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From ProCycling:
http://www.procycling.com/news_main.asp?newsId=4795 A report into the death of Brioches La
Boulangère’s Fabrice Salanson has revealed that medical tests done on the 23-year-old Frenchman just
three weeks before his death had revealed serious abnormalities.
Initial suspicion that Salanson’s death might have been related to doping were quashed when the
autopsy revealed no evidence that the Frenchman had used doping substances. However, the French
daily ‘Le Parisien’ has released details of tests carried out on Salanson in Nantes 22 days before
the heart attack that caused his premature death in Dresden the day before the start of the
Deutschland Tour.
Le Parisien’s report states that Salanson produced "abnormal" results when he underwent an
electrocardiagram and VO2 max tests at Nantes’ University Hospital in mid-May. Salanson went to the
centre to undergo routine tests after fracturing his shoulder blade.
The medical report said that his "electrocardiagram was irregular". Even more worryingly, his VO2
max had to be stopped when he reached 49kph because his heart rate had gone up to 196 beats a
minute. Despite these readings, Salanson subsequently rode the Tour of Asturias and A Travers Le
Morbihan before heading to Germany for the Deutschland Tour.
Brioches La Boulangère have said that the medical reports they received on Salanson did not suggest
that he could not compete.
Salanson’s family, meanwhile, have started to investigate the causes of the 23 year old’s death and
have hired legal counsel to help them determine the cause of death.
http://www.procycling.com/news_main.asp?newsId=4795 A report into the death of Brioches La
Boulangère’s Fabrice Salanson has revealed that medical tests done on the 23-year-old Frenchman just
three weeks before his death had revealed serious abnormalities.
Initial suspicion that Salanson’s death might have been related to doping were quashed when the
autopsy revealed no evidence that the Frenchman had used doping substances. However, the French
daily ‘Le Parisien’ has released details of tests carried out on Salanson in Nantes 22 days before
the heart attack that caused his premature death in Dresden the day before the start of the
Deutschland Tour.
Le Parisien’s report states that Salanson produced "abnormal" results when he underwent an
electrocardiagram and VO2 max tests at Nantes’ University Hospital in mid-May. Salanson went to the
centre to undergo routine tests after fracturing his shoulder blade.
The medical report said that his "electrocardiagram was irregular". Even more worryingly, his VO2
max had to be stopped when he reached 49kph because his heart rate had gone up to 196 beats a
minute. Despite these readings, Salanson subsequently rode the Tour of Asturias and A Travers Le
Morbihan before heading to Germany for the Deutschland Tour.
Brioches La Boulangère have said that the medical reports they received on Salanson did not suggest
that he could not compete.
Salanson’s family, meanwhile, have started to investigate the causes of the 23 year old’s death and
have hired legal counsel to help them determine the cause of death.