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The acceptance of drug-taking in the Tour de France was so complete by 1930, when the race changed to national teams that were to be paid for by the organisers, that the rule book distributed to riders by the organiser, Henri Desgrange, reminded them that drugs were not among items with which they would be provided. [16]
Floyd Landis on the Tour de France on July 23, 2006 The Floyd Landis doping case was a doping scandal that featured Floyd Landis , the initial winner of the 2006 Tour de France . After a meltdown in Stage 16 , where he had lost ten minutes, Landis came back in Stage 17 , riding solo and passing his whole team.
Jeroen Blijlevens admitted he started to use EPO in Tour de France 1997, and continued to use the drug in Tour de France 1998. [21] Laurent Jalabert's lawyer released this statement on behalf of the rider: "... he followed the prescriptions of the medical staff at his successive teams. Although no element of law has been officially notified to ...
Floyd Landis on the 2006 Tour de France. Since the introduction of doping tests in 1964, many cyclists were caught in the Tour de France. In recent years, 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis and points classification winner Erik Zabel, along with most of their Team Telekom team-mates, confessed to using erythropoietin (EPO).
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As the Tour de France began in Dublin, it was announced that the Festina riders Richard Virenque, Alex Zülle and Laurent Dufaux would face questioning when they returned to France. On July 15, Roussel and Festina team doctor Eric Rijckaert were arrested in Cholet , and the team's hotel was searched by eight gendarmes . [ 1 ]
United States Anti-Doping Agency v. Lance Armstrong, the Lance Armstrong doping case, was a major doping investigation that led to retired American road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong being stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles, along with one Olympic medal, and his eventual admission to using performance-enhancing drugs.
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