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Names Of 38 Cyclists With Alleged Doping Ties Revealed

According to case files related with banned doping doctor Michele Ferrari leaked in the Italian media, cyclists from Alexandre Vinokourov to Roman Kreuziger worked with the disgraced doctor. Kreuziger was cleared of doping charges by the Czech Olympic Committee. The UCI and WADA have appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Kreuziger is currently fighting the biological passport case.

Roman Kreuziger

La Gazzetta dello Sport revealed part of the case files relating to the Padua doping investigation. This case was closed last week and 550 pages of evidence made their way to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World governing body of cycling, the UCI.

In 2002, Michele Ferrari was banned by Italy from working with athletes. The doctor was given a global lifetime ban after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) investigation of Lance Armstrong.

The names include 2009 Giro d’Italia winner Denis Menchov, Astana’s general manager Vinokourov, and Roman Kreuziger (who is presently fighting a biological passport case). According to the newspaper, Menchov paid 50,000 euros a year to Ferrari for his services. The 38 cyclists named in the case files are: Vladimir Gusev, Valentin Iglinskiy, Sergei Ivanov, Vladimir Karpets, Aleksander Kolobnev, Dimitri Kozontchuk, Roman Kreuziger, Denis Menchov, Evgeni Petrov, Yaroslav Popovych, José Rojas, Ivan Rovny, Egor Silin, Leonardo Bertagnolli, Simone Boifava, Diego Caccia, Enrico Franzoi, Marco Frapporti, Omar Lombardi, Fabrizio Macchi, Marco Marcato, Andrea Masciarelli, Francesco Masciarelli, Simone Masciarelli, Daniele Pietropolli, Morris Possoni, Filippo Pozzato, Alessandro Proni, Michele Scarponi, Francesco Tizza, Giovanni Visconti, Ricardo Pichetta, Andrea Vaccher, Mauricio Ardila, Volodymyr Bileka, Borut Bozic, Maxim Gourov, and Alexandre Vinokourov. This list includes 20 Italian cyclists, including Visconti and Scarponi who have already served bans stemming from the Padua investigation.

In reply to allegations, Marcato remarked he never had any sort of connection with Ferrari. Marcato added he never knew this man and he had never met him and he had never talked with him. The cyclist added he wants to defend his image which is strongly affected by this article and went on to add that he is available to the authorities to answer all the questions and to prove his innocence in this matter.

A “very close” link between Vinokourov and Ferrari was reported by La Gazzetta and the report alleges systematic doping on both the Astana and RadioShack teams. La Gazzetta quoted evidence in which Vinokourov allegedly asked Stefano, Ferrari’s son, to follow 10-12 of his cyclists for the 2011 season.

The alleged involvement of Vinokourov could have seen his Astana team lose its racing license but the UCI recently announced that Astana will receive a license to race in 2015. It was previously speculated that the UCI would relegate the team to Pro Continental status and many observers have called for the UCI to outright reject the application of Team Astana. However, UCI President Brian Cookson remarked another doping positive from Astana would likely lead to the suspension of the team’s license and remarked the Astana Pro Team can be considered very much to be on probation.

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Albert Wolfgang is a professional medical writer with over 20 years of experience. He hold multiple personal training certifications, including the coveted NASM and AFAA certificates. He graduated with honors with a B.S. and M.S. in biochemistry with a minor in physical studies. Albert and his team have trained over 100 IFBB professional bodybuilders, including Hollywood stars and many up and coming fitness stars.

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