What happened with Francisco Perez counter analysis?

[Noel Llopis]

I just finished watching the 2003 Tour of Romandy DVD and I remembered the
dissapointing news back in May:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/may03/may27news2

However, they said the results of the counter-analysis were going to be available in mid-June, but I
saw no mention of them anywhere in Cyclingnews.

I fear the worst, but does someone know for a fact if the B sample was also non-negative? Also, was
the rest of the Milanezza team tested during the Tour of Romandy? They were all flying like demons,
so I find it hard to believe that Francisco was on something and the rest weren't.

--Noel

[Mick]

Noel The Milaneza team had several problems throughout last season with positive drug testing. David
Bernabeu who finished sixth overall and won a stage at Paris-Nice has been banned for one year
(until next July) and Rui Lavarinhas has been banned for six months for testing positive in the
Portuguese national champs at the end of June.

Bernabeu has had his Paris-Nice results expunged from the official records on the UCI site while
Francisco Perez is still his two stage wins and third overall to his name on that same site, so
perhaps he has not been banned although there is no results to his name since the Tour of Romandie.

[Van Hoorebeeck]

Noel Llopis schreef:

> I fear the worst, but does someone know for a fact if the B sample was also non-negative? Also,
> was the rest of the Milanezza team tested during the Tour of Romandy? They were all flying like
> demons, so I find it hard to believe that Francisco was on something and the rest weren't.
>

Yeah they didn't even notice getting into spectatorless car traffic amidst team buses, during what
was supposed to be the final kilo.

[Noel Llopis]

Van Hoorebeeck Bart wrote:

> Yeah they didn't even notice getting into spectatorless car traffic amidst team buses, during what
> was supposed to be the final kilo.

I suspect that was more inexperience and nerves than anything else ;-)

--Noel