km ride from Bourg d'Oisans to St Etienne.
They then stopped a second car, driven by Johnny Schleck, whose sons are riders from Luxembourg representing the CSC team on the Tour de France.
Frank Schleck, who lost the race leader's yellow jersey on Wednesday, is second overall one minute and 24 seconds behind Spanish team mate Carlos Sastre.
"We will search the car," a customs officer told Reuters without giving any further details.
The car later continued on the stage course behind a customs vehicle.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot, editing by Ken Ferris)

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  • sportzchick
    sportzchick Posts: 45
    if they found anything he wouldnt of been let go
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Papa Schleck update from Reuters. Looks to our untrained eyes like much ado about nothing: Johnny Schleck, who drives guests around for one of the Tour sponsors, was asked to step out of the car at a roundabout and was searched by a police officer. He was then asked to drive the car towards the other side of the roundabout, where the vehicle was searched by customs officers for 30 minutes. "We will search the car," a customs officer told Reuters without giving any further details. The car later continued on the stage course behind a customs vehicle towards Grenoble.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    I figured that if he drove off nothing was found - the real question is why did customs decide to search the vechicle. Hope its a mistake would be a tragedy for the tour if otherwise.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    probably someone making up Bull sh|t stories about something located in the car etc etc
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  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Let's not read too much into this!
    If you see the candle as flame, the meal is already cooked.
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  • method
    method Posts: 784
    LangerDan wrote:
    The car later continued on the stage course behind a customs vehicle towards Grenoble.

    Doesn't necessarily sound like he went on about his business after the search.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    How many French rider-related cars are they searching? I'll bet none.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Apparently CONI tested Frank Schleck and up to 5 other CSC riders (depending on which forum you believe) last Sunday.

    Its also reported on a French forum that Cancellara was tested four times in four days earlier in the Tour - If true are they gathering sufficient wee to do a CERA test?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    LangerDan wrote:
    Apparently CONI tested Frank Schleck and up to 5 other CSC riders (depending on which forum you believe) last Sunday.

    Its also reported on a French forum that Cancellara was tested four times in four days earlier in the Tour - If true are they gathering sufficient wee to do a CERA test?

    They only need one to do a CERA test. Remember they said that Roche Pharmaceutical actually put a "molecule" (their word) in it so they could test for CERA. So all they need is one test and it should show. It's not a profile they're testing for but the actual presence of that "molecule."
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    donrhummy wrote:

    They only need one to do a CERA test. Remember they said that Roche Pharmaceutical actually put a "molecule" (their word) in it so they could test for CERA. So all they need is one test and it should show. It's not a profile they're testing for but the actual presence of that "molecule."

    Keep up :P No they didn't. That was misquoted.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    donrhummy wrote:
    They only need one to do a CERA test. Remember they said that Roche Pharmaceutical actually put a "molecule" (their word) in it so they could test for CERA. So all they need is one test and it should show. It's not a profile they're testing for but the actual presence of that "molecule."

    Not according to cyclingnews today:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... jul24news2

    Roche provided WADA with a molecule to help them develop a test, but there was no tracer molecule inserted into the drug.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I'm guessing Roche gave them more than one molecule of the stuff :wink:
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Anyway, after this exciting non-news about daddy Schleck can I tell everyone I had a cup of tea today.

    It was quite nice too.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    DaveyL wrote:
    I'm guessing Roche gave them more than one molecule of the stuff :wink:

    LOL, I can just imagine the delivery man walking into WADA HQ with the world's smallest envelope. "Here's your molecule... it's the only one we have so DON'T LOSE IT!" :lol:
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    From BikeRadar front page:
    "No doping products found"

    I guess they were hoping for a boatload of Viagra.

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