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EPO OOC target testing
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Luca Scinto and his team always deliver...
EPO OOC target testing
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EPO OOC target testing
"At the moment, I haven't heard from anyone, neither Angelo [Citracca] nor Luca [Scinto]. I don't even know who this guy [Matteo De Bonis] is. All I can say is that I'm bitter and discouraged like few others. I think this guy has put us in serious difficulty [to race the Giro]. It's right that the UCI should do what it has to do, but the hope is that they understand that the fault is not ours alone. In fact, we are clearly the injured party. What bothers me is that these guys can't close the matter with a simple disqualification. We as a team are suffering unspeakable damage. They have to pay the team for the inconvenience they have caused. I hope that [Italian Federation president] Cordiano Dagnoni will be able to do something."
Well, only 3 people are investigated at, the ridet himself, Citracca and Scinto. Both of them have been leading figures of the team (in it's various incarnations) since the pre Di Luca andms Santambrogio days, so I'm not surprised at all that one of them has been involed in multiple investigations before...Police raided everyone on the team, it sounds like.
"One of the people – as yet unnamed – investigated by the Carabinieri has turned up in three past investigations by prosecutors in Pistoia, Florence and Massa, Corriere reported."
Italian police carry out 25 searches on Vini Zabù team after De Bonis EPO positive
Update: Team hands De Bonis' version of events to authoritieswww.cyclingnews.com
I assume that they cannot afford a better doping program! Getting busted continuously in a sport riddled with doping is something to consider!Well, only 3 people are investigated at, the ridet himself, Citracca and Scinto. Both of them have been leading figures of the team (in it's various incarnations) since the pre Di Luca andms Santambrogio days, so I'm not surprised at all that one of them has been involed in multiple investigations before...
Source: https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...gelo-citracca-luca-scinto-matteo-de-bonis-nas
"During the meeting, Matteo De Bonis showed his willingness to cooperate, giving his version of the facts and taking full and personal responsibility for what happened."
At this point I doubt that they have a team programm. They sign riders who have already been banned before and many guys who only get signed because they bring their own sponsor with them. There's probably lots of pressure to perform and Scinto seems to be a scummy guy who always blames riders if they don't get results and one thing leads to another...I assume that they cannot afford a better doping program! Getting busted continuously in a sport riddled with doping is something to consider!
Police raided everyone on the team, it sounds like.
"One of the people – as yet unnamed – investigated by the Carabinieri has turned up in three past investigations by prosecutors in Pistoia, Florence and Massa, Corriere reported."
They're hoping to raise €500,000.We decided to open a crowfunding because we repudiate doping and we want to fight it by creating a project that has worked well abroad but has never been done in Italy.
Lol, who would donate some money to Scinto?Vini Zabù - the Dublin-based Pro Conti squad with an unenviable doping record - want your money ... to crowdfund an internal anti-doping programme.
They're hoping to raise €500,000.
So far they've got €40 in the kitty.
Who says they never pop the superstars of a sport?
Not true. Everyone knows horses can say neigh.nlike humans the poor horse didn't get a say.
WADA expressed concern butThe Times revealed on Monday that Britain's most successful Paralympian had exceeded the limit for the asthma drug in a sample taken after she won the first of her four gold medals at her home Games in London. However, she was reportedly not informed of the finding until a week later, on September 7, by which point she had collected the other three titles. Storey then applied for a retroactive TUE through the British Paralympic Association (BPA), which was granted by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
As in the Froome case, no such study was carried out.According to The Times, Independent Observers for the World Anti Doping Agency raised concerns at the time, suggesting Storey should have been "requested to undergo a pharmacokinetic study to explain the AAF and therefore allow the IPC to properly close the case."
But...The rules on retroactive TUEs have changed since 2012. Because there were concerns that international federations could abuse the system, Wada made an amendment to its latest 2021 code which means it is the only body that can grant a retroactive TUE.
However the circumstances in which one can be granted have not changed, with the Wada code stating that the use of an otherwise prohibited, performance-enhancing substance such as salbutamol must be for "emergency treatment" or when "treatment of an acute medical condition was necessary". Wada justifies immediate administration when failure to do so "could significantly put the athlete's health at risk". Storey, who is 43 and was made a dame a few months after the London Games, has confirmed to The Times via her lawyer that a retroactive TUE was granted because she was "slightly above" the permitted limit for salbutamol. She stressed that she had been diagnosed with asthma as a child.