See Ya Ricco : Part III

Doobz
Doobz Posts: 2,800
edited November 2011 in Pro race
Kinda lost count of the times he has been banned, unbanned, banned..

Seems its game over time for him once and for all..

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9667/ ... usion.aspx
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Odious brat. What he did to the memory of Aldo Sassi was beyond contempt.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Luckily it's coming around to that time of year when a good Panto villain is required. That should keep him in work until about next February...(cue audience participation)
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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    Tusher wrote:
    Odious brat. What he did to the memory of Aldo Sassi was beyond contempt.

    Give over. If a rattlesnake promised not to bite you would you show it your hand? People are what they are, he probably can't help it, he's just wired that way. But the ease with which others condemn him, rather than the odious sneaky and considerably smarter dopers is so transparent as to be funny.

    Yellow Peril is right with his Panto villain remark.

    Oh yes he is.....
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    WTF!!!.. Is it the 1st of April in some parallel universe?
    As alluded to on twitter earlier today by Trek’s “VP of Social Media,” Gary Fisher, Trek Bicycle has announced the hiring of Riccardo Riccò as “pro-team liasion.”

    “We’re thrilled to have Ricco join our team,” commented Fisher. “He represents a man that can follow orders and also a man that has the dogged singlemindedness towards winning at all costs. These are traits that we admire in all of our Trek associates.”


    http://cyclismas.com/2011/09/trek-makes ... m-liaison/
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,460
    Have you actually read the article? It'll answer your own question.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    andyp wrote:
    Have you actually read the article? It'll answer your own question.

    :lol:
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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    struggling to find a decent explanation of this as the translation is a bit shoddy!

    http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?pa ... 42628&tp=n
    Two hours before the abundant anti-doping prosecutor of the cones to reiterate its argument: no autoemotrasfusione. Riccardo Riccò did not want to answer questions from reporters at the exit from the offices of the Olympic stadium, because - said the lawyer who defends Fiorenzo Alessi - "And 'tired of always being misunderstood." "We set out our alternative version - he said - and we think we can say that there was no autoemotrasfusione. We have also led to the conclusions of our experts."

    But he did not wish to go further into details. Against the "cobra" Formigine there are eight witnesses between doctors and nurses that go in the opposite direction. "This is a problem that we see in criminal proceedings," said Alessi, however, explain how you wait for a referral by the Prosecutor. As for the runner, "He does not consider itself a runner over, especially in comparison to the modest landscape of today. Do not run more this season, but has no intention of stopping."
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Tuttobici now reporting that Ricco admitted to the transfusion

    http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php


    Rough translation:

    "Riccardo Ricco 'admits doping in recent days to the Prosecutor of CONI, making an auto transfusion in early February before being hospitalized for an illness, claiming to have done only on prescription. The cyclist had initially denied having made ​​that practice and that the 'cost the suspension from races. The contents of the statements of the cyclist were sent to the prosecutor of Modena, in turn investigating the conduct of RIcco."
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Edit update:

    Ricco claiming he transfused an 'iron solution' that was prescribed by a doctor. Took a long time to come up with this excuse. Kinda reminds me of Bertie and his Clenbuterol story...
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    Riccó fined

    Ricardo Riccó got fined €3,000 today and received a two-month suspended prison sentence for his use of EPO in 2008.
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