Tour de France 1972 : the real numbers of doping

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Last update 27/08/2025 - cyclisme-dopage.com

Statistics

The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.

Teams Riders Pinned Top 10 Pinned Podium Pinned
MOLTENI 11 5 1 1 1 1
BEAULIEU-FLANDRIA 11 5 1 1 0 0
SONOLOR 11 7 2 2 0 0
PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN 11 8 1 1 0 0
DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER 11 3 3 2 0 0
BIC 11 8 0 0 0 0
GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON 11 8 1 1 1 1
ROKADO 11 7 0 0 0 0
SALVARANI 11 4 1 1 1 1
GOUDSMIT-HOFF 11 5 0 0 0 0
GITANE 11 4 0 0 0 0
WATNEY-AVIA 11 2 0 0 0 0
Total 132 66 10 9 3 3
Pourcentage 50% 90% 100%

Pinned: Number of riders who violated the anti-doping rules.
Included in this category: riders who have been tested positive (including refuse to submit to doping control or hematocrit> 50%), having acknowledged having doped, having been sanctioned (by the justice, their federation or their team).
Not included (for example) : those whose sample B was negative.
Top 10: number of riders present in the top 10 of the final general classification.
Podium: number of riders present in the first 3 of the final general classification.

Other data :


The official ranking

Ranking source : http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net (31/01/2008)

  1. Merckx Eddy in 108h17'18'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
  2. Gimondi Felice at 0h10'41'' Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
  3. Poulidor Raymond at 0h11'34'' Red card 196x : aveux en 1997 et 2016 (no penalty) ; 1966 : absence to control ; 1968 : refusal to submit to control (no penalty)
  4. Van Impe Lucien at 0h16'45'' Red card 1981 : absence to control
  5. Zoetemelk Joop at 0h19'09'' Red card 1976 : confessions in 1977 (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : confessions in 1979 (no penalty) ; 1979 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control
  6. Martinez Mariano at 0h21'31'' Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1997 (no penalty) ; 1980 : absence to control (no penalty)
  7. Hézard Yves at 0h21'52'' Red card 1971 : positive control
  8. Agostinho Joaquim at 0h34'16'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control
  9. Thevenet Bernard at 0h37'11'' Red card 1976 : 2 positive controls (sanction not known) ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
  10. Janssens Edward at 0h42'33''
  11. Delisle Raymond at 0h46'27'' Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1977 (no penalty)
  12. Mortensen Leif at 0h46'39'' Yellow card 1972 : positive control (no penalty)
  13. Houbrechts Antoon at 0h47'37''
  14. Swerts Roger at 0h49'24'' Red card 1966 : positive control
  15. Vandenbossche Martin at 0h59'29''
  16. Verbeeck Frans at 1h00'09'' Red card 1972 : positive control
  17. Aimar Lucien at 1h03'41'' Red card 1966 : positive control ; 1969 : absence to control ; 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : absence to control (sanction not known)
  18. Tabak Tino at 1h05'09''
  19. Perin Michel at 1h06'19''
  20. Künde Karl-heinz at 1h10'09''
  21. Danguillaume Jean-pierre at 1h14'51'' Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
  22. De Schoenmaecker Joseph at 1h21'28''
  23. Beyssens Herman at 1h23'51''
  24. Wolfshohl Rolf at 1h24'59'' Yellow card 1968 : positive control (sanction not known)
  25. Pustjens Mathieu at 1h26'33''
  26. Bruyère Joseph at 1h27'20'' Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (no penalty)
  27. Ricci Walter at 1h30'12'' Yellow card 1971 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1971 : absence to control (sanction not known)
  28. Huysmans Jozef at 1h31'29''
  29. Santy Guy at 1h31'35''
  30. Schleck Johny at 1h32'06''
  31. De Witte Ronald at 1h34'22'' Red card 1974 : positive control
  32. Millard Joël at 1h37'28''
  33. Vanneste Willy at 1h39'11'' Red card 1967 : positive control
  34. Bellone Gilbert at 1h39'39'' Yellow card 1966 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1969 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1973 : positive control (no penalty)
  35. Vasseur Sylvain at 1h41'13'' Yellow card 1972 : positive control (no penalty)
  36. Moneyron Gérard at 1h41'46'' Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1977 (sanction not known)
  37. Mintjens Frans at 1h42'55''
  38. Parenteau Jean-pierre at 1h44'20''
  39. Mori Primo at 1h44'54''
  40. Berland Roland at 1h45'51''
  41. David Wilfried at 1h48'53'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1974 : positive control
  42. Puschel Dieter at 1h50'12''
  43. Lievens Marc at 1h50'44''
  44. Godefroot Walter at 1h53'56'' Red card 1967 : absence to control ; 1973 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : positive control
  45. Tschan Jurgen at 1h56'00''
  46. Largeau Jean-claude at 1h59'41''
  47. Raymond Christian at 2h01'00'' Red card 1969 : absence to control
  48. Riotte Raymond at 2h01'25''
  49. Van Staeyen Ludo at 2h02'41''
  50. Chappe Georges at 2h02'44'' Red card 1969 : positive control
  51. In't Ven Willy at 2h03'11'' Red card 1970 : positive control
  52. Muddemann Karl-heinz at 2h04'04''
  53. Santambrogio Giacinto at 2h04'07''
  54. Wagtmans Marinus at 2h04'45'' Red card 1971 : positive control
  55. Wright Michael at 2h08'31''
  56. Aranzabal Jesus at 2h10'44'' Red card 1971 : positive control
  57. Grenier René at 2h11'29''
  58. Mourioux Jacky at 2h11'37'' Red card 1973 : positive control
  59. David Gérard at 2h11'53'' Red card 1972 : fraud
  60. Karstens Gerben at 2h12'40'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : fraud
  61. Prinsen Wim at 2h14'56''
  62. Van Marcke Ronny at 2h16'34''
  63. Peffgen Wilfried at 2h16'49'' Red card 1969 : positive control
  64. Genty Jean-claude at 2h16'53'' Red card 199x : confessions in 2001 (poitier trial)
  65. Abbeloos Willy at 2h18'22''
  66. Teirlinck Willy at 2h21'59'' Red card 1977 : positive control
  67. Verstraeten Eddy at 2h22'57''
  68. Sohet Marc at 2h26'20''
  69. Aerts Paul at 2h27'39''
  70. Hoban Barry at 2h28'20'' Yellow card 1973 : positive control (sanction not known)
  71. Vianen Gérard at 2h28'27'' Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control
  72. Daunat Jean-claude at 2h30'06'' Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control
  73. Van Der Vleuten Jos at 2h30'41'' Red card 1967 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control, fraud attempt
  74. Campagnari Pietro at 2h31'42''
  75. Matignon Pierre at 2h33'10'' Red card 1969 : positive control
  76. Delépine Régis at 2h36'32'' Red card 1975 : positive control
  77. Van Clooster Noël at 2h38'24''
  78. Krekels Jan at 2h38'59''
  79. Nassen Pieter at 2h40'52''
  80. Van Linden Rik at 2h41'24''
  81. Guyot Bernard at 2h41'29'' Red card 1968 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : absence to control
  82. Basso Marino at 2h46'50'' Red card 2010 : positive control (?)
  83. Dolman Evert at 2h48'36'' Red card 1967 : fraud
  84. Menard Léon-paul at 2h48'41''
  85. Castelletti Luigi at 2h50'12''
  86. Guerra Pietro at 2h54'37''
  87. Mintkiewicz Robert at 3h07'39'' Yellow card 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
  88. Bellouis Alain at 4h03'33''

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


The alternative ranking

The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.

  1. Janssens Edward
  2. Houbrechts Antoon
  3. Vandenbossche Martin
  4. Tabak Tino
  5. Perin Michel
  6. Künde Karl-heinz
  7. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
  8. Beyssens Herman
  9. Pustjens Mathieu
  10. Huysmans Jozef
  11. Santy Guy
  12. Schleck Johnny
  13. Millard Joël
  14. Mintjens Frans
  15. Parenteau Jean-pierre
  16. Mori Primo
  17. Berland Roland
  18. Puschel Dieter
  19. Lievens Marc
  20. Tschan Jurgen
  21. Largeau Jean-claude
  22. Riotte Raymond
  23. Van Staeyen Ludo
  24. Muddemann Karl-heinz
  25. Santambrogio Giacinto
  26. Wright Michael
  27. Grenier René
  28. Prinsen Wim
  29. Van Marcke Ronny
  30. Abbeloos Willy
  31. Verstraeten Eddy
  32. Sohet Marc
  33. Aerts Paul
  34. Campagnari Pietro
  35. Van Clooster Noël
  36. Krekels Jan
  37. Nassen Pieter
  38. Van Linden Rik
  39. Menard Léon-paul
  40. Castelletti Luigi
  41. Guerra Pietro
  42. Bellouis Alain


List of doping cases during the race

Rider Product Race Year Sanction Control
Agostinho Joachim Tour de France 1972 Oui Contrôle positif
Junkermann Hans Tour de France 1972 Oui Contrôle positif


The list of participants

The list of participants by team

MOLTENI

19 years of existence, 17 cases, ie 0,89 per year

1. Merckx Eddy Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
2. Bruyère Joseph Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (no penalty)
3. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
4. Huysmans Jozef
5. In't Ven Willy Red card 1970 : positive control
6. Lievens Marc
7. Mintjens Frans
8. Spruyt Jozef
9. Swerts Roger Red card 1966 : positive control
10. Vandenbossche Martin
11. Van Schil Victor Red card 1968 : fraud

BEAULIEU-FLANDRIA

22 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 1,27 per year

12. Pereira De Andrade Joaquim
13. David Gérard Red card 1972 : fraud
14. De Muynck Johan
15. Dierickx André
16. Dolman Evert Red card 1967 : fraud
17. Mendes Fernando Red card 1977 : positive control ; 1980 : absence to control
18. Vandewiele Jan
19. Van Der Slagmolen Herman
20. Van Marcke Ronny
21. Vanneste Willy Red card 1967 : positive control
22. Zoetemelk Joop Red card 1976 : confessions in 1977 (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : confessions in 1979 (no penalty) ; 1979 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control

SONOLOR

18 years of existence, 19 cases, ie 1,06 per year

23. Catieau José Red card 1967 : positive control ; 1970 : positive control
24. Guyot Bernard Red card 1968 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : absence to control
25. Hézard Yves Red card 1971 : positive control
26. Mintkiewicz Robert Yellow card 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
27. Pustjens Mathieu
28. Ricci Walter Yellow card 1971 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1971 : absence to control (sanction not known)
29. Riotte Raymond
30. Sanquer Jean-jacques
31. Teirlinck Willy Red card 1977 : positive control
32. Van Impe Lucien Red card 1981 : absence to control
33. Van Rijckeghem Daniel

PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN

67 years of existence, 76 cases, ie 1,13 per year

34. Bouloux Robert
35. Danguillaume Jean-pierre Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
36. David Wilfried Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1974 : positive control
37. Delisle Raymond Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1977 (no penalty)
38. De Witte Ronald Red card 1974 : positive control
39. Godefroot Walter Red card 1967 : absence to control ; 1973 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : positive control
40. Parenteau Jean-pierre
41. Pingeon Roger Red card 1970 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1979 (sanction not known)
42. Raymond Christian Red card 1969 : absence to control
43. Thevenet Bernard Red card 1976 : 2 positive controls (sanction not known) ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
44. Tschan Jurgen

DE GRIBALDY-MAGNIFLEX-VAN CAUTER

25 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,4 per year

45. Abbeloos Willy
46. Agostinho Joaquim Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control
47. Beyssens Herman
48. Janssens Edward
49. Kindt Roger Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1970 : positive control
50. Martinez Mariano Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1997 (no penalty) ; 1980 : absence to control (no penalty)
51. Millard Joël
52. Largeau Jean-claude
53. Poppe André
54. Van Linden Rik
55. Van Staeyen Ludo

BIC

8 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 3,5 per year

56. Aranzabal Jesus Red card 1971 : positive control
57. Berland Roland
58. Genty Jean-claude Red card 199x : confessions in 2001 (poitier trial)
59. Labourdette Bernard Red card 1976 : fraud
60. Letort Désiré Red card 1967 : positive control, confessions in 1997 ; 1967 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1968 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1969 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1971 : positive control
61. Mortensen Leif Yellow card 1972 : positive control (no penalty)
62. Ocana Luis Red card 1977 : positive control
63. Santy Alain Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control ; 1972 : absence to control (no penalty)
64. Santy Guy
65. Schleck Johny
66. Vasseur Sylvain Yellow card 1972 : positive control (no penalty)

GAN-MERCIER-HUTCHINSON

45 years of existence, 32 cases, ie 0,71 per year

67. Cadiou Jacques Yellow card 1972 : under medical supervision (sanction not known)
68. Delépine Régis Red card 1975 : positive control
69. Genet Jean-pierre
70. Grelin René
71. Guimard Cyrille Red card 1970 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1974 : positive control
72. Hoban Barry Yellow card 1973 : positive control (sanction not known)
73. Moneyron Gérard Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1977 (sanction not known)
74. Mourioux Jacky Red card 1973 : positive control
75. Perin Michel
76. Poulidor Raymond Red card 196x : aveux en 1997 et 2016 (no penalty) ; 1966 : absence to control ; 1968 : refusal to submit to control (no penalty)
77. Ravaleu Yves Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1976 : fraud

ROKADO

4 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,75 per year

78. Aimar Lucien Red card 1966 : positive control ; 1969 : absence to control ; 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : absence to control (sanction not known)
79. Bellone Gilbert Yellow card 1966 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1969 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1973 : positive control (no penalty)
80. Junkermann Hans Red card 1972 : positive control
81. Karstens Gerben Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : fraud
82. Künde Karl-heinz
83. Muddemann Karl-heinz
84. Peffgen Wilfried Red card 1969 : positive control
85. Puschel Dieter
86. Rasing Bernd
87. Schepers Wim Red card 1967 : positive control ; 1971 : positive control
88. Wolfshohl Rolf Yellow card 1968 : positive control (sanction not known)

SALVARANI

10 years of existence, 6 cases, ie 0,6 per year

89. Basso Marino Red card 2010 : positive control (?)
90. Campagnari Pietro
91. Castelletti Luigi
92. Gimondi Felice Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
93. Gualazzini Ercole
94. Guerra Pietro
95. Houbrechts Antoon
96. Mori Primo
97. Reybrouck Guido Red card 1966 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control
98. Santambrogio Giacinto
99. Zilioli Italo Red card 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control

GOUDSMIT-HOFF

13 years of existence, 5 cases, ie 0,38 per year

100. Duyndam Leo Red card 1972 : in the act
101. Harings Ger
102. Koeken Cees Red card 1972 : positive control
103. Krekels Jan
104. Prinsen Wim
105. Tabak Tino
106. Van Der Vleuten Jos Red card 1967 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control, fraud attempt
107. Van Katwijk Jan
108. Van Leeuwen Harrie
109. Vianen Gérard Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control
110. Wagtmans Marinus Red card 1971 : positive control

GITANE

24 years of existence, 22 cases, ie 0,92 per year

111. Bellouis Alain
112. Bolley Serge Red card 1974 : positive control
113. Briend Gérard
114. Chappe Georges Red card 1969 : positive control
115. Daunat Jean-claude Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control
116. Grenier René
117. Le Bourhis Loïc
118. Matignon Pierre Red card 1969 : positive control
119. Menard Léon-paul
120. Vidament Jean
121. Wright Michael

WATNEY-AVIA

20 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,5 per year

122. Aerts Paul
123. Antheunis Etienne
124. Coulon Michel
125. Nassen Pieter
126. Opdebeeck Englebert
127. Planckaert Walter Red card 1977 : positive control
128. Sohet Marc
129. Van Clooster Noël
130. Van Malderghem Willy
131. Verbeeck Frans Red card 1972 : positive control
132. Verstraeten Eddy

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


See also