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Frank Schleck suspended by CSC-Saxo Bank

http://cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct03news2
Schleck admits Fuentes payment

CSC-Saxo Bank rider denies having doped, suspended by team

Luxembourg rider Fränk Schleck has confirmed inital claims that he made a payment of nearly 7,000 euro to a bank account belonging to Operación Puerto doctor Eufemiano Fuentes back in 2006. His team, CSC-Saxo Bank, has therefore pulled Schleck from racing, saying he must concentrate on his case before the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency (ALAD).

"We would like to express our sincere hope that Fränk comes out of this case in a way that is acceptable to him and to the team and we will do our utmost to make the most reasonable and sound decisions for him and for the team," team manager Bjarne Riis said in a press release issued Friday.

Schleck this week met with both the ALAD and the International Cycling Union (UCI), after a prosecutor's office in Luxembourg was given proof to the said bank transfer.

According to the press release, Schleck confirmed the transfer, but said that it was for "training advice by experts who presumably worked with some of the biggest names in the sport," and that he "never used or attempted use of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method." He explained that he had "no suspicion of any unlawful action and interrupted the contact after taking advice from his father and his near friends."
Schleck further said that he "has never received, nor made use of any services from these people – including Eufemiano Fuentes, whom he has never met," and that he was not aware of the link between his contact and Fuentes.


The Luxemburger admitted "having made a serious blunder in taking contact to and transferring the money to the bank account and he became early aware that he should not continue any working relationship with these people." He offered to provide a DNA sample for comparison to blood taken into custody in Operación Puerto to prove his innocence.

Riis said that "We were very disappointed to hear that Fränk has been in contact with people who have done great harm to the sport and ruthlessly tarnished the most important principles that we all should adhere to in the fight against doping," calling his behaviour "irresponsible towards himself and his team."

The team manager now waits for information from both the ALAD and the UCI "in order to make an assessment of our further actions in relation to this."
Luxembourg to move fast on Schleck

Meanwhile, the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency wants to come to a quick conclusion concerning Schleck. Although criminal charges are not possible against the CSC rider, he could still face doping charges on sporting grounds.

In an interview with the Luxemburger newspaper Tageblatt, Luxembourg Olympic Committee (COSL) president Marc Theisen said, "For our credibility, but also in the interest of the athletes, it is important to find out the truth as quickly as possible. The goal must be to explain the affair as soon as possible and to find a credible explanation. At the moment, it is all about finding out what the payment of 7,000 euro was all about."
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Where there is smoke there is fire - If I was on of Franks team mates I would be livid at him :thumbsd::mad: Even if he is telling the truth, it was stupid to talk to these guys let alone accept money even if it was for an innocent reason

WTF were you thinking!!
 
That is the biggest weak as water excuse I have ever heard. More likely he talked to Basso and the gang who said "do this, you can't be detected". Lucky for him he didn't decide to do this 3 or 4 months before when he did because then he wouldn't have a career.
 
I am willing to give him the benefit of doubt for the moment. Let's just hope that Andy is not involved in any of this. They obviously had a fair idea what was going on a while ago, as I remember the Schleck's fathers car being searched during the Tour.
 
It might be worth changing the title of the thread as he hasnt been dumped, only suspended.

Regular internal testing is the only way to keep an eye on your riders as generally, they live and train in different countries and it is so hard to know what they are up to.
 

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Might be innocent but it still does raise suspicions.

Is there any teams though going around that haven't had a rider under the microscope or actually kicked off the team?

The way its often portrayed you'd think every team would have at least once incidence over the last few years.

I'm guessing its not actually the case though.
 
Anyone with dopeing chargers should get a life ban for all cycling events.
 
Eggman said:
Anyone with dopeing chargers should get a life ban for all cycling events.
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To me thats almost the next step. These guys are fully aware now what difference these drugs make/techinques make. Its about time they started facing the consequences because if I was a 24/25/26 year old I with some talent but needed that extra bit to put me at the next level I would seriously consider taking the risk if winning meant everything.
 
I'd go beyond that - I think jail time as well as life long ban should also be considered a jusifiable sentence

I see riders who are still riding after comming back from 2 year suspension for drug taking and to me that is not right!
 
roostersgal4eva said:
I'd go beyond that - I think jail time as well as life long ban should also be considered a jusifiable sentence

I see riders who are still riding after comming back from 2 year suspension for drug taking and to me that is not right!
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In Italy they actually do just that. However I think you need more evidence than just a positive test e.g Peurto.
 

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Ahh, why is Andy already tainted? Just becasue they are brothers does not mean that Andy is involved in anything to do with drugs. Anyway, Frank has not been found guilty yet and hopefully he isn't.
 
goal sneak said:
Ahh, why is Andy already tainted? Just becasue they are brothers does not mean that Andy is involved in anything to do with drugs. Anyway, Frank has not been found guilty yet and hopefully he isn't.
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I'm not saying he is or isn't on drugs - just the fact that they are brothers on the same team will no doubt cause speculation. Naive to think otherwise.
 

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