Tispectrum
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
Thomas wants Nevado to be jailed
Duenas Nevado has been suspended by his team
Wales' Geraint Thomas says his Barloword team-mate Moises Duenas Nevado
should go to prison after the Spanish rider failed a drug test.
Duenas Nevado tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO on 8 July.
"I never expected him to do this, and because of his selfish act our sponsor
has now pulled out," said Thomas, a world track cycling champion.
"The last I heard he was facing a five-year prison sentence in France, and I
hope he gets it."
Thomas, part of Great Britain's pursuit team at the Olympics, said the time
had come for drug cheats to feel the full weight of the law.
"It's about time people realised it can't happen anymore," he added.
Geraint Thomas Blog
I just find it unbelievable to think that people still take such
stupid risks
Geraint Thomas
"I guess you will always get people who will try to cheat the system, not
just in sport but in everyday life.
"Saying that, if someone is fraudulent in a business, wouldn't they be
facing a prison term?
"I don't see how riders taking drugs to win races and lying to their teams
is any different. Bang them up and throw away the key.
Duenas Nevado was immediately suspended by Barloword and withdrawn from the
11th stage of the Tour following an apparent raid by French police at his
team's base in Tarbes.
Barloworld, a massive multinational company associated with major brands
such as Caterpillar and Avis, decided to end its sponsorship in the wake of
the scandal.
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Duenas Nevado has been suspended by his team
Wales' Geraint Thomas says his Barloword team-mate Moises Duenas Nevado
should go to prison after the Spanish rider failed a drug test.
Duenas Nevado tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO on 8 July.
"I never expected him to do this, and because of his selfish act our sponsor
has now pulled out," said Thomas, a world track cycling champion.
"The last I heard he was facing a five-year prison sentence in France, and I
hope he gets it."
Thomas, part of Great Britain's pursuit team at the Olympics, said the time
had come for drug cheats to feel the full weight of the law.
"It's about time people realised it can't happen anymore," he added.
Geraint Thomas Blog
I just find it unbelievable to think that people still take such
stupid risks
Geraint Thomas
"I guess you will always get people who will try to cheat the system, not
just in sport but in everyday life.
"Saying that, if someone is fraudulent in a business, wouldn't they be
facing a prison term?
"I don't see how riders taking drugs to win races and lying to their teams
is any different. Bang them up and throw away the key.
Duenas Nevado was immediately suspended by Barloword and withdrawn from the
11th stage of the Tour following an apparent raid by French police at his
team's base in Tarbes.
Barloworld, a massive multinational company associated with major brands
such as Caterpillar and Avis, decided to end its sponsorship in the wake of
the scandal.
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