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Ricco admits to doping
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by kferaday | July 30, 2008 at 03:01 pm
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Well at least he was man enough to admit he did it. Unlike athletes in baseball, football, track...... who lawyer up and admit to nothing even when they're caught red handed.
The Italian ANSA news agency has reported that cyclist Ricardo Riccò, who tested positive for a new form of EPO, following the 4th stage of the Tour de France, has admitted to having doped in preparation for the French tour.
According to ANSA, the former Saunier Duval rider made the admission at a hearing before the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old Riccò, who won two stages at the Tour before exiting the race for testing positive for a new product known as Continuous Erythropoietin Receptor Activator (CERA), was called before a CONI panel on Wednesday.
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at 16:57 on July 30th, 2008
kferaday, good point, it's extremely rare for athletes to actually own up to their performance 'enhancements'...ahem...Barry Bonds, anyone?
Good stuff.