French court rejects Schumacher’s doping appeal

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PARIS (AP)—The Council of State, France’s highest administrative body, rejected on Wednesday German cyclist Stefan Schumacher’s appeal of his two-year doping ban.

Schumacher tested positive for CERA, an advanced form of the blood-booster EPO, after the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) retested samples from the 2008 Tour de France.

Schumacher, who won two time trials and wore the leader’s yellow jersey at the 2008 Tour, argued that the retroactive procedure was not approved at the time of retesting.

In February, the AFLD banned Schumacher from racing in France for two years, with the International Cycling Union following with a worldwide ban until Jan. 21, 2011.

Schumacher is appealing his worldwide ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

Schumacher also tested positive for CERA when samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics were retested.

Updated Oct 28, 2:57 pm EDT
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  1. Welove Oursuvs
    10. Posted by Welove Oursuvs Mon Nov 16 5:03pm EST

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    Once again - YOU FAIL
  2. bikedad
    9. Posted by bikedad Mon Nov 2 2:19pm EST

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    Lance Pharmstrong has MANY drug busted teammates too!

    Frankie Andreu
    Stephen Swartz
    Floy Landis
    Tyler Hamilton
    Roberto Heras
    Benoit Joachim
    Manuel Beltran
    Pavel Padrnos
    Ivan Basso
    Alberto Contadoper
    Greg Strock
    Erich Kaiter
    Gerrik Latta
    David Francis
    Chad Gerlach
    Michele Ferrari

    Dead alums too:
    Stive Vermaut
    Michel Zanoli
    Stephen Larsen
  3. jackaroo
    8. Posted by jackaroo Sun Nov 1 1:09pm EST

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    Thtat defense is so pitiful.

    Imagine a criminal who is arrested and brought to justice based on DNA samples from a crime committed when DNA analysis wasn't yet available.

    So Schumacher is saying, I knew what I was doing was wrong, but at the time, I also knew there weren't any tests that could catch me. Premeditated Stupidity.
  4. Matt
    7. Posted by Matt Sat Oct 31 8:04am EDT

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    Wow, Peter, your anger is misdirected...Don't you dare link me with any other poster here. I am an individual poster who happens to love cycling. I have called out Peter Joachim on several occasions and if this Cheese poster is as you say, then I will obviously let this one play out as it should. But please don't focus on one post of mine where I may possibly have been mistaken about Cheese...I don' t need or want another word war with anyone here...
  5. Peter
    6. Posted by Peter Sat Oct 31 3:10am EDT

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    Cheese Curtain, you are a coward and idiot! I'm calling you out punk! You are a fraud!
    You disrespectful, un-athletic little man.. You have a history now you are fighting for your life.
    Thumbs down deary.

    Cheese Curtain is Peter Joachim! The ying to his alter ego yang.
  6. Cheese Curtain
    5. Posted by Cheese Curtain Sat Oct 31 2:27am EDT

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    Both Peters,
    Piss off! Both of you are losers!
  7. Peter
    4. Posted by Peter Sat Oct 31 12:07am EDT

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    Soooooooo, True Peter Joachim has NOT posted since his identity exposed as Cheese Curtain and LT Matt.
  8. Valkyrie
    3. Posted by Valkyrie Thu Oct 29 6:46pm EDT

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    French court rejects Peter Joachim's doping appeal

    PARIS (AP)—The Council of State, France’s highest administrative body, rejected on Wednesday circus cyclist Peter Joachim’s appeal of his life time doping ban.

    Joachim tested positive for CERA, an advanced form of the blood-booster EPO, after the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) retested samples from the 2008 Tour de France.

    Joachim, would have won two time trials and wore the leader’s yellow jersey at the 2008 Tour, but his training wheels broke. He argued that the retroactive procedure was not approved at the time of retesting.

    In February, the AFLD banned Joachim from racing in France for two years, with the International Cycling Union following with a worldwide life time ban.

    Peter Joachim is appealing his worldwide ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

    Joachim also tested positive for CERA when samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics were retested.

    Peter Joachim's cycling career has been in jeopardy for quite sometime now. He has failed numerous out of competition drug tests and spent two years in prison for stalking former professional road bicycle racer Greg LeMond. He was recently fired by his team for testing positive in yet another drug test.

    Peter Joachim is already banned from racing in the State of Israel for being a Holocaust denier.
  9. bikedad
    2. Posted by bikedad Thu Oct 29 12:20pm EDT

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    Lance uses his Nike doping expemption!

    Works like a charm (or a cow blood IV)
  10. Cheese Curtain
    1. Posted by Cheese Curtain Wed Oct 28 9:16pm EDT

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    That is one of the ballsiest (but stupid) defenses ever used! Schumacher has invented the "You can't suspend me for using an unapproved drug by busting me with a test that was unapproved at the time I used the unapproved drug" defense. That is masterful! Dumb but masterful! They should suspend him forever. Two years for being a doper, with a concurrent lifetime ban for being stupid enough to try to use an excuse like that!
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