Ricardo Ricco busted
Today they’ve announced that Saunier Duval’s rider Ricardo Ricco tested positive on the use of EPO.
Ricco who’ve already won 2 stages this Tour de France was immediately suspended by his team. The team Saunier Duval itself is also leaving this year’s tour after this revelation.
From nature Ricco who’s 24 years old, is ‘blessed’ with a high hematocrit value and has the approval from the UCI for this. But from the start of this year’s tour he was already being watched closely by the French anti-doping agency.
The 2 victories he achieved where of an phenomenal value and thus rising questions.
After the time trial he tested positive for EPO of the 3rd generation (CERA).
Now we can only hope that all the others are riding clean, but my opinion is that at least 50% of the one’s that are left are also using in some kind of way.
2 Responses to "Ricardo Ricco busted"
Posted by Armen Shirvanian on Oct 21 at 08:48 AM
I once did a research paper that spoke quite a bit about EPO in relation to anemia treatment. At the time I didn’t think of it too much as a steroid that could be used for athletes to gain an advantage. A winner that used enhancing drugs will have a hard time convincing people about what a champion is.
Posted by Dan MIhaliak on Aug 12 at 04:32 AM
Wow what has happened to this sport. All the riders or the ones winning are doping? Where did this all begin? Did the Americans start it?