January 16/00 8:17 am - World Cup Cross #6, Luperini Suspended, EPO Testing

Posted by Editor on 01/16/00
 

Cyclo-Cross World Cup #6 - GP France

1	Daniele Pontoni	ITA	1:00:33
2	Richard Groenendaal	NED	at 0:30
3	Mario de Clercq	BEL	0:52
4	Wim de Vos	NED	1:17
5	Adrie van der Poel	NED	1:41
6	Sven Nijs	BEL	2:14
7	Erwin Vervecken	BEL	2:50
8	Petr Dlask	CZE	3:04
9	Ben Berden	BEL	3:24
10	Beat Wabel	SUI	3:28
11	Massimo Sargenti	ITA	3:28
12	Christophe Morel	FRA	3:39
13	Gerben DeKnecht	NED	3:51
14	Marc Janssens	BEL	4:27
15	Dominique Arnaud	FRA	4:37
16	Peter van Santvliet	BEL	4:58
17	Rolan Schatti	SUI	5:06
18	Kamil Ausbuher	CZE	5:19
19	Steffen Weigold	GER	5:19
20	Igor Tavella	ITA	5:59

Final World Cup Standings

1. Sven Nijs (Bel) 300 points
2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 268
3. Mario de Clercq (Bel) 245


Luperini Suspended

The Disciplinary Committee of the Italian Cycling Federation handed down an eight month suspension to Fabiana Luperini for the positive test for nandrolone in October 1999. No other details were released, nor when she would officially begin her sentence.


EPO Research

The IOC has allocated 3 million dollars (US) to a study, conducted by the Australian Institute of Sports, in an attempt to discover enough about the usage of EPO to detect its usage.

120 amateur athletes, ranging in age from 18 to 35, will be used as "human lab rats" in this closely monitored study whose main objective is the discovery of a fail safe method for the detection of EPO usage. Apparently, the UCI hopes to test athletes from around the world (ie, different ethnic backgrounds) so that they can develop definitive standards. No word on where Canadian guinea pigs can apply...

 

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