Riis and Zabel admit to doping in 1996 Tour de France

Racing for Germany's Team Telekom in the mid-1990s must have been something like: "Fill up your water bottle, take your EPO injection, and get back on the bike."

Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France, is the latest former Telekom team member to admit to doping; he confessed publically Friday to taking EPO, human growth hormone and steriods from 1993 to 1998.

Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag, two long-time T-Mobile (Telekom) cycling roommates, are disclosing that they doped with the banned blood-boosting agent EPO in the mid 1990s. They're among 7 Telekom cyclists who admitted to doping this week. ...

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