"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Phonak Rider tests positive for EPO

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Smoothie104
08-09-04, 09:58 AM
Oscar Camenzind......... Another Former World Champion.


32 year old Camenzind won the World Championship and Giro Di Lombardia in 1998, as well as the Tour de Suisse in 2000 and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2001.

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/5713/0-pho-camenzind.jpg

joeprim
08-09-04, 10:06 AM
I looked around the web a little and couldn't find this. Is it a new test for EPO or was his blood O2 too high?

Joe
Smoothie104
08-09-04, 10:15 AM
It was a positive test for Traces of EPO in his urine. I do not think he was over 50% hematocrit.

He is not going to the Olympics now.

Crispin
08-10-04, 08:39 AM
I just read on Teletext that he stops racing
cslone
08-10-04, 09:06 AM
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/100099/1/.html
KingRene
08-12-04, 09:53 PM
Very disappointing!

Winning the World Championship Road Race and then taking the Race of The Falling Leaves, in Lombardy, one week later is an amazing achievement.

Or was it?
operator
08-13-04, 10:41 AM
If he was taking EPO, no.