Injured during the Milan-Turin race of October 1995, Marco Pantani is taken to the hospital, where his blood work reveals a hematocrit of 60.1 %. In just six days, his hematocrit drops to 16.1%. He climbs back up to normal values even faster. Professor Cartesegna suspects Dr. Grazzi and Dr. Mazzoni, Conconi’s collaborators, of having given him an EPO treatment at the very same hospital.
During the 1999 Giro d’Italia, he shows up 20 minutes late for a UCI blood test at his team’s hotel. This should have been noted as an unavailability, but the inspector looks the other way. Ten days later, with the Giro seemingly his, his hematocrit tests at 51.9 %, almost two points higher than the UCI-imposed limit established in 1997. He is indicted, then acquitted after four years of proceedings.
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ReplyDeleteInjured during the Milan-Turin race of October
ReplyDelete1995, Marco Pantani is taken to the hospital,
where his blood work reveals a hematocrit of
60.1 %. In just six days, his hematocrit drops
to 16.1%. He climbs back up to normal values
even faster. Professor Cartesegna suspects Dr.
Grazzi and Dr. Mazzoni, Conconi’s collaborators,
of having given him an EPO treatment
at the very same hospital.
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ReplyDeleteDuring the 1999 Giro d’Italia, he shows up 20
ReplyDeleteminutes late for a UCI blood test at his team’s
hotel. This should have been noted as an unavailability,
but the inspector looks the other
way. Ten days later, with the Giro seemingly
his, his hematocrit tests at 51.9 %, almost
two points higher than the UCI-imposed limit
established in 1997. He is indicted, then
acquitted after four years of proceedings.