32 may be indicted in Mantua Investigation

[Bicicleta]

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...biciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=37681&tp=n

The names: (arrivederci Lampre)

we are the Lampre team manager Giuseppe Saronni, Fabrizio Bontempi and Maurizio Piovani, the masseur Fabio Della Torre, Alessandro Ballan runnersMarco Bandiera, Emanuele Bindi, Marzio Bruseghin, Damiano Cunego, Mauro Da Dalto, Francesco Gavazzi, Mirko Lorenzetto, Manuele Mori, Simone Ponzi, Mauro Santambrogio, Francesco Tomei and Daniele Pietropolli.
In addition there are Geo Bonazzi, Francesco and Michael Rasmussen, Sergio Messina, Roberto, Paolo Bossoni former professionals, Pietro Caucchioli, Massimiliano Mori and Mariano Piccoli, Sebastian Gilmozzi, Paolo Pezzi, Matthew Zambroni (footballer), Nicola Castrini and José Maturana, the former physician of Fuji Servetto.

 

[jimmypop]

I thought Cunego was clean because:

1) He has a naturally high hematocrit;
2) He looks like he's really exerting himself.

 

[roundabout]

Well the wheels of Italian justice grind really slowly but i really thought they were out of the woods.

Guess not.

Edit: just a year behind schedule

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mantova-investigation-set-to-reveal-accused-during-giro-ditalia

 

[DirtyWorks]

Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni should be bolded too. That guy had a huge(!!) cycling career prior to eventually leading a UCI team.

 

[Bicicleta]

Giuseppe Saronni should be bolded too. That guy had a huge(!!) cycling career prior to eventually leading a UCI team.

Done.......

 

[Fus087]

People don't get that Italy has some different/strange laws about criminal investigations.
As far as I know the police is required to notify everybody they're investigating against of just that; and that's then often made up to "XY is suspected of doping/killing their grandma/whatever" although their name may only have surfaced during the investigation.
And they also have to notify people when the investigation is finally closed, and invite/request them to a trial.

That's all I can see in this article, nothing more.
I'm not saying those riders are clean, I'm just asking you not to read too much into this.

 

[L'arriviste]

Let's also not forget that both Bossoni and Caucchioli have done time for doping.

 

[DirtyWorks]

People don't get that Italy has some different/strange laws about criminal investigations.
As far as I know the police is required to notify everybody they're investigating against of just that; and that's then often made up to "XY is suspected of doping/killing their grandma/whatever" although their may only surfaced during the investigation.
And they also have to notify people when the investigation is finally closed, and invite/request them to a trial.

That's all I can see in this article, nothing more.
I'm not saying those riders are clean, I'm just asking you not to read too much into this.

Thanks for this, it's good information.

 

[Oldman]

People don't get that Italy has some different/strange laws about criminal investigations.
As far as I know the police is required to notify everybody they're investigating against of just that; and that's then often made up to "XY is suspected of doping/killing their grandma/whatever" although their may only surfaced during the investigation.
And they also have to notify people when the investigation is finally closed, and invite/request them to a trial.

That's all I can see in this article, nothing more.
I'm not saying those riders are clean, I'm just asking you not to read too much into this.

Not to mention the intense political motivations that sometimes play into their investigations. The Amanda Knox case was an absolutely diversionary circus.

 

[Cobblestones]

"XY is suspected of doping/killing their grandma/whatever"

Whoa, they're doping their grandmother??? Hardcore

 

[hrotha]

Whoa, they're doping their grandmother??? Hardcore

That's sensationalist drivel. At least in the case of Rumsas it was just his mother-in-law.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Oh look. Ballan and Santambroggio.
I'm glad that BMC's extensive investigation into the pair, last year, sorted this out.

 

[sniper]

So these are all Italians, and one Dane?

 

[Race Radio]

So these are all Italians, and one Dane?

The Dane lives in Italy

 

[Wallace]

People here seem to forget that Cunego often publicly displays a temporary tattoo that says he's Dope Free. What more does he have to do to earn our trust?

 

[hrotha]

Let's not be too hasty here, we still don't know if they're going to be indicted. If this was 1998 Festina, we'd probably see the names of Bassons and Lefevre in there. Things aren't looking good for Lampre as a whole, though.

 

[Oldman]

People here seem to forget that Cunego often publicly displays a temporary tattoo that says he's Dope Free. What more does he have to do to earn our trust?

Not use the rub-on applied variety of tatoo, for one thing.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I thought Cunego was clean because:

1) He has a naturally high hematocrit;
2) He looks like he's really exerting himself.

LMAO. Well played.

 

[Roland Rat]

When was the doping apparently committed? I could have sworn I'd read interviews where Cunego pretty much intimates he doped for the 2004 Giro but now regrets it... "I will never reach the peak of 2004 but I am happier and more fulfilled now" kind of comments...

 

[sniper]

So these are all Italians, and one Dane?

The Dane lives in Italy

A pretty darn well integrated Dane, in that case.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Oh look. Ballan and Santambroggio.
I'm glad that BMC's extensive investigation into the pair, last year, sorted this out.

BMC didn't investigate it themselves. They went on police findings

9th of April 2010
However, we have already made the decision to withhold the two from competition, in accordance with the BMC Racing Team's own policy and the UCI's Code of Conduct (Section IX, Item 2). This should not be seen as pre-determination of guilt in connection with the Italian investigation. Both will have to personally address the accusations.

2nd of May 2010

The BMC Racing Team has concluded that there is no indication that Mauro Santambrogio was involved in any doping in connection with his former team, Lampre. The findings of the BMC Racing Team are also in line with the view of the police investigation to date.

28th of May 2010

The BMC Racing Team could not find indications that Alessandro Ballan was involved in any doping in connection with his former team, Lampre. Alessandro Ballan has fully cooperated with the Italian authority and has provided the investigation authority with all requested information and even more.

They couldn't hold the riders forever when their was no evidence against them. At least they actually followed protocol and put them out of competition (unlike some riders) for a period of time.

The investigation has happened and the judge will decide if they go to trial.

 

[nevada]

Its such a shame . From the outside this sport has an attractive, healthy image yet the reality is a sad, seedy, dirty underbelly.

 

[Mellow Velo]

BMC didn't investigate it themselves. They went on police findings.

Probably that and a few in house questions. The point being it was at the time, nothing more than a good PR exercise, that now looks to be a complicit PR exercise, whether it was, or not.

They couldn't hold the riders forever when their was no evidence against them. At least they actually followed protocol and put them out of competition (unlike some riders) for a period of time.

The investigation has happened and the judge will decide if they go to trial.

Well, it looks like Ballan is in the cross hairs. Accusations of blood doping in 2009, but this year, Ballan will make the BMC line up.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ballan-accused-of-undergoing-blood-transfusion

 

[JRTinMA]

Could that possibly be Paola Pezzo? She knew how to use the zipper on a skin suit and by all indications she doped. That would have to be a gender and a last name spelling mistake. All I could find on Paolo Pezzi is this guy. Even on the good stuff he could never win, the fancy hat alone is to much wind resistance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Pezzi

 

[Anonymous]

Its such a shame . From the outside this sport has an attractive, healthy image yet the reality is a sad, seedy, dirty underbelly.

Fixed that for you

Its such a shame . From the outside this sport has an sad, seedy, dirty underbelly, yet the reality is a sad, seedy, dirty underbelly.