Riccardo Ricc�™ 2008 Tour de France tested positive for EPO claims

Riccardo Ricc�™, currently suspended until April 2024, submitted a request through social media that many more drivers tested positive for EPO at the 2008 Tour de France.

Italian Riccardo Ricco was kicked out of the race after failing a test for the new generation of EPO called CERA (Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator). Saunier Duval then announced that they were withdrawing the sponsorship team.

Austrian Bernhard Kohl, third overall and top climber in the race, as well as Italian Leonardo Piepoli and German Stefan Schumacher were also found guilty of using CERA after tests retroactive.
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Kazakh Dmitriy Fofonov tested positive for the banned stimulant heptaminol and was fired by his team of Credit Agricole. Spaniards Manuel Beltran and Moises Duenas Nevado tested positive for EPO. Barloworld ended their sponsorship of the team after the Nevado test result.

Ricc�™ has always denied that he had transfused his own blood, saying that his problems were caused by taking iron supplements, but was banned by the Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee in 2012. He received a ban of 12 years, because it was his second doping offense. In 2008 he tested positive for the banned blood booster CERA after winning two stages of the Tour de France. E 'was arrested by French police during the race and given a ban of 20 months.

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