Di Luca positive for CERA in Giro d'Italia

Kléber
Kléber Posts: 6,842
edited August 2009 in Pro race
Headline says it all :roll:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/22-07-2 ... 8563.shtml
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  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Che sorpresa. not.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    This makes me oddly happy. Guess I was right all along when I called his performances "ridiculous" in the Giro.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Now, where are those Di Luca fans?

    Still CERA-tastic peloton by the looks of things.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    French TV saying he'll retire, unsurprisingly.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Strewth.... :roll:
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Ceranimated the race, did he?

    Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out, Danni.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    French TV saying he'll retire, unsurprisingly.

    Now where have we heard that before?
  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    09 giro would have been pretty boring without him towards the end :?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Time for an avatar change. The joke has become reality.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Obelix
    Obelix Posts: 18
    Great to see the passport enabling the testers to target suspicious riders like di luca and finally nail them out of the sport. Lets hope they catch vino by the end of july!!!!
  • SunWuKong
    SunWuKong Posts: 364
    Not surprising but I have always liked his aggressive riding.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time for an avatar change. The joke has become reality.

    May I suggest Kloden
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    I just don't get this?! He KNEW they were now testing for CERA and had just caught a TON of guys with it, why the heck would he take it?! Stupid.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    donrhummy wrote:
    I just don't get this?! He KNEW they were now testing for CERA and had just caught a TON of guys with it, why the heck would he take it?! Stupid.

    Because he'd been taking it for ages without getting caught?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    edited July 2009
    i might be wrong but wasnt there something ages ago about team sky and di luca?becuase LPR didnt do any of the big races other than giro
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    edited July 2009
    afx237vi wrote:
    This makes me oddly happy. Guess I was right all along when I called his performances "ridiculous" in the Giro.

    Not really becuae iirc your "ridculous" claims were relating to his climbing ability, so not that ridiculous at the time.
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    HEY, this means Sastre made another GT podium!!
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Yesss! Another bet I've won!
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time for an avatar change. The joke has become reality.

    May I suggest Kloden

    Menchov.
  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    edited July 2009
    donrhummy wrote:
    HEY, this means Sastre made another GT podium!!

    it'll probably be another rebellin as di luca's test was from 07? not 09 and so they cant kick him out...


    ...yet :twisted:
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    afx237vi wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time for an avatar change. The joke has become reality.

    May I suggest Kloden

    Menchov.

    Wiggins
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    This makes me oddly happy. Guess I was right all along when I called his performances "ridiculous" in the Giro.

    Not really becuae iirc your "ridculous" claims were relating to his climbing ability, so not that ridiculous at the time.

    Eh? Where do you think he got his climbing ability from?
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    So it was too good to be true... man... to be honest he was smashing it every single day, which was suss...

    A
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Harmon reading out some press reports that it was due to bio passport targetting.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    This makes me oddly happy. Guess I was right all along when I called his performances "ridiculous" in the Giro.

    Not really becuae iirc your "ridculous" claims were relating to his climbing ability, so not that ridiculous at the time.

    :?: I remember commenting on that thread that his climbing was out of all proportion to his earlier GT outings. Clearly this was why. So how does this make afx wrong?
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  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    edited July 2009
    sorry double post by me :cry:
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    JC.152 wrote:
    donrhummy wrote:
    HEY, this means Sastre made another GT podium!!

    it'll probably be another rebellin as di luca's test was from 07? not 09 and so they cant kick him out...


    ...yet :twisted:

    Cycling news saying tests from:


    he UCI announced Wednesday that it has suspended Italian Danilo Di Luca for two positive tests for the EPO derivative CERA. The LPR Brakes rider's doping control samples showed evidence of the banned blood booster on two occasions - on May 20 and 28th during the 2009 Giro d'Italia.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    . Di Luca tested positive twice - before the Cinque Terre time trial and before the Mt. Vesuvio stage.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Moray Gub wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time for an avatar change. The joke has become reality.

    May I suggest Kloden

    Menchov.

    Wiggins

    May I be permitted a :roll: at this point Moray?
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  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Why does it take so long for the results to come out? That's almost 2 months.

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