Latest update: 01/07/2009 

- 2009 Tour de France - cycling - doping


Dekker out of Tour de France after positive EPO test
Dekker out of Tour de France after positive EPO test
Thomas Dekker will not be part of the 2009 edition of the Tour de France, his Silence team announced on Wednesday after the Dutchman tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO. Briton Charles Wegelius will replace him.
By News Wires (text)

REUTERS - Dutchman Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France after a positive test for the banned blood-booster EPO, his Silence-Lotto team said.