http://www.as.com/articulo/Deporte/Mayo/positivo/EPO/dasmas/20070730dasdasmas_10/Tes/
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Iban/Mayo/positivo/EPO/elpepudep/20070730elpepudep_12/Tes
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I can’t wait to hear David Millar’s response to this.
http://www.as.com/articulo/Deporte/Mayo/positivo/EPO/dasmas/20070730dasdasmas_10/Tes/
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Iban/Mayo/positivo/EPO/elpepudep/20070730elpepudep_12/Tes
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That’s great news. I hope they bust more of them.
just think how “mercurial” he’d be without the dope
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VeloNews is now confirming
News Flash: Mayo tests positive Filed: July 30, 2007
Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who finished 16th in the Tour, which finished on Sunday, has been suspended by his team.
“The Saunier Duval team was notified by the UCI that Iban Mayo had tested positive for EPO following a test on July 24 which was a rest day on the Tour de France,” read a statement on the team’s website.
The statement added that the team suspended Mayo immediately and would sack him if the B sample confirmed the positive test.
If it is confirmed Mayo would be the third rider to have tested positive on the Tour. Pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov was thrown out of the race last Tuesday for homologous blood doping while veteran Cristian Moreni was ejected the day after for failing a testosterone test.
Race leader Michael Rasmussen - whose participation had been queried in any case because of missing four dope tests in the past 18 months - was thrown out by his Rabobank team last Wednesday for lying about his whereabouts in June - he said he had been in Mexico, when he had been sighted in Italy.
It is not the first time Mayo has been implicated in a doping story as last month he was suspected of having failed a test in the Giro d’Italia. However, he was cleared by the UCI.
Mayo was reported to have tested positive for testosterone, the banned male sex hormone which snared Floyd Landis on his way to victory in last year’s Tour de France. But the UCI said in a statement that Mayo, who was tested following his victory on the 19th stage to Terme di Comano, had not breached doping rules.
If the team waas notified on the second rest day, why was he allowed to continue?
Vino and Moreni didn’t get the chance to wait for the B sample to be tested.
I wonder why Saunier Duval weren’t asked to leave?
You would think the moron would have learned his last after the last time.
the test was on the rest day, it doesn’t say when they were notified.
and the dominos continue to fall…
While all of this looks bad for cycling, the bigger positive news is that the testers are catching up with the cheats…it is still surprising that these guys try to cheat knowing that they will be tested constantly…that is what amazes me!
That seems to be the case, the story on cyclingnews was misleading as to whether July 24th was the test day, or the notification day.
You know, they test fast nowadays, but not THAT fast. Those tests still require a little more hands on than a blood glucose meter.
But I bet for your opinion you will have ten other posters who will complain that “they” released the result of the A-sample, which is against the rules… blaahhh
ohh…wait:
Mayo is not of national interest.
Your quota just improved dramatically to 10:1
Actually I do wonder why in this case Mayo was notified by his team, after his team was notified by the UCI, and he didn’t read it in Le’Equipe first… Is it because he rode for Saunier Duval? Which is a French team, yes?
I’m just askin…
Damn there goes the Paul Sherwin defense of Contador right out the window…“he looked tired on some of those climbs, his shoulders dropped.” If Mayo was using EPO during the tour…and he must have been because this stuff is out of your system in about 3 days…and he was getting blown off the climbs, you gotta ask how and why.
spanish team
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So the Spanish have paid off the French. Did they agree to take the French Basques or something? 
That would also explain Contador, and why Levi let him win those climbing stages. The Spanish have also bought off Disco…
I think they just agreed to fish where they are allowed to in exchange.