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New case of doping detected on the Tour de France

Paris - Following the positive test for an illegal blood transfusion of former race favourite Alexandre Vinokourov, the Tour de France will be shaken by another doping case, the web site of the daily L'Equipe reported Wednesday.

According to the report, the French anti-doping laboratory at Chatenay-Malabry, using the Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) procedure, found testosterone not produced by the body in the urine sample of a Tour rider after the 11th stage.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) is to announce the name of the cyclist very soon, L'Equipe said.

The IRMS procedure was also used to detect the presence of synthetic testosterone in the samples of last year's Tour winner, Floyd Landis. dpa

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A file picture dated 08 July 2008 shows Gerolsteiner team rider Stephan Schumacher of Germany leaves the antidoping control after the finish of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race,between Cholet and Cholet, in France. Bicycling professional Stefan Schumacher, who won two stages at the 2008 tour de France has tested positive for EPO doping, his team disclosed on 06 October 2008. EPA/NICOLAS BOUVY

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New case of doping detected on the Tour de France

Paris - Following the positive test for an illegal blood transfusion of former race favourite Alexandre Vinokourov, the Tour de France will be shaken by another doping case, the web site of the daily L'Equipe reported Wednesday.

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