22 Oct 2012

More riders to be exposed in Armstrong doping case

3:06 pm on 22 October 2012

Investigators probing Lance Armstrong's former sports doctor now have evidence linking former Giro d'Italia winners Michele Scarponi and Denis Menchov to Michele Ferrari.

Ferrari has already been handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for his role in what it termed as the biggest doping programme in sporting history.

However the ongoing probe into an elaborate doping network run by Ferrari has reportedly allowed investigators to simultaneously discover a world of shady business dealings and money laundering spread across several European countries.

Friday's edition singled out Scarponi and Menchov, although it added that the investigation had turned up evidence on Ferrari and "many other riders", as well as athletes from other sports.