The team doping directory

Statistics

• 7 years of existence
• 19 cases (20th out of 617 teams) involving 15 team members
• 2,71 cases per year (7th out of 617 teams)

Successive names

Year	Team	Category
2003	Mercatone Uno - Scanavino	2
2002	Mercatone Uno	2
2001	Mercatone Uno - Stream Tv	9
2000	Mercatone Uno - Albacom	1
1999	Mercatone Uno - Bianchi	3
1998	Mercatone Uno - Bianchi	2
1997	Mercatone Uno	0

List of team doping cases

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Penalization	Control
Di Falco Vincenzo	Nesp	Semaine lombarde	2003	Yes	Positive control
Testi Fabio	EPO	Giro del Veneto	2003	Yes	Positive control
Fois Valentino		Tour d'Autriche	2002	Yes	Positive control
Sgambelluri Roberto	Nesp	Giro d'Italia	2002	Yes	Positive control
Borgheresi Simone	Possession de produits interdits	Giro d'Italia	2001	Unknown	Police investigation
Brignoli Ermanno	Hormone de croissance et insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Clavero Sebastian Daniel	Possession de produits interdits	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Police investigation
De Paoli Daniele	Hormone de croissance et insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Fontanelli Fabiano	Hématocrite > 50%	Tour des Flandres	2001	Yes	Blood test
Forconi Riccardo	EPO	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Positive control
Mondini Gianpaolo	Hormone de croissance et insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Pantani Marco	Détention d'une seringue d'insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Siboni Marcello	Hormone de croissance et insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Velo Marco	Salbutamol	Championnats d'Italie (CLM)	2000	Yes	Positive control
Coppolillo Michele	Corticosteroids	Tour de France	1999	No	Positive control
Pantani Marco	Hématocrite = 52 %	Giro d'Italia	1999	Yes	Blood test
Velo Marco	Anabolic	Championnats d'Italie (CLM)	1999	Yes	Positive control
Forconi Riccardo	Hématocrite > 50%	Giro d'Italia	1998	Yes	Positive control
Pantani Marco	EPO	Tour de France	1998	No	Senate Commission of Inquiry

Press review

• 25/04/2019 - Avant Madonna di Campiglio, Pantani passait à travers l’orage
• 15/03/2016 - Marco Pantani, victime de la Camorra ?
• 28/03/2008 - Fois retrouvé mort
• 03/10/2003 - Pantani s'échappe du prétoire
• 04/04/2003 - Ouverture du procès Pantani
• 13/03/2003 - Suspension réduite à six mois pour Marco Pantani
• 13/07/2002 - Pantani acquitté en appel
• 17/06/2002 - Pantani suspendu huit mois
• 04/05/2002 - Pantani rattrapé par l'insuline
• 29/12/2001 - Pantani dans le collimateur de la justice pour dopage
• 15/11/2001 - Velo privé de titre pour dopage
• 13/04/2001 - Tour des Flandres - Tous les contrôles négatifs, y compris pour Fontanelli
• 08/04/2001 - L'Italien Fontanelli exclu du Tour des Flandres avant le départ
• 11/10/2000 - Marco Pantani devant un tribunal à partir de vendredi
• 26/09/2000 - Contrôle positif de Marco Velo (Mercatone)

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Disclaimer

For a good understanding, the following should be kept in mind:

• We've done our best to piece together the history of the teams beyond their name changes. This would not have been possible without the considerable work of three websites: www.museociclismo.it, www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu and www.velorooms.com.
• For each team, this list cannot be exhaustive. Indeed, our doping directory , from which the cases listed here are taken, is by nature incomplete. Moreover, we have not been able to precisely date some doping cases. As a result, these cannot be linked with certainty to such or such a team. They therefore do not appear in this list.
• By doping case, one must understand the positive tests, the reports of deficiency , the disciplinary, parliamentary or judicial inquiries or confessions. When we do not know the outcome, we indicate it in the penalty column. We also mention a number of cases for which there was no sanction. This is the case, for example, of late confessions which did not lead to any prosecution.

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