Tour de France 1980 : 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
RENAULT-GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO 10 6 0 0 0 0
TI RALEIGH-CREDA 10 6 2 1 1 1
PUCH-SEM-CAMPAGNOLO 10 5 1 1 0 0
PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN 10 6 1 0 1 0
DAF-TRUCKS-LEJEUNE-P.Z 10 4 0 0 0 0
SPLENDOR-ADMIRAL-T.V EKSPRES 10 5 1 0 0 0
MARC-IWC-V.R.D 10 1 0 0 0 0
MIKO-MERCIER-VIVAGEL 10 4 3 2 1 1
LA REDOUTE-MOTOBECANE 10 8 1 1 0 0
IJSBOERKE-WARNCKE EIS-KOGA MIYATA 10 3 1 0 0 0
BOSTON-MAVIC - AMIS DU TOUR 10 1 0 0 0 0
TEKA 10 5 0 0 0 0
KELME 10 4 0 0 0 0
Total 130 58 10 5 3 2
Pourcentage 45% 50% 67%

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. Zoetemelk Joop in 109h19'14'' Red card 1976 : confessions in 1977 (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : confessions in 1979 (no penalty) ; 1979 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control
  2. Kuiper Hennie at 0h06'55''
  3. Martin Raymond at 0h07'56'' Red card 1982 : positive control
  4. De Muynck Johan at 0h12'24''
  5. Agostinho Joaquim at 0h15'37'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control
  6. Seznec Christian at 0h16'16'' Red card 1988 : positive control
  7. Nilsson Sven-ake at 0h16'33''
  8. Peeters Ludo at 0h20'45''
  9. Bazzo Pierre at 0h21'03'' Red card 1983 : positive control
  10. Lubberding Henk at 0h21'10''
  11. Alban Robert at 0h22'41'' Red card 1981 : positive control
  12. Van Der Velde Johan at 0h25'28'' Red card 1981 : positive control ; 198x : confessions in 1990 (sanction not known)
  13. Criquielion Claude at 0h27'43'' Yellow card 1985 : positive control (no penalty)
  14. Wilmann Jostein at 0h28'04''
  15. Ovion Régis at 0h29'48'' Red card 1976 : positive control
  16. Van Impe Lucien at 0h32'55'' Red card 1981 : absence to control
  17. Thevenet Bernard at 0h32'59'' Red card 1976 : 2 positive controls (sanction not known) ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
  18. Loos Ludo at 0h36'36''
  19. Maas Jo at 0h36'44'' Yellow card 1981 : positive control (sanction not known)
  20. Belda Vicente at 0h42'42'' Red card 1982 : positive control ; 2001 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 2006 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  21. Busolini Patrick at 0h45'35''
  22. Verlinden Gery at 0h52'17'' Red card 1986 : positive control ; 1986 : positive control
  23. Julien Ferdinand at 0h52'37''
  24. Lejarreta Ismael at 0h54'05''
  25. Fernandez Blanco Alberto at 0h55'17'' Red card 1979 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1981 : positive control ; 1982 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control
  26. Schepers Eddy at 0h55'32'' Yellow card 1983 : positive control (sanction not known)
  27. Plummer Daniel at 0h58'46''
  28. Simon Pascal at 0h58'51'' Red card 1983 : positive control
  29. Kelly Sean at 0h58'54'' Red card 1984 : positive control ; 1988 : positive control
  30. Martens René at 0h59'06''
  31. Vallet Bernard at 0h59'11'' Red card 1982 : absence to control
  32. Martinez Mariano at 1h01'06'' Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1997 (no penalty) ; 1980 : absence to control (no penalty)
  33. Vandenbroucke Jean-luc at 1h01'30'' Red card 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1978 : positive control and confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
  34. Bonnet Patrick at 1h01'38'' Red card 1981 : positive control
  35. Torres Pedro at 1h02'25''
  36. Oosterbosch Bert at 1h02'59'' Yellow card 1989 : overdose, dead
  37. Thaler Klaus-peter at 1h05'03''
  38. Knetemann Gerrie at 1h06'23'' Yellow card 1974 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control (no penalty)
  39. Van Calster Guido at 1h06'46'' Red card 1986 : positive control
  40. Bourreau Bernard at 1h07'11'' Red card 1976 : fraud (sanction not known) ; 1976 : fraud
  41. Chagas Martins Marco-antonio at 1h07'34'' Red card 1979 : positive control
  42. Pevenage Rudi at 1h08'02'' Red card 2006 : police investigation, confessions in 2010
  43. Friou Patrick at 1h09'34''
  44. Levavasseur Christian at 1h11'18''
  45. Vanoverschelde Didier at 1h11'32'' Red card 1983 : positive control
  46. Linard Hubert at 1h11'52''
  47. Delcroix Ludo at 1h16'14''
  48. Toso Jean-raymond at 1h19'20''
  49. Jones Graham at 1h20'33''
  50. Gauthier Jean-louis at 1h20'58''
  51. Van Vliet Leo at 1h21'38''
  52. Borguet Joseph at 1h22'02''
  53. Van Den Haute Ferdi at 1h22'25'' Red card 1982 : positive control
  54. Mayoz José-luis at 1h22'41''
  55. Thevenard Patrice at 1h23'47''
  56. Wellens Paul at 1h23'53'' Yellow card 1985 : absence to control (sanction not known)
  57. Alfonsel Bernardo at 1h25'10''
  58. Vigneron Alain at 1h25'23''
  59. Bossis Jacques at 1h25'30'' Red card 1983 : positive control
  60. Jacobs Jozef at 1h25'44''
  61. Lebaud Didier at 1h26'44''
  62. Jakst Hans-peter at 1h27'59'' Yellow card 1980 : positive control (sanction not known)
  63. Devos Hendrik at 1h28'49'' Yellow card 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)
  64. Laurens Marcel at 1h29'36''
  65. Verschuere Pol at 1h30'05''
  66. De Schoenmaecker Joseph at 1h31'03''
  67. Wayenbergh Dirk at 1h31'07''
  68. Wijnants Ludwig at 1h31'09'' Red card 1985 : positive control
  69. Jonkers Jan at 1h32'36''
  70. Villemiane Pierre-raymond at 1h32'59'' Red card 1989 : positive control
  71. Perret Patrick at 1h38'11'' Yellow card 1982 : absence to control (sanction not known)
  72. Michaud Jacques at 1h41'36''
  73. Van De Wiele Eric at 1h41'38''
  74. Chassang Jean at 1h44'34'' Red card 1989 : positive control
  75. Brun Frédéric at 1h44'51''
  76. Becaas Bernard at 1h45'09''
  77. Gallopin Joel at 1h46'12'' Red card 1979 : positive control
  78. Beyssens Herman at 1h48'19''
  79. Pevenage Patrick at 1h49'54''
  80. Fortia Jorge at 1h52'22''
  81. Le Guilloux Maurice at 1h53'09'' Red card 1973 : positive control
  82. Tackaert William at 1h57'08'' Red card 1986 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1986 : positive control ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)
  83. Schipper Adrianus "jos" at 1h59'29''
  84. Legeay Roger at 1h59'40'' Red card 1974 : positive control
  85. Schoenbacher Gerhard at 2h10'52''

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. Kuiper Hennie
  2. De Muynck Johan
  3. Nilsson Sven-ake
  4. Peeters Ludo
  5. Lubberding Henk
  6. Wilmann Jostein
  7. Loos Ludo
  8. Busolini Patrick
  9. Julien Ferdinand
  10. Lejarreta Ismaël
  11. Plummer Daniel
  12. Martens René
  13. Torres Pedro
  14. Thaler Klaus-peter
  15. Friou Patrick
  16. Levavasseur Christian
  17. Linard Hubert
  18. Delcroix Ludo
  19. Toso Jean-raymond
  20. Jones Graham
  21. Gauthier Jean-louis
  22. Van Vliet Leo
  23. Borguet Joseph
  24. Mayoz José-luis
  25. Thévenard Patrice
  26. Alfonsel Bernardo
  27. Vigneron Alain
  28. Jacobs Jozef
  29. Lebaud Didier
  30. Laurens Marcel
  31. Verschuere Pol
  32. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
  33. Wayenberg Dirk
  34. Jonkers Jan
  35. Michaud Jacques
  36. Van De Wiele Eric
  37. Brun Frédéric
  38. Becaas Bernard
  39. Beyssens Herman
  40. Pevenage Patrick
  41. Fortia Jorge
  42. Schipper Jos
  43. Schoenbacher Gerhard


The list of participants

The list of participants by team

RENAULT-GITANE-CAMPAGNOLO

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

1. Hinault Bernard Yellow card 1982 : absence to control (no penalty)
2. Arbes Hubert
3. Becaas Bernard
4. Bernaudeau Jean-rené Yellow card 1982 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1985 : confessions in 1990 (no penalty) ; 1986 : absence to control (sanction not known)
5. Bertin Yvon
6. Bonnet Patrick Red card 1981 : positive control
7. Chassang Jean Red card 1989 : positive control
8. Le Guilloux Maurice Red card 1973 : positive control
9. Quilfen Bernard
10. Villemiane Pierre-raymond Red card 1989 : positive control

TI RALEIGH-CREDA

20 years of existence, 9 cases, ie 0,45 per year

11. 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
12. Knetemann Gerrie Yellow card 1974 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control (no penalty)
13. Lubberding Henk
14. Oosterbosch Bert Yellow card 1989 : overdose, dead
15. Priem Cees Red card 1998 : in the act
16. Pronk Hubert
17. Raas Jan
18. Van Der Velde Johan Red card 1981 : positive control ; 198x : confessions in 1990 (sanction not known)
19. Van Vliet Leo
20. Wellens Paul Yellow card 1985 : absence to control (sanction not known)

PUCH-SEM-CAMPAGNOLO

5 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 1,4 per year

21. Agostinho Joaquim Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control
22. Busolini Patrick
23. Chagas Martins Marco-antonio Red card 1979 : positive control
24. De Carvalho Alain
25. Jakst Hans-peter Yellow card 1980 : positive control (sanction not known)
26. Michaud Jacques
27. Ovion Régis Red card 1976 : positive control
28. Thurau Dietrich Red card 1980 : absence to control ; 1980 : positive control ; 1980 : positive control and fraud (no penalty) ; 1980 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1986 : in the act ; 1987 : positive control ; 198x : confessions in 1988 (no penalty)
29. Toso Jean-raymond
30. Wilmann Jostein

PEUGEOT-ESSO-MICHELIN

31. Kuiper Hennie
32. Bossis Jacques Red card 1983 : positive control
33. Brun Frédéric
34. Bourreau Bernard Red card 1976 : fraud (sanction not known) ; 1976 : fraud
35. Duclos-lassalle Gilbert Yellow card 1989 : absence to control (no penalty)
36. Jones Graham
37. Legeay Roger Red card 1974 : positive control
38. Linard Hubert
39. Perret Patrick Yellow card 1982 : absence to control (sanction not known)
40. Simon Pascal Red card 1983 : positive control

DAF-TRUCKS-LEJEUNE-P.Z

5 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,4 per year

41. Maas Jo Yellow card 1981 : positive control (sanction not known)
42. Devos Hendrik Yellow card 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)
43. Heirweg Dirk
44. Langerijs Hans
45. Martens René
46. Nulens Guy
47. Pevenage Patrick
48. Schepers Eddy Yellow card 1983 : positive control (sanction not known)
49. Stamsnijder Hennie
50. Tackaert William Red card 1986 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1986 : positive control ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)

SPLENDOR-ADMIRAL-T.V EKSPRES

51. Pollentier Michel Red card 1974 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : fraud
52. Beyssens Herman
53. Borguet Joseph
54. Criquielion Claude Yellow card 1985 : positive control (no penalty)
55. De Muynck Johan
56. Desaever Alain
57. Kelly Sean Red card 1984 : positive control ; 1988 : positive control
58. Meslet Alain Red card 1978 : positive control (no penalty) ; 198x : confessions in 1981 (no penalty) ; 199x : confessions in 2001 (poitier trial)
59. Plummer Daniel
60. Van Calster Guido Red card 1986 : positive control

MARC-IWC-V.R.D

61. Van Impe Lucien Red card 1981 : absence to control
62. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
63. Dierickx Marc
64. Hoste Frank
65. Jochums Charles
66. Laurens Marcel
67. Loos Ludo
68. Renier Marc
69. Schipper Adrianus "jos"
70. Schoenbacher Gerhard

MIKO-MERCIER-VIVAGEL

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

71. Nilsson Sven-ake
72. Bittinger René
73. Friou Patrick
74. Gallopin Joel Red card 1979 : positive control
75. Gauthier Jean-louis
76. Lebaud Didier
77. Levavasseur Christian
78. Martin Raymond Red card 1982 : positive control
79. Mathis Hubert Red card 1982 : positive control
80. Seznec Christian Red card 1988 : positive control

LA REDOUTE-MOTOBECANE

6 years of existence, 6 cases, ie 1 per year

81. Martinez Mariano Yellow card 197x : confessions in 1997 (no penalty) ; 1980 : absence to control (no penalty)
82. Alban Robert Red card 1981 : positive control
83. Bazzo Pierre Red card 1983 : positive control
84. Jourdan Christian Red card 1980 : positive control
85. Michel Jean-marie
86. Sherwen Paul
87. Vallet Bernard Red card 1982 : absence to control
88. Vanoverschelde Didier Red card 1983 : positive control
89. Vandenbroucke Jean-luc Red card 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control ; 1976 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1978 : positive control and confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
90. Van Den Haute Ferdi Red card 1982 : positive control

IJSBOERKE-WARNCKE EIS-KOGA MIYATA

11 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,09 per year

91. Verlinden Gery Red card 1986 : positive control ; 1986 : positive control
92. Claes Ronny
93. Delcroix Ludo
94. Van De Wiele Eric
95. Jacobs Jozef
96. Peeters Ludo
97. Pevenage Rudi Red card 2006 : police investigation, confessions in 2010
98. Verschuere Pol
99. Wayenbergh Dirk
100. Wijnants Ludwig Red card 1985 : positive control

BOSTON-MAVIC - AMIS DU TOUR

101. De Keyser Paul
102. Durel Philippe Red card 1981 : fraud
103. Jagsch Erich
104. Jonkers Jan
105. Julien Ferdinand
106. Osmont Jacques
107. Tesnière Philippe
108. Thevenard Patrice
109. Vermeulen Benjamin
110. Vigneron Alain

TEKA

15 years of existence, 19 cases, ie 1,27 per year

111. Thevenet Bernard Red card 1976 : 2 positive controls (sanction not known) ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1978 (no penalty)
112. Alfonsel Bernardo
113. Haller Rolf
114. Esparza Manuel Red card 1979 : fraud
115. Fernandez Blanco Alberto Red card 1979 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1981 : positive control ; 1982 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control
116. Lejarreta Ismael
117. Martinez Paulino Red card 1982 : positive control
118. Mayoz José-luis
119. Sanders Dominique Red card 1981 : positive control
120. Thaler Klaus-peter

KELME

36 years of existence, 27 cases, ie 0,75 per year

121. Torres Pedro
122. Albelda Francisco Red card 1981 : positive control
123. Belda Vicente Red card 1982 : positive control ; 2001 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 2006 : police investigation (sanction not known)
124. Fernandez Moreno Francisco Yellow card 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
125. Fortia Jorge
126. Galdos Gauna Francisco
127. Guzman Delgado Jesus
128. Oliva Andres
129. Pujol Juan
130. Yanez De La Torr E Felipe Red card 1987 : positive control

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


Revue de presse du Tour de France 1980


See also