Reports tricking out of Germany may be the cusp of an emerging blood doping scandal. The Velo News presents the issues:
The new year is just days old and cycling is already looking head-on at another potentially explosive doping story.
The German public television station ARD reported Tuesday that Michael Rasmussen as well as his former Rabobank teammates Denis Menchov and the now-retired Michael Boogerd were among 30 elite athletes said to have used an Austrian-based laboratory for banned blood-doping practices.
ARD also alleged that biathletes and Nordic skiers used the Humanplasma lab, which has facilities in Vienna.
Officials from that office refused to comment when contacted by VeloNews late Tuesday and said a lawyer would be addressing questions Wednesday. However, German biathlon officials were quick to deny the allegations, as were Boogerd, retired Austrian pro George Totschnig and interim Rabobank manager Henri van der Aat.
There is a follow-up account here at AFP.
The Tour de France pulled the plug on Rasmussen last year, despite his race lead for suspected doping.
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Officials from that office refused to comment when contacted by VeloNews late Tuesday and said a lawyer would be addressing questions Wednesday. However, German biathlon officials were quick to deny the allegations, as were Boogerd, retired Austrian pro George Totschnig and interim Rabobank manager Henri van der Aat.
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