Ricky Ricardo tried to avoid doping control

[jspaceman@linuxquestions.net]

From the article:
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JAUSIERS, France: Riccardo Ricco tried to flee from anti-doping
officials who were escorting him after the fourth stage of the Tour de
France, which the Italian rider tested positive for the banned blood-
booster EPO.

Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) that
tested Ricco, explained how the Saunier Duval leader avoided an anti-
doping chaperone after the time trial on July 8.

"When he knew he was going to be tested, he went off, and it is the
escort who caught him up," Bordry said Tuesday. "He found himself
blocked off. There was a traffic jam of cars and he could not get
through the cars."

Bordry said AFLD staff had demanded an apology from Ricco.

"We asked him to apologize to the agency and the staff, which he did
along with his team director," Bordry said. "We told him that, because
of his behavior, we were now going to test him after each stage. He
put a target on himself."
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Read it at http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/sports/EU-CYC-Tour-de-France-Ricco.php






J. Spaceman

[Hell And High Water]

In article <8b5b202a-1386-460b-be20-
31d3220b2fbc@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, jspaceman@linuxquestions.net
says...
> From the article:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> JAUSIERS, France: Riccardo Ricco tried to flee from anti-doping
> officials who were escorting him after the fourth stage of the Tour de
> France, which the Italian rider tested positive for the banned blood-
> booster EPO.


What a jerk.



-Bob

[zzfranklin@mac.com]

On Jul 22, 7:06 am, jspace...@linuxquestions.net wrote:
> From the article:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> JAUSIERS, France: Riccardo Ricco tried to flee from anti-doping
> officials who were escorting him after the fourth stage of the Tour de
> France, which the Italian rider tested positive for the banned blood-
> booster EPO.
>
> Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) that
> tested Ricco, explained how the Saunier Duval leader avoided an anti-
> doping chaperone after the time trial on July 8.
>
> "When he knew he was going to be tested, he went off, and it is the
> escort who caught him up," Bordry said Tuesday. "He found himself
> blocked off. There was a traffic jam of cars and he could not get
> through the cars."
>
> Bordry said AFLD staff had demanded an apology from Ricco.
>
> "We asked him to apologize to the agency and the staff, which he did
> along with his team director," Bordry said. "We told him that, because
> of his behavior, we were now going to test him after each stage. He
> put a target on himself."
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Read it athttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/sports/EU-CYC-Tour-de-Franc...
>
> J. Spaceman

Now it will be _really_ interesting if the B sample comes back
negative.

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:03 -0700 (PDT), jspaceman@linuxquestions.net
wrote:

>
>"We asked him to apologize to the agency and the staff, which he did
>along with his team director," Bordry said. "We told him that, because
>of his behavior, we were now going to test him after each stage. He
>put a target on himself."
>--------------------------------------------------------------
Hahahahaha
>
>Read it at http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/sports/EU-CYC-Tour-de-France-Ricco.php

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article
<9627de01-0005-46ce-b9c0-337a94978c4f@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
zzfranklin@mac.com wrote:

> On Jul 22, 7:06 am, jspace...@linuxquestions.net wrote:
> > From the article:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > JAUSIERS, France: Riccardo Ricco tried to flee from anti-doping
> > officials who were escorting him after the fourth stage of the Tour de
> > France, which the Italian rider tested positive for the banned blood-
> > booster EPO.
> >
> > Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) that
> > tested Ricco, explained how the Saunier Duval leader avoided an anti-
> > doping chaperone after the time trial on July 8.
> >
> > "When he knew he was going to be tested, he went off, and it is the
> > escort who caught him up," Bordry said Tuesday. "He found himself
> > blocked off. There was a traffic jam of cars and he could not get
> > through the cars."
> >
> > Bordry said AFLD staff had demanded an apology from Ricco.
> >
> > "We asked him to apologize to the agency and the staff, which he did
> > along with his team director," Bordry said. "We told him that, because
> > of his behavior, we were now going to test him after each stage. He
> > put a target on himself."
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Read it
> > athttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/22/sports/EU-CYC-Tour-de-Franc...
> >
> > J. Spaceman
>
> Now it will be _really_ interesting if the B sample comes back
> negative.

Don't worry. That's not going to happen.

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