"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Tour's first Positive Doping reported... guess who?

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bdcheung
07-11-08, 02:28 PM
Spaniard Manuel Beltrán has become the 2008 Tour de France's first doping positive. The Liquigas rider's A sample tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoeitin following the first stage which ended in Plumelec last Saturday.

http://cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul12news

DiabloScott
07-11-08, 02:36 PM
Gotta be awful fast to be the first one with this news...
Also understanding a bit of French helps in this case.


http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=439906
cmh
07-11-08, 03:01 PM
And 9 others had "abnormal blood values" from the pre-tour testing. They won't be reprimanded, but thier teams will be notified for health reasons.

patentcad
07-11-08, 04:10 PM
I would have guessed Dr. W.
Bullseye
07-11-08, 08:07 PM
"blood doping? in _my_ Tour de France? it's more likely than you think."

-bullseye
Longdaddy
07-11-08, 08:48 PM
And that would make 5 former team mates of LA.....
El Diablo Rojo
07-11-08, 09:06 PM
And that would make 5 former team mates of LA.....

Surprised?
Longdaddy
07-11-08, 09:08 PM
Surprised?

sadly, no.
ridethecliche
07-11-08, 09:27 PM
So Lance didn't dope, everyone who helped him win did!

/End sarcastic comment.

(I like Lance and respect the man, I just think it's funny.)
Dubbayoo
07-11-08, 09:27 PM
And that would make 5 former team mates of LA.....

You've got to admit Bruyneel is doing something right. Who are the five? Floyd, Tyler, Heras, Manny and...? I'm assuming you're not counting Boonen.
Smoothie104
07-11-08, 09:37 PM
Andreu
carpediemracing
07-12-08, 04:33 AM
Don't forget the nandralone positive by Benoit Joachim way way back (2000?). He was duly sacked and then rehired. He was on the Tour team the next year and for many years afterwards.

cdr
wfrogge
07-12-08, 02:04 PM
You've got to admit Bruyneel is doing something right. Who are the five? Floyd, Tyler, Heras, Manny and...? I'm assuming you're not counting Boonen.


Agreed..... he covered the dope pretty well.... And some wonder why Astana wasnt invited to the tour