Friday, June 30, 2006

TDF News: Basso & Ulrich out!

Ullrich and Basso out of Le Tour


Pre-race favourites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso are out of the Tour de France after both were named in an anti-doping investigation in Spain.

Ullrich, team-mate Oscar Sevilla and team manager Rudy Pevenage have all been suspended by the T-Mobile team.

Basso has now been excluded by organisers of the Tour, which starts in Strasbourg on Saturday.

All four denied any wrong-doing when allegations first began to emerge earlier this week.

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Blogger Paul Tay said...

SAY IT AIN'T SOOOOOOOOOOO! Basso Basso Basso! If only Cipo wasn't retired, he might even have a chance this year. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! We want BASSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

8:50 AM  
Blogger Paul Tay said...

This report filed June 30, 2006
Posted on VeloNews:

The following riders were named in the ongoing Operación Puerto doping case by Spanish investigators on Thursday

Astaná-Würth

* Michele Scarponi (I)
* Marcos Antonio Serrano (Sp)
* David Etxebarria (Sp)
* Joseba Beloki (Sp)
* Angel Vicioso (Sp)
* Isidro Nozal (Sp)
* Unai Osa (Sp)
* Jaksche Joorg (G)
* Giampaolo Caruso (I)

CSC

* Ivan Basso (I)

Caisse D'Epargne-Iles Baleares

* Constantino Zaballa (Sp)

Saunier Duval

* Carlos Zarate (Sp)

Ag2r

* Francisco Mancebo (Sp)

T-Mobile

* Jan Ullrich (G)
* Oscar Sevilla (Sp)

Phonak

* Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Sp)
* Jose Ignacio Gutierrez (Sp)

Communidad de Valencia

* Vicente Ballester (Sp)
* David Bernabeu (Sp)
* David Rodriguez (Sp)
* Jose Adrian Bonilla (Sp)
* Juan Gomis Lopez (Sp)
* Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Sp)
* David Latasa (Sp)
* Ruben Plaza (Sp)
* Jose Luis Martinez (Sp)
* Manuel Llorent (Sp)
* Antonio Olmo (Sp)
* David Munoz (Sp)
* Javier Cherro (Sp)
* Javier Pascual (Sp)former rider and now an official

Unibet.com

* Carlos Garcia Quesada (Sp)

Riders retired or suspended for doping

* Roberto Heras (Sp)
* Angel Casero (Sp)
* Santiago Perez (Sp)
* Tyler Hamilton (USA)
* Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Sp)

8:58 AM  

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