gummibear Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Report: Riccò caught buying doping products Tuscan police catch disgraced climber red handedRiccardo Riccò has been accused of buying EPO and testosterone after being caught red handed with two dealers by Italian police in a car park in the Tuscan town of Livorno, according to reports in Italian media.Ricco was banned for 12 years in 2011 after being rushed to hospital apparently following a botched blood transfusion. The controversial Italian climber had been planning to attack a series of records on well known cycling climbs such as Mont Ventoux but is now facing charges of receiving banned substances and dealing in banned substances. Doping is a crime in Italy.According to a report on the Il Tirreno website, Ricco was caught with another local professional on Tuesday afternoon after collecting a bag containing 30 doses of drugs in the car park of an out of town McDonalds, north of Livorno. The two dealers are from Livorno, with one working in a local hospital.The NAS, the branch of police specialising in drugs and health and safety, said in a press conference that 30 doses of drugs were seized during the operation which began in the nearby town of Lucca, with a further 100 doses and large sum of cash discovered during a search of the two dealers' homes.Ricco won stages at the Giro d'Italiaand was the best young rider in 2008 but tested positive for the blood-boosting drug CERA during that year's Tour de France. He served a two-year ban and made a comeback in 2010 but his career ended when he was rushed to hospital in 2011.He was suspended for 12 years but continued to ride a bike, was invited to take part in several Gran Fondo events and announced his record attempts on cycling biggest climbs.Ricco did not answer his phone when contacted by Cyclingnews. Edited April 30, 2014 by gummibear
gummibear Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 Wonder if he was buying to use or to sell and who the Pro with him is?
rock Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Wonder if he was buying to use or to sell and who the Pro with him is? good questions...
BeegMig Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Wonder if he was buying to use or to sell and who the Pro with him is? Being banned he has no use for it. He just helped out a friend with last minute Giro preparation. kent77 1
CAAD4 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 McDondalds? There's your problem. Everyone knows that the biggest and most successful deals go down at Angelo's or Mamma Rosa's pasta joints. They just don't make Thugs like they used to hey Tony? BenReaper 1
Jaco-fiets Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My Italian colleagues say he is still one of the most hated cyclists in Italy. Apparently he suffers frequent public abuse
T-Bob Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 I'd say that head line quote is the truth... "in the wrong place at the wrong time." because there were cops and you got caught like cheating dog. "Riccò: I was in the wrong place at the wrong time Riccardo Riccò has denied that the doping products seized by police in a car park in Livorno on Tuesday were destined for him and claimed that he was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”A team from NAS, the branch of Italian police specialising in drugs and health and safety, apprehended Riccò and his fellow former professional Matteo Cappè while they were reportedly in the process of purchasing EPO and testosterone in the car park of a McDonald’s outside Livorno on Tuesday afternoon. Thirty doses of EPO and artificial testosterone were seized from the two dealers – named by Gazzetta dello Sport as Antonio Catarsi and hospital employee Fabrizio Boccolini – in the car park, while a search of their homes unearthed 100 more doses at a reported value of €15,000.Police from NAS also found €1,170 in cash in Riccò’s jacket when they searched the car in which he and Cappè had arrived. “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, the matter has nothing to do with me,” Riccò said according to ANSA.
Cellar Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Dumbest man alive. Edited May 1, 2014 by Cellar
andydude Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 You can call him stupid, but if you think he's the only doper then you're almost as stupid as him. He's stupid for being caught. In my opinion riders are probably using new drugs and/combinations which anti doping don't even know about or can't test. I actually don't know how to stop cheating, including doping, in cycling or any sport. Or life. I literally feel like like so be it. Whatever. Just give us a good show at least.
Cellar Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) You can call him stupid, but if you think he's the only doper then you're almost as stupid as him. What are you talking about? He's serving pretty much a life ban after the kitchen transfusion incident, and here he is buying drugs again. This isn't about who's doping. What I mean, is this isn't a cyclist doping story. This guy isn't a pro cyclist anymore. This is a 'tard doing 'tard stuff story. Edited May 1, 2014 by Cellar T-Bob 1
ThaStig Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Fool. He needs to recede into obscurity.Fools will feel insulted to be associated with this guy Cellar 1
Cellar Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Being banned he has no use for it. He just helped out a friend with last minute Giro preparation. Yeah, he's probably moved into the dealer channel now.
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