Fofonov: 3 month suspension

by gregm on Oct 10, 2008 3:26 PM EDT

CA's Khazakh rider Fofonov has received 3 months for a positive result for heptaminol on the ride into Paris. Stories in the press.

"Au départ, je voulais être blanchi parce qu'on peut considérer qu'il n'y a pas de faute de mon côté, puisque le médecin a reconnu que c'était sa responsabilité."

"...he did not know the banned substance was in a drug given to him by his doctor to fight cramp."

-Greg

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I’m cool with a winter ban for this one.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 10, 2008 4:35 PM EDT 0 recs

Cyclismag includes the unhelpful sentence

La sanction de la commissaire disciplinaire de la Fédération française court à partir du mois d’octobre mais n’inclue pas la période hivernale.

“The sanction from the Disciplinary Commissionaire of the French Federation runs from the month of october but does not include the winter period.”

Does that mean that his suspension is suspended during the off-season? Or that he is suspended but if that overlaps the winter period then winter period non-suspension rules apply? And you thought that Mornington Crescent was compllicated.

by Monty. on Oct 10, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up 0 recs

why French Federation bans him?

I thought he is from Kazakhstan?

by Bruce Suomi on Oct 11, 2008 7:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

He’s registered in France.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 8:08 AM EDT up 0 recs

Does that mean that his suspension is suspended during the off-season?

Just checked, and it appears the suspension commences Jan 1st.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 8:10 AM EDT up 0 recs

yeah

The authorities can either count or not count the “inactive period,” the period when there’s no racing. In this case, they appear to not count it.

by gavia on Oct 11, 2008 12:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

David Walsh takes a swipe at the decades of doping

In the Sunset Times, the Irish bloodhound bigs up the ALFD, LNDD and the IOC but curiously omits any mention for he UCI, who sought to share the credit for the recent catches.

It [the junkies nailed this week] demonstrated that if the 2008 Tour was an improvement, then what we have been watching for the past 20 years has been mind-bogglingly dirty.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 6:04 PM EDT 0 recs

This is why I hate small dogs

they constantly bark

by OctaBech on Oct 11, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

bloodhounds ain’t small, cept as puppies. they’re big. often very big.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

In this AFLD case you are right :D

But there’s also bloodhound’s like the IOC and the UCI captured in the bodies of a small dogs nipping one’s finger.

by OctaBech on Oct 12, 2008 4:42 AM EDT up 0 recs

whatveah

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 12, 2008 6:54 AM EDT up 0 recs

sight Youngsters now days

by OctaBech on Oct 12, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

Fofonov gets to live another day, his former team gets to ride off into the sunset

Roger Legeay:

“It’s never come down to that at all [doping scandals, from Fofonov to Schumacher]. As far as I’m concerned, potential sponsors know what mine and the team’s philosophy is all about. We’re totally transparent. And, there’s a huge difference between all the positive anti-doping measures that are being taken and the sport’s reputation, which is quite negative. That doesn’t mean cycling isn’t beyond reproach. But which sport is? There will always be someone who is willing to cheat. […] At one time we were the only French team along with Festina, which was registered in Andorra. What’s hard to accept now is that a team with as much history as Crédit Agricole hasn’t managed to find a replacement sponsor.”

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 11, 2008 6:37 PM EDT 0 recs

Sounds convincingly like he didn't know, but...

1. if it’s a team doctor, did they fire or fine the doc for not knowing / not reading the ingredients list?
2. if it’s not a team doc, what the HELL is he doing getting cramp meds from an outside doc?

by JFS_PGH on Oct 12, 2008 11:12 AM EDT 0 recs

the team closed. so yeah, you could say the doc got fired.

pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway

by fmk on Oct 12, 2008 11:20 AM EDT up 0 recs

You could.

I guess I want to know the doc’s name, or know that someone knows the doc’s name, and whether he got a nice bonus or a fine compared to everyone else who lost a team job.

by JFS_PGH on Oct 12, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up 0 recs