David Kopp positive for cocaine

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited March 2009 in Pro race
Not really that interesting in itself... he was a promising sprinter a few years ago, but never really made a big breakthrough. But this bit caught my eye:

"According to the BDR, Kopp tested positive on September 11 at a Belgian national race. The Belgian federation cannot sanction riders who do not have a Belgian license, and only one month ago sent the case to the UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... mar26news2

So he tests positive in September and it takes the Belgian fed 5 months to inform the UCI?!

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The sport is run by a bunch of crazy people.

    All the various governing bodies really need to get a handle on their administration.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Well seeing who's federation Kopp belongs to, I'd say he's in trouble.

    In Belgium you say?
    Would be a bit cheeky if they tried to sanction him,
    especially when you consider who his supplier might have been.
    These sprinters, eh? A tight bunch. :roll:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,112
    I see he's trotted out the someone must've spiked my drink excuse;
    cyclingnews wrote:
    Kopp blames it on a drink

    David Kopp has denied intentionally using the cocaine which was found in a doping control last September, saying someone must have spiked his drink at a club two days earlier. The German cycling federation announced the positive test on Thursday, saying it had only just been notified by the Belgian federation and the International Cycling Union (UCI).

    The positive test was on September 11, when Kopp placed third in a Belgian criterium race for Continental Team Cycle-Colstrop. Interviewed on Radsport-News.com, Kopp said that he had not used the illegal drug willingly. "I was in a club two days before the race. I was frustrated and drank too much. It is very possible that someone slipped something in my drink, and I didn't notice it," he said.

    In October 2008, the now retired Kopp was notified by the Flemish cycling federation about the positive control. Out of financial grounds he declined to have the B sample opened. Since then, he said, he had heard nothing more about the matter until the BDR's announcement on Thursday. (SW)

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