Longo's husband charged with EPO smuggling

Fri, 10 Feb 18:48:00 2012

Patrice Ciprelli, coach and husband of former Olympic and world champion Jeannie Longo, was charged on Friday for smuggling erythropoietin (EPO).

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He admitted purchasing EPO for "personal use" and was charged on three counts including smuggling the performance-enhancing drug, Ciprelli's lawyer Pierre Albert said.

Ciprelli, accused of buying EPO in China in 2007, was arrested at his St Martin le Vinoux home on Wednesday morning.

Longo, 53, is planning to compete in the London Olympics later this year.

She won the first of her 13 world road and track titles in 1985 and picked up an Olympic road race gold medal in Atlanta in 1996.

Reuters

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  1. I wonder which "personel" was going to use­ it?

    From haraboji, on Tue 14 Feb 2:19

  2. c'mon Max, she hasn't been caught! Lets not go­ down that route yet!

    From RiChArD, on Mon 13 Feb 23:42

  3. Gee. All those French titles at an age when it seemed­ impossible. Let's not forget that the French­ Festina affair started the whole anti-doping­ revolution. Old guard, old problems. Ban her for life.­ and take away every title she's won since 2000.

    From Maxx92, on Mon 13 Feb 21:57

  4. Going by the picture it cannot be good for the­ complexion, looks like 73!!

    From rhino64, on Mon 13 Feb 5:44

  5. The EPO was for Patrice Ciprelli's personal­ use.
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    He takes his wife's cycling performance­ very personally.

    From p, on Sun 12 Feb 20:07

  6. This whole story about Longo stinks to high hell.

    From Gtracer, on Sat 11 Feb 23:08

  7. Longo's husband.............­ sureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

    French people, take that!!!!!­ XD

    From Mike, on Sat 11 Feb 22:52

  8. Perhaps it was an anti wrinkle cream, get your money­ back Jeannie!

    From tuggo, on Fri 10 Feb 18:31

  9. The conversations over their dinner table must be­ interesting!
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    Husband questioned by police on­ "smuggling products dangerous for health"­ charges- "Mais non! the products are good for­ health, as my wife would testify".

    From p, on Thu 9 Feb 23:34
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