Wednesday, July 24, 2013

French Senate lays bare doping in 1998 Tour de France

File picture of Tour de France winner Pantani, second placed Ullrich and third placed Julich celebrate on the podium following final stage of the Tour de France cycling race of the Tour de France cycling raceBy Alexandria Sage PARIS (Reuters) - The top two in the 1998 Tour de France - Italian Marco Pantani and Germany's Jan Ullrich - were taking the banned blood booster EPO, a French Senate inquiry into sports doping said on Wednesday. The medical stubs enclosed in the 918-page report, when compared against a separate list of test results, also reveal that American Lance Armstrong tested positive for EPO in 1999. ...


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