Santambrogio tests positive for EPO

[gooner]

Report: Santambrogio busted.

the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 3m
Mauro Santambrogio also tests positive for EPO via @pierbergonzi

Who would have thought?

 

[Cyivel]

I'm shocked

 

[Parrulo]

What?

 

[Ferminal]

So he didn't dope at Lampre?

Pretty sure Ryo said he was clean though, kiss of death these days.

 

[gooner]

Where it originates from.

Pier Bergonzi ‏@pierbergonzi 8m
Disastro! Anche Santambrogio positivo x Epo. Dopo la prima tappa del Giro.

https://twitter.com/pierbergonzi

 

[Parrulo]

Lol on the very first stage. . .

 

[maltiv]

WHAT?!?!!?!

No wait, that's not surprising at all.

Once again this proves that when a guy goes from zero to hero at 29 years old, there's something fishy going on.

 

[ilmaffe]

Did anyway actually believe in his transformation from mediocre rider to top climber at age 29? In the same team as Di Luca?

 

[spetsa]

I am sure that he learned the trade at Lampre, was clean at BMC, and fired up the sauce again this year.

 

[maltiv]

Did anyway actually believe in his transformation from mediocre rider to top climber at age 29? In the same team as Di Luca?

Nope. You can see that the entire "random rider/team thread" is all about him. Don't think anyone was even defending the guy.

 

[thehog]

Did anyway actually believe in his transformation from mediocre rider to top climber at age 29? In the same team as Di Luca?

I thought he just 'outworked' everyone else in training? Like team Sky do.

 

[Benotti69]

Did they do this to Santambroggio because ViniFantini brought Di Luca to the tour and he again brought shame to the race (not that anyone except the blindest believes these guys are clean)?

 

[theyoungest]

I thought he just 'outworked' everyone else in training? Like team Sky do.

Yeah, now Santambrogio has been busted, Sky are definitely on doping.

 

[maltiv]

I actually thought Santambrogio was working with Ferrari, but that can't have been the case. Then this wouldn't have happened.

 

[The Sheep]

Lol on the very first stage. . .

Well that's just poor planning.

 

[Merckx index]

The good news is that eight clean guys finished ahead of him in the Giro. Chalk that up to marginal gains.

 

[Parrulo]

Nope. You can see that the entire "random rider/team thread" is all about him. Don't think anyone was even defending the guy.

Ofc not, how could anyone defend that? It was obvious since the first day on Prato di Tivo that he was on the juice big time. I loved the way he started to go backwards once the Di Luca positive was out. Probably pulled a Landis on himself flushing the rest of the BB's.

To be honest i thought he had gotten away with it for the first half of the season

 

[Gregga]

Did anyway actually believe in his transformation from mediocre rider to top climber at age 29? In the same team as Di Luca?

His suspicion index was already 6 in 2010.
And as you said he was a mediocre rider...
That can explain how much sauce he used to become a top climber, too much for the EPO test..

 

[Afrank]

WHAT!!?? No way! I believed man.

 

[hfer07]

Is It officially announced??
damn!!

 

[classicomano]

No come on he came in 5th last year in Lombardy and this was the first time he got to be team leader and everything! Totally normal!

 

[maltiv]

It's pretty obvious that Santambrogio charged up before the Giro (explaining his positive on stage 1), but then on the 2nd rest day, he didn't dare to do a refill because Di Luca was busted that day. The consequence being that Santa collapsed completely on the subsequent mountain stages.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

And when I pointed out the obvious some days ago my post got deleted by Trollmod Netserk...

 

[Zam_Olyas]

And when I pointed out the obvious some days ago my post got deleted by Trollmod Netserk...

Maybe because it was not in The clinic.

 

[Ferminal]

Also says that it doesn't matter how much EPO you take, if you don't transfuse you will not be able to compete against those who do in the third week (unless you're one of those mythical riders with super natural recovery powers).