Published 13 October 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4201
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4201

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Police find range of drugs after trawling bins used by Tour de France cyclists

Paul Benkimoun

1 Paris

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France’s antidoping agency has uncovered "a surprising therapeutic arsenal," including two drugs that are not yet licensed, after scrutinising bins in the wake of the 2009 Tour de France.

Michel Rieu, the scientific adviser of the French Agency Against Doping (Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage), said at a press conference on 7 October, "These are incongruous products in a milieu where people are supposed to be in good health."

Professor Rieu said that this "surprising therapeutic arsenal" had been reported to the World Anti-Doping Agency in July.

The agency said it suspected that some cyclists were using blood transfusions and two unlicensed substances.

Pierre Bordry, head of the agency, told the French daily Le Monde on 28 July that he was "convinced that two new products have been used during the [2009] tour, two drugs that are not yet on the market."

The first is a "third generation" . . . [Full text of this article]


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