RICCO ADMITS TAKING EPO BEFORE TOUR DE FRANCE

Riccardo Ricco Tour 2008

Riccardo Ricco has admitted taking EPO before the Tour de France.

Speaking after being questioned by the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping investigators in Rome, Ricco told reporters; ?I?ve admitted my responsibility, it's all my own fault and I?ve decided not ask for the counter-analysis because there's no need."

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