Another Austrian Debacle...

blazing_saddles
blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
edited June 2009 in Pro race
Hot sauce just off the press.
Another one bites the doping dust.

Ivanov must be sh*tting himself. :roll:
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  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Doesn't say what he's been pinged for does it. Anyone know?

    Test was from March 19 apparently.

    Also, notably an ex-Barloworld rider, make of that what you will.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Karpets and Pozzato too must be nervous, sorry calm this evening. It could be a result of DIY but many have been raising eyebrows at Ivanov's performances.
  • leguape
    leguape Posts: 986
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Hot sauce just off the press.
    Another one bites the doping dust.

    Ivanov must be sh*tting himself. :roll:

    AP says

    A surprise test on Pfannberger at his home in Austria on
    March 19 came back positive, and the rider sent a letter to
    Katusha on Tuesday saying he was pulling out of the Giro
    for personal reasons.
    On Wednesday, Pfannberger's agent told the Russian team of
    the failed test.

    And Reuters has a handy reminder that he's already done a two stretch for EPO in 2004:

    Austrian champion Pfannberger faces a possible life ban from
    the sport having already been handed a two-year suspension after
    a positive test for the blood-booster EPO in 2004.
    http://www.atomicecho.com/cycling
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    leguape wrote:


    And Reuters has a handy reminder that he's already done a two stretch for EPO in 2004:

    Austrian champion Pfannberger faces a possible life ban from
    the sport having already been handed a two-year suspension after
    a positive test for the blood-booster EPO in 2004.

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    "non-negative result" love it :lol:
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  • CyclingBantam
    CyclingBantam Posts: 1,299
    phil s wrote:
    leguape wrote:


    And Reuters has a handy reminder that he's already done a two stretch for EPO in 2004:

    Austrian champion Pfannberger faces a possible life ban from
    the sport having already been handed a two-year suspension after
    a positive test for the blood-booster EPO in 2004.

    Testosterone

    Seeing as quite a few of the positives this year have been from people who have either been caught before or had serious suspicion surrounding them, does that indicate that they are catching people who have always been at it. Thus the testing is getting better, or am I being too hopeful?
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Possibly more to do with the fact that a week before Pfannbergers test, Christoph Kerschbaum was arrested and questioned for 11 days about the trafficking of doping products.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    The UCI have confirmed his A sample was positive for EPO.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    A personal reason it was then eh?!!
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    what an utter clown he is.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    what an utter clown he is.

    One could even say he's been a right pfanny...
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    DaveyL wrote:
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    what an utter clown he is.

    One could even say he's been a right pfanny...

    But he's really bergered now
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Shame - I liked his custom Ridley....

    Alexander Serov must be extremely happy right now : )
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    The b sample has come back positive too;

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pfannbe ... ve-for-epo
  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    Cumulonimbus wrote:
    DaveyL wrote:
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    what an utter clown he is.

    One could even say he's been a right pfanny...

    But he's really bergered now

    He wont get top Markus for that one. Sorry.

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