it's finally official - Heras's 'B' test for EPO came in positive.
The confirmation of the offence means that the 31-year-old Spaniard will be stripped of his record-breaking fourth crown in the Vuelta, with victory handed instead to Russian rider Denis Menchov. He will also be obliged to rescind his contract with the Liberty Seguros team, be banned from competition from two years and not be allowed to sign for one of the elite ProTour teams for four years.
Ouch.
Bad day for cycling - Heras fails 'B' test
Fri, 11/25/2005 - 11:40am
Sat, 11/26/2005 - 2:45pm
#1
In other words...
"The end of his career. What a pathetic way to go out.
Should we assume the whole peleton is cheating?
Should the UCI change the rules and say to cyclists, ""If you want to take EPO, you can; you will be given, by the UCI, an administered dose of the same amount at every single road whether you like it or not. If you chose to take an additional amount, it will probably kill you."""
Sun, 11/27/2005 - 7:58am
#4
Heras and EPO
I'm not sticking my head in the sand here, but there have been other cases where a finding of EPO usage has been overturned on appeal. Also, I think there is still controversy about the reliability of the test. I for one am hoping that this is a mistake.
Sun, 11/27/2005 - 8:54am
#5
Yeah, it was probably his chimeric twin!
- Christian
