Is EPO making a comeback in cycling’s lower tiers?
Is EPO making a comeback? Asia-based Irish cyclist banned for three years as blood booster found in doping sample after Astana development rider’s CERA positive
A synthetic version of the naturally produced hormone that stimulates the production of those all-important oxygen-carrying red blood cells, Erythropoietin was seemingly ubiquitous in the pro peloton of the 1990s and 2000s and, in the words of Colombian climbing star Lucho Herrera, allowed “riders with fat arses to climb cols like aeroplanes” at cycling’s biggest races.
Ewart, who since 2016 has based his entire career racing at UCI Continental level in Asia, has been part of the Malaysia-based Terengganu Cycling Team for the past two years. “He is also not permitted to compete in a non-Signatory professional league or Event organised by a non-Signatory International Event organisation or a non-Signatory national-level event organisation.”
Genovese had won a series of Gran Fondo amateur races in Italy this year, prompting Italian cycling website TuttobiciWeb to describe the 30-year-old’s “spectacular” performances as evidence “Nicola Genovese is reborn with determination from his ashes and does so by returning stronger than before”. If you don’t want to subscribe, please turn your ad blocker off. The revenue from adverts helps to fund our site.
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