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WEB: doping in sport. Cases

PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:55 am
by Rosa AD
Cases: Tour de France
The acceptance of drug-taking in the Tour de France was so complete by 1930, when the race changed to national teams that were to be paid for by the organisers, that the rule book distributed to riders by the organiser, Henri Desgrange, reminded them that drugs were not among items with which they would be provided.
The use of Pot Belge by road cyclists in continental Europe exemplifies a cross-over between recreational and performance-enhancing abuse of drugs by sportsman.

Cases in the news recently
17/9/2010 SPORT.es
THE UNION INTERNATIONAL CYCLING HAS SUSPENDED
O.S. returned to give positive in Colombia, the Spanish Federation to decide whether the manchego violated the rules by using a blood blood
O. S., which in September served 34 years, could see precipitated the end of career if the Spanish Federation considers that the last August 15 at a stage of the Return to Colombia violated anti-doping rules to use HES (starch hydroxyethyl), a blood blood that as a substitute for plasma is used to mask the EPO exogenous doing lower levels of hematocrit.