Top News says that German cyclist Stefan Schumacher will sit the next two years due to his purported use of CERA EPO in the 2008 Tour de France. Schumacher disagree he doped with CERA EPO; he plans on legal action against whomever he can see. Sounds CERA-ious.
The UCI imposed a worldwide ban until January 20, 2011, two weeks after the French Anti-Doping Agency banned him for two years in France.
Schumacher was found using the latest generation of the blood booster EPO, known as CERA, during retests of the Tour samples after a test method for CERA was available.
Schumacher has protested his innocence and stated errors in the doping control proceedings. His lawyer said he will fight the ban before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (dpa)
The German cyclist won time trials at the Tour last year before he was sent packing.
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