Sella receives one-year doping ban

Eurosport - Mon, 01 Dec 11:41:00 2008

Italian rider Emanuele Sella has received a one-year doping ban from the Italian Olympic Committee.

CYCLING 2008 Emanuele Sella in Procura - 0

The 27-year-old, who won three stages of this year's Giro d'Italia, confessed to doping in August after testing positive for a new version of blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition control.

CONI's anti-doping prosecutor said last month that a one-year ban would be more appropriate than the usual two-year suspension because Sella had confessed and collaborated with the authorities.

A tribunal, which has the final word, has now agreed with the prosecutor's request and his backdated ban will end on August 18 next year, CONI said in a statement.

Fellow Italian Riccardo Ricco, who took EPO during July's Tour de France, was suspended for the maximum two years in October despite the prosecutor asking for a reduced 20-month sentence because he admitted his guilt.

Reuters

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  1. JOKE

    From djwiners, on Mon 1 Dec 9:30PM

  2. Another day, another ban. I await the mandatory idiot­ who sees it fit to defend these cheats for the sake of­ trying to be different.

    From CR, on Mon 1 Dec 5:16PM

  3. Should be a minimum 4 yr ban for intentional­ cheating.
    Agree Jonathon- a 4 yr ban is comparable to a­ life ban. 4 yrs will render you out of race level­ fitness and forgotten by teams. A cycling career is­ practically finished.
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    Your ex-teammates will­ never touch drugs (again).
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    Disclosure of your­ sources only assists the authorities to a limited­ extent- cure is less effective than prevention. ­
    Better for the disincentives to grossly outweigh the­ incentives.

    From p, on Mon 1 Dec 1:43PM

  4. Sorry but life bans would not solve it. The majority of­ riders are, or think they are, ahead of the game­ anyway.
    These people make big money from doing­ something they are good at- If they can't perform­ they get sacked and most have no plan B (ie education­ and/or work experience)
    They feel they HAVE to cheat­ and its the system that is rotten: Don't start the­ riders countdown to racing again until he/she has­ revealed every aspect of how they doped and who helped­ them. Life ban only if/when they are proved­ liers.
    Sella getting a lesser sentence is a bit of a­ cheek though- I mean did he have to win 3 stages-­ surely 2 would have done enough?

    From SteveH, on Mon 1 Dec 1:37PM

  5. What an absolute joke. Life bans will ERADICATE drug­ use in cycling. Fact.

    From jonathan.hodgkins, on Mon 1 Dec 1:19PM
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