Incidents
US Postal investigation #1 24/11/2000 Investigation ID 834
After a French television crew filmed US Postal staff binning used medical items among which was Actovegin (not banned at the time), a French investigation tested urine samples from US Postal riders taken at the 2000 Tour de France. All were negative.
Teams and people
- US Postal Service
- AndreuFrankie Rider
- ArmstrongLance Rider
- BruyneelJohan Manager
- EkimovViatcheslav Rider
- HamiltonTyler Rider
- HincapieGeorge Rider
- JoachimBenoit Rider
- KjærgaardSteffen Rider
- LivingstonKevin Rider
- VasseurCédric Rider
Products
Sources
- Sports minister says urine samples seized for US inquiry, CNN, 02/12/2000
- US Postal samples to be analysed, Cyclingnews.com, 05/01/2001
- Affaire US Postal: les faits, Ecoute Dopage, 05/01/2001
- Les urines d'Armstrong vont être expertisées, Le Parisien, 05/01/2001
- Armstrong team agrees to test, BBC Sport, 01/02/2001
- Armstrong aims to ride out cycle of suspicion, Telegraph, 10/03/2001
- Arsmtrong (sic) et l'US Postal blanchis, La Libre, 09/04/2001
- Armstrong: No Evidence of Doping, Associated Press, 09/04/2001
- Armstrong conforté par ses urines, Le Parisien, 10/04/2001
- Armstrong Opens His French Season With Drug Chat, New York Times, 11/04/2001
- Postal team inquiry: No doping products identified, VeloNews, 01/11/2001
- US Postal investigation to collapse, Cyclingnews.com, 07/02/2002
- No evidence of doping found with Armstrong team, USA Today, 17/06/2002
- Armstrong's team in clear, Guardian, 03/09/2002
- Armstrong probe closed by France, Chicago Tribune, 03/09/2002
Related
- Armstrong positive
- Vrijman investigation
- Andreu admission
- Armstrong investigation
- US Postal investigation 2 (2003-2004)
- US Postal investigation 2 (1997-2002)
- US Postal investigation 2 (1995)
- US Postal lifetime bans
- Vaughters admission
- Armstrong permanent ban
- Hamilton admission 2
- Vaughters evidence
- Zabriskie suspension
- Danielson suspension
- Vandevelde suspension
- Leipheimer suspension
- Barry suspension
- Hincapie admission
- Bruyneel resignation
- White suspension
- Kjærgaard admission (US Postal)
- Crawford admission
- Armstrong admission
- Bruyneel suspension
- Celaya suspension
- Marti suspension
- Armstrong federal lawsuit
- WADA US Postal appeals (Bruyneel)
- WADA US Postal appeals (Celaya)
- WADA US Postal appeals (Marti)
- Del Moral repeal
