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Killer sentence for Di Luca, who receives lifetime ban from cycling

  • 05-12-2013 10:51pm
    #1
    thebouldwhacker
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    Another one gone

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  • #2
    Darkglasses
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    Deserved it. Not welcome in cycling.


  • #3
    pelevin
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    Good necessarily strong reaction by the authorities.


  • #4
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Should serve as a stern warning for anyone that is even remotely thinking of doping.


  • #5
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    fantastic news.


  • #6
    Jocry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭Jocry


    Once bitten twice shy, three times.......ah screw it, he had it coming!!!


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  • #7
    fondriest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    I'm not sure if a lifetime ban is long enough.


  • #8
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    What an idiot. 3 bans.

    He should never have got the opportunity to get 3 bans


  • #9
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    godtabh wrote: »
    What an idiot. 3 bans.

    He should never have got the opportunity to get 3 bans

    It's was the second ban of only 9 months for EPO which I can't understand. Ridiculously lenient...


  • #10
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    RobFowl wrote: »
    It's was the second ban of only 9 months for EPO which I can't understand. Ridiculously lenient...

    Is there a standard ban length?


  • #11
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    godtabh wrote: »
    Is there a standard ban length?

    2 years for a first offence and 4 years plus for second (as per WADA code).
    He got discretion on the second one for "co-operation".
    He also only got a 3 month slap on the wrists for his first offence.


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  • #12
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Yep, but you can get it reduced for co-operating with investigators and shopping other people, which is what Di Luca did on that occasion.


  • #13
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »
    Yep, but you can get it reduced for co-operating with investigators and shopping other people, which is what Di Luca did on that occasion.

    I'd led to believe he didn't name names but did tell how he accessed doping products.
    What he did to get the reduced ban was a lot e than a certain Texan is offering now (got a lifelong ban for a first (albeit serious!) conviction)


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