Sella backed for reduced ban

Eurosport - Thu, 13 Nov 13:28:00 2008

Italian rider Emanuele Sella should face a one-year ban for doping rather than the usual two because he collaborated with authorities, the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor has said.

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 blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition control.

The statement from CONI said a tribunal would now decide whether to uphold the anti-doping prosecutor's suggested ban.

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. Lifetime ban

    From H C, on Mon 17 Nov 8:40AM

  2. What is up with his little moustache...

    From targyebay, on Sat 15 Nov 1:34PM

  3. Anyway...I think 1st time 4 year ban plus pay the­ money, 2nd time life ban plus pay the money.

    From Baby, on Thu 13 Nov 12:10PM

  4. this is professional sport,you cannot ride a 3 week­ tour clean at that speed,who cares if they drug up­ anyway as long as i ain't racing against them, it­ makes great entertainment though,

    From diddy p, on Wed 12 Nov 2:47PM

  5. A one year ban is no way enough - it needs to hurt big­ time. Should be 5 years minimum. Watching Sella and­ Ricco in the giro and the tour were supposed to be­ brilliant moments in cycling - only to find out­ we'd all been cheated. I was really P***** off. BTW­ back in the early days of the tour the french cyclists­ used to drink flagons of red wine to get their boosts!­ How things have moved on (regretably).

    From sarah s, on Wed 12 Nov 2:14PM

  6. To be practical, it is the riders that fully disclose­ how they got the stuff, evaded the controls if not who­ else they know of who is using it that is useful.­ Personally I wouldn't let anybody ride again until­ they did all that.
    It makes me sick to hear of so­ called reformed characters when they still haven't­ spilled any beans on how they passed countless tests­ before finally getting caught when they slip up.
    I was­ sad that Simoni lost his chance to win his final road­ stage over the Mortirolo when Sella took it but now­ Gibo has decided to carry on one more year I live in­ hope of seeing him fly one final time.

    From SteveH, on Wed 12 Nov 9:25AM

  7. Maurice i think you are confusing the performance­ enhancing drugs with mind state altering drugs. Ok­ those dealers that sell drugs at kids sell cocaine and­ sht and for sure if you're on it then you might get­ a performance boost but they are taken to make you feel­ good not perform well in any given sport. The drugs the­ cyclists are on are performance enhancing drugs, they­ are not design to make you feel high but to allow you­ to better perform.

    From buju b, on Wed 12 Nov 9:18AM

  8. bobcha78...The man with the stick says "Life time­ Ban" anyone else out there, with any intelligence,­ and any ideas how to deal with the real­ problem.......THE SUPPLIERS. You know the ones who­ stand out side the schools and give drugs to children.­ NO not them the the ones whom supply them. THE REAL­ DEALERS.
    YOU rave about the small picture and hammer­ the wee man on the bike yet the white shirt with the­ drugs is missed.
    If cyclists were not paid BIG money­ would they still have to cheat, is it the incentive of­ money or the will too win?

    From maurice1958, on Wed 12 Nov 12:43AM

  9. Life time ban

    From bobcha78, on Tue 11 Nov 11:17PM

  10. life bans, hangings, 4 year bans maybe, make up your­ minds wait until you have to hand down real sentences­ to child mo.lestors and the fraudulent everyday banks­ we deal with. Can any body tell me who the real­ criminals are "the cyclist or his supplier?"

    From maurice1958, on Tue 11 Nov 9:38PM

  11. murraymckean wot r u on about, u cannot b comparing­ poker 2 takin drugs!

    From hamishhore, on Tue 11 Nov 9:32PM

  12. oh no! I won £400 playing sean kelly and david harmon­ at poker in grenoble whilst drunk last year! I hope I­ dont get a life ban...

    From murraymckean, on Tue 11 Nov 8:49PM

  13. He admitted it when he was caught, it's not like he­ owned up to cheating without a positive test. The­ sooner the sport gets life bans the better.

    From daz_james, on Tue 11 Nov 8:16PM

  14. i support life bans but only if their is clinical­ proof, if there is some doubt about the results­ eg.landis,mayo etc i think bans for 2 years are the­ best solution as you have to remember this is their job­ and it would be very unfair to ban people for life if­ there is doubt and they are infact inncocent......im­ not sayin that lanids and mayo are inncoent but there­ is doubt over their resullts

    From hamishhore, on Tue 11 Nov 7:03PM

  15. Pete, considering all the damage that doping cheats­ have done to our beloved sport to date, pro cyclists­ who are only in the sport for the money who can only­ win races by cheating should be kicked out with a­ lifetime ban whether it's their first offence or­ not. I believe this is the only way to get rid of­ cheats for good from our amazing sport-especially the­ TDF.

    From martin.pugh55, on Tue 11 Nov 6:40PM

  16. Why do these riders think that by admitting guilt they­ are entitled to a reduced ban? I reckon 4 years for a­ first offence and life ban if caught again.

    From pete_appleby, on Tue 11 Nov 4:37PM

  17. Only tree years for this little mugged that stole 3­ victories in the Giro. I don't understand their­ judgment! I hope he will not find a team!

    From lubvezenkov, on Tue 11 Nov 4:10PM
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