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UCI: 2-year ban for ex-Giro winner MenchovJuly 12, 2014 (22:30) [ Indexed from New Zealand Herald ] GERARDMER, France (AP) Retired Russian rider Denis Menchov who won the Spanish Vuelta twice and the 2009 Giro d'Italia has been given a two-year ban and stripped of his results in three Tour de France races for anti-doping rule... More...
UCI statement on Denis MenchovJuly 12, 2014 (22:15) [ Indexed from UCI ] The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirms that has imposed 2-year on Russian rider Denis Menchov a result anti-doping rule violations based his Athlete Biological Passport. More...
UCI: 2-year ban for ex-Giro winner Menchov (The Associated Press)July 12, 2014 (22:15) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] Retired Russian rider Denis Menchov - who won the Spanish Vuelta twice and the 2009 Giro d'Italia - has been given a two-year ban and stripped of his results in three Tour de France races for anti-doping rule violations, a spokesman for the International Cycling Union confirmed on Saturday. The ruling came to light in a table of doping sanctions posted on the UCI website on June 30, but it passed largely unnoticed until Saturday. Menchov, who retired last year, is banned until April 9, 2015, and has been stripped of his results in the Tours de France in 2009, 2010, and 2012, according to the table. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, UCI spokesman Louis Chenaille explained that the UCI, under new president Brian Cookson, has found ''a new way of communicating'' on doping violations: By simply placing the information, when warranted, on its website - a just-the-facts approach - and not issuing news releases. More...
Cycling-Former Giro and Vuelta winner Menchov retires (Reuters)May 20, 2013 (21:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] (adds quotes, detail) MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russia's former Giro d'Italia and Vuelta winner Denis Menchov has announced his retirement from cycling at the age of 35, local media reported on Monday. Menchov, Russia's best stage rider of the past decade, winning the Tour of Spain in 2005 and 2007 and the 2009 Giro, missed this year's Italian race with a knee injury. "Winning the Giro was no doubt the pinnacle of my career," the Katusha rider was quoted as saying by local outlet R-Sport. "This year I couldn't take part in the Giro because of the injury. ... More...
Cycling-Former Giro and Vuelta winner Menchov retires - media (Reuters)May 20, 2013 (19:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russia's former Giro d'Italia and Vuelta winner Denis Menchov has announced his retirement from cycling at the age of 35, local media reported on Monday. Menchov, Russia's best stage rider of the past decade, winning the Tour of Spain in 2005 and 2007 and the 2009 Giro, missed this year's Italian race with a knee injury. "Winning the Giro was no doubt the pinnacle of my career," the Katusha rider was quoted as saying by local outlet R-Sport. "This year I couldn't take part in the Giro because of the injury. ... More...
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