The team doping directory

Statistics

• 12 years of existence
• 15 cases (31th out of 620 teams) involving 12 team members
• 1,25 cases per year (41th out of 620 teams)

Successive names

Year	Team	Category
2007	Aurum Hotels	2
2006	Naturino - Sapore di Mare	0
2005	Naturino - Sapore di Mare	1
2004	Domina Vacanze	2
2003	Domina Vacanze - Elitron	1
2002	Acqua & Sapone - Cantina Tollo	1
2001	Cantina Tollo - Acqua & Sapone	0
2000	Cantina Tollo - Regain	2
1999	Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio	2
1998	Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio	4
1997	Cantina Tollo - Carrier - Starplast	0
1996	Cantina Tollo - Co Bo	0

List of team doping cases

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Penalization	Control
Ascani Luca	EPO	Championnats d'Italie	2007	Yes	Positive control
Marinangeli Sergio	Hématocrite > 50%	Giro d'Abruzzo	2007	Yes	Positive control
Marinangeli Sergio	Hématocrite > 50%	Semaine cycliste	2005	Yes	Positive control
Galletti Alessio	Usage de produits interdits	Tour d'Italie	2004	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Scirea Mario	Usage de produits interdits	Tour d'Italie	2004	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Astolfi Claudio	Hématocrite 53%	Tour de Romandie	2003	Yes	Positive control
Conti Roberto	Détention de Nesp, caféine et hashish	Tour d'Italie	2002	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Marzoli Ruggero	Possession de produits dopants		2000	Yes	Police investigation
Marzoli Ruggero			2000	Yes	Positive control
Hamburger Bo	Corticosteroids	Tour de France	1999	No	Positive control
Hamburger Bo	EPO	Tour de France	1999	No	Enquête du laboratoire
Dolci Andrea	Hématocrite > 50%	Tour du Portugal	1998	Yes	Blood test
Klaes Frédéric	Recel de produits dopants		1998	Yes	Enquête judiciaire et aveux
Magnani Marco	Hématocrite > 50%	Paris-Bruxelles	1998	Yes	Blood test
Simoni Gilberto	Hématocrite > 50%	Tour du Portugal	1998	Yes	Blood test

Press review

• 16/02/2009 - La suspension d'Ascani maintenue
• 09/05/2008 - L'Italien Ascani suspendu deux ans
• 02/08/2007 - Ascani contrôlé positif

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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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