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Drugs Scandal Hits Tour de France

                   
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Jul 17, 2008
        
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Cyclist Riccardo Riccò tests positive for EPO. Following cycling is more and more like watching Shakespeare — or bad Reality TV. Rather than thrills and victories, the sport's struggle with doping now provides a predictable arc of seduction and betrayal. That was the storyline again Thursday, when the latest mountain-climbing matinee idol, Italy's Riccardo Riccò was hustled away from the Tour de France, after testing positive for banned substances. Like the proverbial woman-who-loves-bad-men, cycling fans are left asking themselves: How did I fall for another one? Just four days after a spectacular win in the first major mountain stage of this year's Tour, the 24-year-old climbing specialist tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), French anti-doping agency officials told reporters. French police... [read full story]                    

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