TNT1 Posted July 21, 2010 Share http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-under-investigation-in-italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted July 21, 2010 Share sensationalist rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pite Posted July 21, 2010 Share hmmm...NO...just what it is information regarding an investigation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbles Posted July 21, 2010 Share Oh dearie me, anyway the Viking has the Green jersey for keeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted July 21, 2010 Share I had forgotten that he had already been in trouble... From Wikipedia:After a non-negative result for the asthma drug salbutamol, which Petacchi had clearance to use, he was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France. Petacchi was absolved when the Italian Cycling Federation ruled that overuse of Salbutamol was human error. On 6 May 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from November. It said all competitive results obtained during the 2007 Giro d'Italia shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Results after 31 October 2007 and during his ban were disqualified. The court said Petacchi had not intended to cheat and that it was likely that he had inadvertently consumed too much medication, but he had not exercised "utmost caution." The case was considered controversial, as it kept Petacchi from starting the Tour de France as he had planned and for the court ruling that he should be suspended despite acknowledging that he had not cheated. Petacchi maintained that he had done no wrong. As a result of this, on 16 May 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram. After his suspension he joined LPR Brakes-Ballan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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