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Welcome to Dopeology, a website about reported instances of doping in European professional road cycling. Make no mistake, this is an enormous subject. That's why our story begins as recently as 1980, while the history of doping in professional cycling actually began over a century earlier.
Dopeology builds a topology of the densely interconnected network of doping, by listing the people, substances, techniques and events involved as recorded by reliable press sources. The purpose of the exercise is simply to organise and present the data in a logical way rather than to make any judgements about what has happened over the years.
The data on Dopeology is divided into just a few categories: People, Teams and Products, combinations of which go together to form doping-related Incidents. Every incident is supported by published sources, all but a handful of which are accessible online.
Recent incidents
Turgot whereabouts
Violation16/05/2012De Rooij admission
Admission statement05/05/2012Riccò suspension 2
Temporary suspension19/04/2012Galimzyanov admission
Admission statement17/04/2012Galimzyanov positive
Positive test22/03/2012
Complete chronological list on the Incidents page
News
11 April 2012: Mantova is hotting up
The Mantova investigation is in the news again this week, in particular the doctor José Ibarguren Taus. Decisions on whether or not to prosecute the 32 individuals so far indicted will be made in July 2012.
19 March 2012: AICAR and TB-500
All the buzz about AICAR and TB-500 is raking over a few coals, particularly with regard to Alberto Beltrán, who was allegedly in possession of these substances on his arrest earlier this month. No test for either product has yet been validated and there is still no direct causal link to individuals or teams, so these products are unlikely to trouble the pages of Dopeology for a while longer.
— Mike
