The team doping directory

Statistics

• 18 years of existence
• 9 cases (50th out of 600 teams) involving 8 team members
• 0,5 cases per year (151th out of 600 teams)

Successive names

Year	Team	Category
2000	Team Polti	1
1999	Team Polti	2
1998	Polti	3
1997	Polti	1
1996	Polti	1
1995	Polti	1
1994	Polti	1
1993	Gatorade	0
1992	Gatorade - Chateau d'Ax	0
1991	Gatorade - Chateau d'Ax	0
1990	Chateau D'Ax - Huni - Diadora	0
1989	Chateau D'Ax	0
1988	Chateau d'Ax Salotti	0
1987	Supermercati Brianzoli - Château d'Ax	0
1986	Supermercati Brianzoli - Essebi	1
1985	Supermercati Brianzoli	0
1984	Supermercati Brianzoli - Wilier	0
1983	Mareno - Willier Triestina	0

List of team doping cases

Rider	Product	Race	Year	Penalization	Control
Brasi Rossano	Hématocrite > 50%	Tour de France	2000	Yes	Blood test
Virenque Richard	Céphyl		1999	Unknown	Aveux en 1999
Virenque Richard	Corticoïdes (Célestène)		1999	Unknown	Blood test
Merckx Axel	EPO	Tour de France	1998	No	Senate Commission of Inquiry
Rokia Anthony	DHEA		1998	No	Enquête judiciaire
Sacchi Fabio	EPO	Tour de France	1998	No	Senate Commission of Inquiry
Leblanc Luc	EPO, Corticoïdes, Hormones de croissance, Amphétamines		1997	No	Aveux en 1998
Leblanc Luc	EPO, Corticoïdes, Hormones de croissance, Amphétamines		1996	No	Aveux en 1998
Leblanc Luc	EPO, Corticoïdes, Hormones de croissance, Amphétamines		1995	No	Aveux en 1998
Bugno Gianni	Caffeine	Coppa Agostoni	1994	Yes	Positive control
Thurau Dietrich	Amphetamines	Six jours de Bercy	1986	Yes	Flagrante delicto

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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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