Italy's Ricco, team out of Tour after doping test
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(Bas Czerwinski/Associated Press) Drugs hit the Tour de France again Thursday and the third doping bust netted the biggest name yet - Italy's Riccardo Ricco (article 1)
Mark Cavendish of Britain won the 12th stage of the Tour de France Thursday, his victory coming hours after the race was thrown into chaos with a third doping bust. (article 4)
Pierre Bordry said that Ricco had tested positive for the performance enhancer after the fourth stage, a time trial in the western town of Cholet. (article 4)
NARBONNE, France - With the competition reduced to an afterthought, the Tour de France was rocked by another drug bust Thursday that left cycling's showpiece event all but synonymous with doping. (article 2)
" You can't believe that a wave of a magic wand can change the world of cycling Patrice Clerc told a news conference. (article 2)
Ricco is the third rider at this year's event to test positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO). (article 3)
Spanish rider Moises Duenas Nevado has tested positive for EPO, according to the head of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), Pierre Bordry. (article 7)
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Ricco, Tour, doping, stage, Duenas |
Source articles
- Italy's Ricco, team out of Tour after doping test (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 799 words)
- Tour de France rocked again by doping (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 1054 words)
- Tour 'winning war against doping' (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 270 words)
- Italian rider, team out of Tour after doping test (cbc.ca, 07/17/2008, 169 words)
- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 473 words)
- Drug bust takes center stage again (boston.com, 07/17/2008, 535 words)
- Spanish rider Nevado fails test (BBC News, 07/16/2008, 451 words)
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