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Tour de France 1979 : the real numbers of doping |
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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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
MIKO-MERCIER | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
FLANDRIA-CA VA SEUL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
TI RALEIGH | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
KAS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LA REDOUTE-MOTOBECANE | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PEUGEOT-ESSO | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TEKA | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FIAT-LA FRANCE | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IJSBOERKE-WARNCKE | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SPLENDOR | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BIANCHI-FAEMA | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DAF TRUCKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
INOXPRAN | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MAGNIFLEX-FAMCUCINE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 150 | 61 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Pourcentage | 41% | 90% | 100% |
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 :
Ranking source : http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net (31/01/2008)
The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.
The list of participants by team
24 years of existence, 21 cases, ie 0,88 per year
1. Hinault Bernard - 1982 : absence to control (no penalty)
2. Arbes Hubert
3. Becaas Bernard
4. Bernaudeau Jean-rené - 1982 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1985 : confessions in 1990 (no penalty) ; 1986 : absence to control (sanction not known)
5. Chalmel André
6. Chassang Jean - 1989 : positive control
7. Chaumaz Gilbert - 1979 : positive control ; 1979 : absence to control
8. Didier Lucien - 1982 : positive control
9. Le Guilloux Maurice - 1973 : positive control
10. Villemiane Pierre-raymond - 1989 : positive control
45 years of existence, 32 cases, ie 0,71 per year
11. Zoetemelk Joop - 1976 : confessions in 1977 (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : confessions in 1979 (no penalty) ; 1979 : positive control ; 1983 : positive control
12. Friou Patrick
13. Gallopin Joël - 1979 : positive control
14. Gauthier Jean-louis
15. Levavasseur Christian
16. Martin Raymond - 1982 : positive control
17. Mathis Hubert - 1982 : positive control
18. Mollet André - 1982 : confessions in 1987 (no penalty) ; 198x : judicial investigation and confessions (no penalty)
19. Nilsson Sven-ake
20. Seznec Christian - 1988 : positive control
22 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 1,27 per year
21. Agostinho Joachim - 1969 : positive control ; 1972 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control
22. Bittinger René
23. Bonnet Patrick - 1981 : positive control
24. Demeyer Marc
25. De Vos Hendrik - 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)
26. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
27. Martens René
28. Michaud Jacques
29. Thévenard Patrice
30. Verschuere Pol
20 years of existence, 9 cases, ie 0,45 per year
31. Knetemann Gerrie - 1974 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1977 : positive control (no penalty)
32. Lubberding Henk
33. Mutter Stefan
34. Pronk Hubert
35. Raas Jan
36. Sutter Ueli
37. Van Der Velde Johann - 1981 : positive control ; 198x : confessions in 1990 (sanction not known)
38. Van Vliet Leo
39. Wellens Paul - 1985 : absence to control (sanction not known)
40. Wesemael Wilfried
22 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,45 per year
41. Van Impe Lucien - 1981 : absence to control
42. Alfonsel Bernardo
43. Borguet Joseph
44. Criquielion Claude - 1985 : positive control (no penalty)
45. Dillen René
46. Galdos Francisco
47. Ladron De Guevarra Rafael
48. Teirlinck Willy - 1977 : positive control
49. Vilardebo Pedro - 1978 : fraud
50. Van Looy Frans - 1979 : positive control
51. Martinez Mariano - 197x : confessions in 1997 (no penalty) ; 1980 : absence to control (no penalty)
52. Bazzo Pierre - 1983 : positive control
53. Jourdan Christian - 1980 : positive control
54. Mace Gérard
55. Michel Jean-marie
56. Patritti Alain - 1977 : confessions in 1987 (no penalty) ; 1983 : police investigation
57. Pescheux Jean-françois
58. Poirier Christian - 1980 : positive control
59. Vanoverschelde Didier - 1983 : positive control
60. Vallet Bernard - 1982 : absence to control
67 years of existence, 75 cases, ie 1,12 per year
61. Kuiper Hennie
62. Bossis Jacques - 1983 : positive control
63. Bourreau Bernard - 1976 : fraud (sanction not known) ; 1976 : fraud
64. De Cauwer José - 2000 : confessions in 2005 (no penalty)
65. Duclos-lassalle Gilbert - 1989 : absence to control (no penalty)
66. Esclassan Jacques - 1978 : contrôle positif et aveux en 1978 (no penalty)
67. Hézard Yves - 1971 : positive control
68. Laurent Michel
69. Legeay Roger - 1974 : positive control
70. Perret Patrick - 1982 : absence to control (sanction not known)
15 years of existence, 18 cases, ie 1,2 per year
71. Esparza Manuel - 1979 : positive control
72. Fernandez Ovies Faustino - 1979 : positive control
73. Garcia Eulalio - 1978 : fraud
74. Gutierrez Mayor Miguel
75. Kraft Jürgen
76. Lopez-carril Vicente
77. Oliva Andrès
78. Pesarrodona José
79. Sanders Dominique - 1981 : positive control
80. Viejo José-luis - 1975 : positive control
2 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,5 per year
81. Alban Robert - 1981 : positive control
82. Balbuena Miguel Angel
83. Beucherie Serge
84. Bourrier Didier
85. De Carvalho Alain
86. Julien Ferdinand
87. Lelay Gilbert - 1979 : positive control
88. Meslet Alain - 1978 : positive control (no penalty) ; 198x : confessions in 1981 (no penalty) ; 199x : confessions in 2001 (poitier trial)
89. Tesnière Philippe
90. Sherwen Paul
91. Thurau Dietrich - 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)
92. Colman Rudy
93. Delcroix Ludo
94. Den Hertog Fedor
95. Dierickx André
96. Jacobs Jozef
97. Peeters Ludo
98. Pevenage Rudy - 2006 : police investigation, confessions in 2010
99. Van De Poel Jozef
100. Verlinden Gery - 1986 : positive control ; 1986 : positive control
15 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 0,47 per year
101. Pollentier Michel - 1974 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 1978 : fraud
102. Beyssens Herman
103. Desaever Alain
104. Dumont Christian
105. Jesson Paul
106. Kelly Sean - 1984 : positive control ; 1988 : positive control
107. Loos Ludo
108. Malfait Lieven
109. Mijngheer Wim
110. Verschaeve Roger
17 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,18 per year
111. De Muynck Johan
112. Cavalcanti Giovanni - 1967 : positive control
113. Donadello Aldo
114. Knudsen Knud - 1975 : positive control
115. Lualdi Valerio
116. Parsani Sergio
117. Pozzi Alessandro 1
118. Santoni Glauco
119. Van Linden Alex
120. Van Linden Rik
5 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,4 per year
121. Schepers Eddy - 1983 : positive control (sanction not known)
122. Bellet Maurizio
123. De Haes Emile
124. Maas Jo - 1981 : positive control (sanction not known)
125. Mintkiewicz Robert - 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
126. Pevenage Patrick
127. Schoenbacher Gerhard
128. Tackaert William - 1986 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1986 : positive control ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known) ; 1987 : positive control (sanction not known)
129. Van Calster Guido - 1986 : positive control
130. Verbrugge Jaak
21 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,48 per year
131. Battaglin Giovanni - 1975 : positive control ; 1979 : positive control
132. Berto Nazzareno
133. Busolini Patrick
134. Foresti Gianfranco
135. Leali Bruno - 2010 : police investigation
136. Magrini Riccardo
137. Mantovani Giovanni
138. Moro Luigino
139. Pugliese Pasquale
140. Vanzo Dorino
4 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year
141. Baronchelli Gianbattista
142. Baronchelli Gaetano
143. Bausager Per
144. Ceruti Roberto
145. Johansson Bernt
146. Marcussen Jorgen
147. Paleari Ignazio
148. Polini Walter
149. Sgalbazzi Amilcare
150. Vandi Alfio