Jalabert positive for EPO in 1998 TDF

[Dazed and Confused]

Pinot annihilated his chances of a good result himself though I would say 🙂 that descending was appalling.

Not just Pinot, all French riders were shelled. Couldn't keep up with Kennaugh's pace who single handily wheel in Quintana.

 

[neineinei]

As everyone noticed, the French Senate released the report about anti-doping while the Clinic was switched off. It is here:

http://www.senat.fr/rap/r12-782-2/r12-782-21.pdf

There are lots of useful links and stuff over at velorooms:

http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=2718.0

From the data we can see that in 1998 all stage winners were tested, 14 (or 15) of those who came second on the stages were tested, and 11 of those taking third. The other tests seems to have been random, or maybe they were some kind of targeted testing. Jersey holders were not tested, except on the last stage (and then the winner of the green jersey was not tested) and a few other times, which might have been random.

While everybody else were very interested in the Festina team in 98 UCI didn't test any of the Festina riders after the stages. Festina was sent home after a week, and they didn't win any stages, but still. The other team which early on in the tour got lots of unwanted interest from the press for doping was TVM. UCI did test one of them (Blijlevens won a stage) before the news broke that one of their cars had been stopped by French customs earlier that year, loaded with doping products. No TVM riders were tested after that news broke on the day of the eight stage. If UCI was targeting their testing it seems it was to avoid catching anyone.

Apart from the UCI; Erik Zabel, Bo Hamburger, Stuart O'Grady and Jan Ullrich deserves extra mention. Zabel and Hamburger for their silly prior "confessions", O'Grady for his silly current "confession", and Jan Ullrich for testing positive even on Champs-Élysées. Congratulations to you all.

 

[del1962]

Do you think without the USADA report into Armstrong this investigation would have happened?

 

[del1962]

Not just Pinot, all French riders were shelled. Couldn't keep up with Kennaugh's pace who single handily wheel in Quintana.

When Keenaugh was on the front, Quintana was pulling away from the peleton, it was Porte that closed the gap

 

[hrotha]

So Boardman wasn't positive after all. That dramatically increases the likelihood of his reputation being deserved in my eyes.

 

[BroDeal]

So Boardman wasn't positive after all. That dramatically increases the likelihood of his reputation being deserved in my eyes.

His sample was not tested, so it does not increase the likelihood of anything.

 

[hrotha]

His sample was not tested, so it does not increase the likelihood of anything.

What? How was it not tested? He won the prologue 😕

 

[Netserk]

What? How was it not tested? He won the prologue 😕

He was tested, but when they retested the tests, his was missing AFAIK.

 

[hrotha]

He was tested, but when they retested the tests, his was missing AFAIK.

Odd.

Thanks, I was on vacation when the report came out so I'm not sure of the details.

 

[Benotti69]

He was tested, but when they retested the tests, his was missing AFAIK.

Wonder how that happened 🙄

 

["Jeff"]

Tour de France is much more competitive, of course Jalabert wasnt just as good in the Tour as in the Vuelta. He was built for the Tour of Spain. He was a limited climber but good enough for those climbs.

I dont want to act like Captain Obvious but there are so many examples of riders with good results in the Vuelta who didnt even come close to a top 10 spot in the Tour. I'm surprised why people come up with this question.

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Wonder how that happened 🙄

Why would someone choose to 'lose' his samples yet throw jaja and others under the bus?

Iirc he gave volunteered to give samples for the hour record that could be tested at any future point in time. Does not sound like someone wishing to hide from testing.

 

[Beech Mtn]

What the report referred to as "missing" samples did not mean the samples had been lost. It simply meant there was not enough urine left over to run the EPO testing.

Remember, this was a research project. LNDD was using these old samples to ratify/fine-tune levels for the EPO test. In some cases, the samples had already been used for earlier testing, whether during the 98/99 TdFs or for other research into new tests.

Basically, the samples weren't actually missing, they were just already used up on prior tests.

 

[neineinei]

ONCE's "Doctor Citro?n" had meetings with Dr. Conconi and Dr. Ferrari in Roma in 1993 and says Jalabert was using them.

https://translate.google.com/transl...e-docteur-ferrari_4584700_3242.html&sandbox=1

 

[webvan]

I really think that Jalabert should be told to come clean or quit his job as a commentator for France Televisions, it's shameful that public money is used to fund this hypocrite.