he should stay away out of respectof the clean­ riders.
no one will have any time for him.

Chad, that is true, not everyone dopes, some people­ just have to cope with trying to hang on at the back of­ the bunch, and if you think that's an excuse for­ being a loser, I have a few medals to prove it, once­ the guys get to the continent they don't come back­ the same. Take it for what you will, seen it years ago,­ all the guys round a particular part of the country got­ very good overnight. Just happened to be a pro was­ from around there. Stick that in yer pipe.

I've got news for you vela46 everyone does not­ dope. It is a shame you feel that way.

john montano ur a Pr**k. doping is killing cycling but­ the thing is they all take dping if they didnt they­ would loose by miles. its even been confessed from­ retired rides with depression or near death experiancs­ etc... they all take doping. tour de france organisiers­ give it the large about their antidoping measures well­ why was one of the recent winners disqualified fr­ doping shortly after ? all the supricefor ricco coming­ back when they all take illegal substances, only those­ who work in a team will udnerstand me anyway, shame­ because i love the sport.

P.S. the idiot that gave him a new contract is worse,­ be a bit like hiring David Millar wouldn't it.

Anybody that has raced a bit knows that he has no hope­ of coming back without some "assistance". The­ sport is still rife with it, not just at the top level,­ local as well. He would be a @#$% even without the­ drugs

The man is a waste of space. To allow him back is an­­ insult to a great sport.
Drug cheats should be banned­­ for life.
DBY
This sounds like Ricco was and is the­ only drug user in cycling. Why not ban all users­ including those who have "repented" and thin­ the peleton down to at most 2/3 riders?

This is just depressing.

With Pantani as an Idol it was no surprise that Ricco­ cheated. Not in the same class as his idol and is not­ even worth considering. The biological passport will­ ensure he rides at his true level - The passport is the­ best thing that happened in cycling for decades - I­ wish other sports would follow cycling's lead!

On the bright side, he won't be competing in big­ races and will be 27 yrs old when he returns, so at­ worst he'll be 29 if he gets into a pro tour­ team... and who'd make him leader? Then he'll­ be gone by 32 or 33.
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So hopefully he won't­ disgrace our TV screens again.

Ricoo should stay away from cycling. No respect for or­ from him.

Ricco deserved 5 years for being such a @#$%! I­ can't beleive someone would sign that idiot!

Forget the drugs. Cant they just ban him for being an­ annoying weezley @#$%? Or for having a stupid name?­

Surely it is about time that we fans got together and­ emailed the MD of the companies sponsoring these riders­ expressing our disgust. If they can see that they lose­ rather than gain potential customers by having these­ riders on their teams, they will soon stop hiring them.

The man is a waste of space. To allow him back is an­ insult to a great sport.
Drug cheats should be banned­ for life.
DBY

Buzz off Ricco the vegetable.

basso never actually admitted to doping just the­ intention to dope that way got banned but did not lose­ any of his winnings, which is what he really cared­ about

Hamish, what a short memory re; Basso you have, it took­ him 9 months before he confessed, Ricco pretty did as­ soon as he was busted. As for the ban from the protour­ for four years, Liguigas put paid to that agreement as­ soon as they saw benefit for themselves in doing so,­ some riders like Ricco may have little respect for­ doping free cycling, but many teams have just as little­ respect for anti-doping measures outside of mere­ principal. Personally, i dont mind guys coming back­ after bans, but only if they are denied riding the­ major events and monuments in their first year back, as­ well as being target tested more so than the average­ rider in this initial first 12 months back.

All those drugs and Contador still kicked his­ @rse.
With these ridiculous bans in cycling the front­ of the podium is filling up fast with­ "reformed" cheats.

In my opinion Ricco's ban sould have been far more­ harsh, should have been at least two years, maybe four­ years from pro tour. He did not even seem to care that­ he had cheated unlike some riders such as basso

Absolute disgrace, a total embarassment to our great­ sport, both retchard ricco and Ceramica Flamina should­ NEVER be allowed to exist in cycling, per se.