The teams doping directory

Statistics

• 9 years of existence
• 11 cases (41th out of 621 teams) involving 10 team members
• 1,22 cases per year (46th out of 621 teams)

Successive names

Year	Team	Category
2004	Alessio - Bianchi	0
2003	Alessio	1
2002	Alessio	1
2001	Alessio	4
2000	Alessio	3
1999	Ballan - Alessio	1
1998	Ballan	0
1997	Roslotto - ZG Mobili	0
1996	Roslotto - ZG Mobili	1

List of team doping cases

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Penalization	Control
Cassani Enrico	EPO	Tirreno-Adriatico	2003	Yes	Positive control
Leoni Endrio			2002	Yes	Positive control
Axelsson Niklas	EPO	Championnats du Monde	2001	Yes	Contrôle positif + aveux
Gotti Ivan	Détention de produits illicites	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Hvastija Martin	Corticosteroids	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Leoni Endrio	Hormone de croissance et insuline	Giro d'Italia	2001	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Bertolini Alessandro	Hématocrite > 50%		2000	Unknown	Blood test
Casagranda Stefano	Recel d'EPO		2000	Yes	Flagrante delicto
Casarotto Davide	Achat d'EPO		2000	Unknown	Police investigation
Loda Nicola	Hématocrite > 50%	Giro d'Italia	1999	No	Positive control
Lino Pascal	EPO		1996	No	Enquête judiciaire et aveux en 1999

Press review

• 06/07/2004 - Quatre engagés font encore l'objet de procédures judiciaires
• 15/04/2003 - L'Italien Enrico Cassani contrôlé non-négatif
• 08/05/2002 - Huit coureurs suspendus

Les annuaires du dopage

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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