The Festina Case
The Festina case is a operation against doping in the professional cycling team, Festina. It occurred in 1998 in France.This process allowed the dismantling of a large international doping network in cycling led by the director, doctor and masseur of the Festina team, Bruno Roussel, Eric Rijkaert and Willy Voet, respectively.
The investigation began before the start of the Tour de France 1998 when they intercepted team masseur Willy Voet at Dublin airport with two hundred EPO blisters, one hundred growth horizons and dozens of testosterone boxes.
The organization decided to expel the runners from the Festina team. After all the registrations and detentions during the test, the Spanish teams and the Italians decided to leave the race by solidarity to the rest of equipment. The race finished only 96 runners of the 189 who started it.
This led to more investment in the detection of doping products, both in cycling and in sport in general, making more controls and increasing the effectiveness of these with tougher penalties. As a result of this scandal, in 1999 the World Anti-Doping Agency was founded.
CITE:
Elcorreo.com. (2008). Los diez años del 'caso Festina'. El Correo. [online] Available at: http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20080703/deportes/mas-deporte/diez-anos-caso-festina-20080703.html
The investigation began before the start of the Tour de France 1998 when they intercepted team masseur Willy Voet at Dublin airport with two hundred EPO blisters, one hundred growth horizons and dozens of testosterone boxes.
The organization decided to expel the runners from the Festina team. After all the registrations and detentions during the test, the Spanish teams and the Italians decided to leave the race by solidarity to the rest of equipment. The race finished only 96 runners of the 189 who started it.
This led to more investment in the detection of doping products, both in cycling and in sport in general, making more controls and increasing the effectiveness of these with tougher penalties. As a result of this scandal, in 1999 the World Anti-Doping Agency was founded.
CITE:
Elcorreo.com. (2008). Los diez años del 'caso Festina'. El Correo. [online] Available at: http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20080703/deportes/mas-deporte/diez-anos-caso-festina-20080703.html
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