The team doping directory

Statistics

• 24 years of existence
• 22 cases (13th out of 617 teams) involving 17 team members
• 0,92 cases per year (99th out of 617 teams)

Successive names

Year	Team	Category
1995	Castorama	2
1994	Castorama	1
1993	Castorama	1
1992	Castorama	0
1991	Castorama - Raleigh	0
1990	Castorama - Raleigh	1
1989	Super U - Raleigh	1
1988	Système U	2
1987	Système U	2
1986	Système U - Gitane	1
1985	Renault - Elf	0
1984	Renault - Elf	1
1983	Renault - Elf - Gitane	0
1982	Renault - Elf - Gitane	3
1981	Renault - Elf - Gitane	1
1980	Renault - Gitane - Campagnolo	0
1979	Renault - Gitane - Campagnolo	2
1978	Renault - Gitane - Campagnolo	0
1977	Gitane - Campagnolo	1
1976	Gitane - Campagnolo	0
1975	Gitane - Campagnolo	0
1974	Sonolor - Gitane	2
1973	Gitane - Frigécrème	1
1972	Gitane	0

List of team doping cases

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Penalization	Control
De Las Cuevas Armand	Détention de substance illicites + ordonnances prescription EPO		1995	Yes	Contrôle douanier
Laurent Thierry	Corticoïdes, amphétamines		1995	Unknown	Aveux en 2000
Madouas Laurent	Salbutamol, EPO	Tour Méditerranéen	1994	Yes	Positive control
Leblanc Luc	EPO, Corticoïdes, Hormones de croissance, Amphétamines		1993	No	Aveux en 1998
Thueux Didier	Recel de produits dopants		1990	Yes	Enquête judiciare
Fignon Laurent	Amphetamines	Grand Prix d'Eindhoven	1989	Yes	Positive control
Decrion Jacques		Championnats de France	1988	Yes	Positive control
Pelier Joël	Phentermine	Tour du Luxembourg	1988	Yes	Positive control
Fignon Laurent		Grand Prix des Nations	1987	No	Aveux en 2009
Fignon Laurent	Amphetamines	Grand Prix de Wallonie	1987	Yes	Positive control
Lecrocq Dominique		Wachtebeke	1986	Yes	Positive control
Fignon Laurent	Cocaïne	Tour de Colombie	1984	No	Aveux en 2009
Didier Lucien		Championnats du Luxembourg	1982	Yes	Positive control
Hinault Bernard		Critérium de Callac	1982	No	Absence at control
Vallet Bernard		Critérium de Callac	1982	Yes	Absence at control
Bonnet Patrick		Tour du Limousin	1981	Yes	Positive control
Chaumaz Gilbert		Tour de France	1979	Yes	Absence at control
Chaumaz Gilbert		Tour de France	1979	Yes	Positive control
Teirlinck Willy	Pémoline	La Flèche Wallonne	1977	Yes	Positive control
Tollet Claude	Amphetamines	Tour de France	1974	Yes	Positive control
Tollet Claude		Grand Prix du Midi libre	1974	Yes	Absence at control
Bellone Gilbert		Quatre jours de Dunkerque	1973	No	Positive control

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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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