Anti-doping raids in Italy

bipedal
bipedal Posts: 466
edited June 2011 in Pro race
More raids in Italy: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8115/ ... raids.aspx
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,462
    Katusha are the team in question.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    andyp wrote:
    Katusha are the team in question.

    Let's not jump to conclusions. It could be any of the many Russian ProTour teams.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Cyclingnews has some info now

    Apparently the reports of 1000 agents were absurd

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha ... estigators

    Katusha named, one rider who had his records handed over apparently does not ride for them now.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Something big is going down in Italy generally.

    Tuttobici has a report of a very big doping doctor going down soon - wire taps and all that kind of stuff.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,462
    Pick one from three?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,462
    The Inner Ring is reporting that Scarponi received a visit from NAS today too.

    Are Lampre about to set a record for the number of riders under investigation for doping at one time?
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Scarponi dirty? Well I never!

    Would love one of the big doping doctors to get busted. Can't see it being Dr F though.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • BarryBonds
    BarryBonds Posts: 344
    hmmm pro cycling PED procycling PED pro sports PED pre sports PED

    Is this a surprise in any sport? It would be more surprising if it werent happening


    Just seems odd that Cycling should get such high profile investigations and actions when football is soooooo much richer but apprently beyond reproach
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    BarryBonds wrote:


    Just seems odd that Cycling should get such high profile investigations and actions when football is soooooo much richer but apprently beyond reproach

    Well, the Italians are going after a network of dealers, so other sports could be implicated.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • zippypablo
    zippypablo Posts: 398
    Yea but as soon as footballers were implicated in Puerto it came to a grinding halt.
    If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights. (Victor Hugo).
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,462
    Personally I don't care about football's image, the grubby pursuit of every last drop of cash has long since turned it into a corrupt, tarnished sport in my opinion.

    I'm a cycling fan, and whilst I appreciate that doping and cycling go hand in hand, I'm frankly sick of the attitudes of certain teams and riders who seem to think that continuing to tarnish the image of the sport is perfectly acceptable.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    zippypablo wrote:
    Yea but as soon as footballers were implicated in Puerto it came to a grinding halt.

    Yeah, but this is the Italians investigating this time. They don't care who you are. They had the football match fixing thing a few years ago and just last week they had their own Prime Minister in court.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    It appears that the five Russians being investigated are: Alexander Kolobnev, Vladimir Karpets, Mikhail Ignatiev, Vladimir Gusev, Evgeni Petrov.

    Is it curtains for Karpets?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    RichN95 wrote:
    It appears that the five Russians being investigated are: Alexander Kolobnev, Vladimir Karpets, Mikhail Ignatiev, Vladimir Gusev, Evgeni Petrov.

    Is it curtains for Karpets?

    He certainly could have the rug pulled out from underneath him. :P

    Oh no, Scarpo:
    http://road.cc/content/news/34554-miche ... -passports
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Scarponi on the juice?

    No waaaaaaay.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    It appears that the five Russians being investigated are: Alexander Kolobnev, Vladimir Karpets, Mikhail Ignatiev, Vladimir Gusev, Evgeni Petrov.

    Is it curtains for Karpets?

    He certainly could have the rug pulled out from underneath him. :P

    There was always an underlaying hint of suspicion about him.
  • Yorkman
    Yorkman Posts: 290
    Cyclingnews reporting that it's Ferrari they're after in conjunction with the US/Armstrong investigation.

    This could get interesting.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    What's Di Luca doing in all of this?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    It appears that the five Russians being investigated are: Alexander Kolobnev, Vladimir Karpets, Mikhail Ignatiev, Vladimir Gusev, Evgeni Petrov.

    Is it curtains for Karpets?

    He certainly could have the rug pulled out from underneath him. :P

    There was always an underlaying hint of suspicion about him.

    Clearly, in the case of Karpets, the police have an axminster to grind.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Clearly, in the case of Karpets, the police have an axminster to grind.

    They've certainly put his case at the top of the pile.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Some guy who seems to hold some reverence on the cyclingnews forum (first time I went there - a little worrying. There are guys there that might as well not bother watching the racing) seems to be suggesting this is all Armstrong related, and that it's no coincidence this is occuring after people like Di Luca get smaller sentences...
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    RichN95 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Clearly, in the case of Karpets, the police have an axminster to grind.

    They've certainly put his case at the top of the pile.

    I guess there must be more than a thread of evidence... :D
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    after people like Di Luca get smaller sentences...

    Perhaps part of the deal included having to wear a concealed recording device while chatting to his new team-mates at Katusha? :D
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    CN: Gazzetta De La Sport claim there could be widespread changes at the team, with only Orlando Maini remaining as a directeur sportif. He joined Lampre this year after working with Katusha, LPR and Marco Pantani's Mercatone Uno team in the past.

    Well he is gonna be a clean as a whistle then... sheeeesh :roll:
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    So if Scarponi is busted and Sirloin boy actually gets his comeuppance at CAS, does that make Dan Martin the winner of the Volta a Catlunya?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Alas, only in a parallel universe.
    But don't worry, Dan, 'cos come the revolution, you'll be hoovering up all the mountain wins you can wish for.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    More info

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gazzett ... estigation
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    More info

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gazzett ... estigation

    Inch by inch...
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Clearly, any wired funds transfer from riders to Ferrari would purely be for 'advice' , just like Frank Schleck's 'training plans' from a well-known Spanish gynaecologist :wink:
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    'The US-based investigators apparently knew little of the relationship between Dr Ferrari and Armstrong when they first met with European investigators last July at the Interpol headquarters in Lyon France.'

    Do you think we should have a whip round so the FDA can get internet access?
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